Abstract
Firm value playsimportant role in maximizing shareholder profits at a time of rising share prices. Risingcompany share price will improve shareholders' welfare. Firm value is important to investors becauseit is an indicator of the market in measuring the company as a whole. The purpose of the research is toanalyze the influence of free cash flow and profitability on firm value by mediated by dividend policy. This research is based on several theories including Agency Theory, Signaling Theory, Agency CostTheory, Firm Value, Profitability, Free Cash Flow, and Dividend Policy. The object of research s amanufacturing company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period 2015-2017 with 60companies as the sample. Analysis techniques used by Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Theresults of the research include (1), there is a positive and significant influence of free cash flow on firmvalue (2) there is a positive and significant influence of profitability on firm value, (3) there is a positifveand significant influence of free cash flow on dividend policy, (4) there is no influence of profitabilityon dividend policy, (5) there is a positive and significant influence of dividend policy on firm value, (6)dividend policy can’t mediate the effect of profitability on firm value, and (7) dividend policy canmediate the influence of free cash flow on firm value.Keywords : Profitability, Free Cash Flow, Dividend Policy, dan Firm Value
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