Table 1.

Descriptive statistics

VariablesAll firms (N = 2,250)Sharīʿah-compliant firms (N = 1,395)Sharīʿah non-compliant firms (N = 855)
MeanSDMinMaxMeanSDMinMaxMeanSDMinMax
Dependent            
HS0.220.4201.000.280.4501.000.170.3801.00
LnNV3.660.90022.184.617.49022.182.806.23020.57
Independent            
FS/TS0.200.2700.820.240.2800.820.150.2500.79
LnTFCF12.237.93023.8913.287.64023.8911.577.90022.76
TFCF/TA0.090.1800.360.110.1700.150.070.2100.36
LnNFCF11.667.57023.3312.477.61023.3310.447.95022.69
NFCF/TA0.050.1200.330.060.1100.150.040.1700.33
SHA0.770.4201.000.970.0001.000.430.5001.00
Control            
LnTA20.091.5713.8625.2820.231.5016.2824.9719.901.6313.8625.28
MTBV1.462.81−1.6338.891.311.02−0.1511.561.723.68−1.6338.89
ICR10.6621.76−97.6897.7810.9420.05−97.6897.2210.2023.95−81.9497.78
SR1.050.91−7.728.301.090.79−2.734.291.001.03−7.728.30

Notes:

Definitions of variables are as follows: HS: hedging status, LnNV: natural log of currency derivative notional value, FS/TS: ratio of foreign sales to total sales, LnTFCF: natural log of total foreign cash flows, TFCF/TA: ratio of total foreign cash flows to total assets, LnNFCF: natural log of net foreign cash flows, NFCF/TA: ratio of net foreign cash flows to total assets, SHA: Sharīʿah-compliant status, LnTA: natural log of total assets, MTBV: ratio of market to book value of equity, ICR: interest coverage ratio and SR: systematic risk

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