Analysis of Factors Affecting the Capital Structure of Industrial Enterprises Listed on Vietnam Stock Market

This study aims to analyze factors affecting the capital structure of industrial enterprises with a sample of 21 companies in Vietnam in the period 2015–2022. This study points out the factors that affect the capital structure such as: the size of the company to mobilize capital, the rate of return, financial difficulties, the tax shield from debt. This results show that there is a relationship between the index components of the thesis and the financial leverage ratio. After overcoming the model defect to find the core model of the study with factors included in the test, it could explain 44.42% of the fluctuation of financial leverage. It can be concluded that the independent variables that affect the financial leverage of industrial firms include firm size, rate of return, and non-debt tax shields. Based on this study, industrial enterprises can take steps to improve the most important metrics to improve their profits.