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This research is motivated by the drastic decline in stock prices of technology companies in 2022, which reflects heavy financial pressure and deteriorating financial performance until June 2023. This condition raises the potential risk of financial crisis or financial distress. This study aims to examine the effect of cash flow operating, leverage, liquidity, and profitability on financial risk in technology subsector manufacturing companies listed on the IDX during the 2020-2023 period. A quantitative approach with secondary data of company financial reports that have been audited and published by the IDX is used in this study. The purposive sampling technique was applied to select 19 companies as samples from a total of 49 companies. Data analysis was performed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with Smart PLS software. The results of this study indicate that cash flow operating has no significant effect on financial distress (p> 0.05). In contrast, leverage has a significant positive effect (p < 0.05), while liquidity (current ratio) and profitability (ROA) have a significant negative effect on financial distress (p < 0.05). High leverage increases financial risk, while high liquidity and profitability can reduce the risk of financial distress in technology companies.

Good audit quality is an important factor in ensuring the integrity and reliability of an entity's financial reports. This research aims to examine the influence of free cash flow and audit committee effectiveness on audit quality. Free cash flow reflects the availability of financial resources for a company to finance operational and audit activities. Meanwhile, an effective audit committee can ensure adequate oversight of the financial reporting and audit processes. This research uses panel data which includes companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2018-2022 period. Free cash flow is measured using the ratio of operating cash flow to total assets, while audit committee effectiveness is measured using a composite score that includes the audit committee's independence, expertise and activities. Audit quality is assessed based on proxies such as the size of the public accounting firm, auditor industry specialization, and audit fees. The research results show that free cash flow and audit committee effectiveness have a significant positive influence on audit quality. Companies with high free cash flow tend to have adequate resources to pay higher audit fees, thereby encouraging auditors to carry out a more in-depth and quality audit process. In addition, an effective audit committee can ensure good oversight of the financial reporting and audit process, thereby improving audit quality. These findings provide important implications for companies and regulators in improving audit quality through managing free cash flow and establishing effective audit committees. Future research can explore other factors that influence audit quality and include relevant control variables.

Stock returns are generated by investors from buying and selling activities of the stocks they own. The generated return is determined by the increase or decrease in the stock prices. These prices are formed by the fundamental performance of the company. The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of factors such as financial distress, firm size, liquidity, and price to cash flow from operating activities on stock return. This study was conducted on transportation and logistics companies during the period of 2019-2022. A total of 22 companies were selected as samples for this research, using purposive sampling method and obtaining 88 relevant research data. The relationship between the dependent variable and independent variables was analyzed using multiple linear regression. The hypothesis test showed that the variable of financial distress, analyzed using the Zmijewski method, did not have any significant influence on stock return. Firm size, measured by total assets, was also not found to have a significant impact on stock return. The analysis of liquidity using the current ratio did not find a significant influence on stock return. However, price to cash flow from operating activities showed a significant and positive influence on stock return. This factor can be taken into consideration by investors and potential investors when analyzing the financial fundamentals of transportation and logistics companies before investing, as it has an impact on stock return.