Festus. Oladipupo Olaoye
Department of Accounting, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Ayoola Azeez Olaoye
Department of Accounting, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
This study examined whether or not equity capital enhances the performance of listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria. The study purposively sampled fourteen (14) out of twenty-one (21) consumer goods firms listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. The study used secondary sources to obtain panel data from the annual financial statements of the selected companies. Data sourced for were analyzed using random effects model and arithmetical means. Findings from the study revealed that the coefficient of share capital is positive (0.903050) and statistically significant (p=0.0099<0.05), but the beta value of retained earnings is negative (−0.683966) and significant (p=0.0023<0.05) for listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria. The average results found that 45% and 7% of total assets of the firms were financed by retained earnings and share capital respectively. The study confirmed that the appropriate mode of finance that could be considered for the effective performance of the firms in Nigeria is the share capital. The study concluded that share capital enhanced the performance of firms while the retained earnings did not in the country. The research recommended that the government of Nigeria should try to rebrand its dead local enterprises especially the affected consumer goods firms to enable them to attract more foreign investors into the country to enhance its economic growth.
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