Analyses of capital structure and firms’ performance in Ukraine: basic statistics and stylized facts

Abstract

This study undertakes analyses of capital structure and firms’ performance in Ukraine using triangulation analysis to investigate the two selected companies with their audited financial statement. We follow a guideline of analyses and our strategy of evaluation revolves various measures of capital structure and financial performance ratios; our results show stylized facts thus; most enterprises in Ukraine engaged in over-trading activities cum capital mismatching; solidity ratio of averaged 50 percent suggests that creditors’ claims are less vulnerable (that is, well protected); market capitalizations of shareholders’ funds are maximized and agency costs are reduced; fair macroeconomics conditions and volatility.