Manufacturing company is a company that manages operations of raw materials into the finished goods, and then sell it. Companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange is dominated by basic industry and chemical sector with 60 companies, there are 39 companies of various industry sectors, and 37 companies of the consumer goods industry sectors.
This study aims to determine the effect of Cash Position, Return on Assets, Debt to Equity Ratio, Firm Size and Growth of the Dividend Payout Ratio companies that listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange for period 2009-2013, partially or simultaneously so that manufacturing companies and investors can analyze factors that influences on dividend distribution. The method used in this study is a panel data regression method and using Fixed Effect models. Hypothesis testing using the F test, t test and coefficient of determination.
Based on the result that Independent variables are simultaneously significantly affect to the Dividend Payout Ratio. And partially, Cash Position variable and Debt to Equity Ratio, and Growth not significantly affect to the Dividend Payout Ratio, while the Firm Size variable and Return on Assets are negatively affect to the Dividend Payout ratio.
Keywords: Dividend Payout Ratio, Cash Position, Return on Assets, Debt to Equity Ratio, Firm Size, Growth.