• M. Vasanthapriya
• Dr. K. Thamil Pavai

The capital structure of the chosen Indian petroleum industry enterprises was examined in this study. It has been discovered that the chosen IOCL and HPCL enterprises in India's petroleum industry are found to be operating with minimal debt. The study included ratio analysis, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and compound growth rate, and it used data from sample companies' annual reports for the years 2012–13 to 2021–22. The secondary data obtained from the publicly available financial statements of the sample companies was used for analysis. Essential indicators include the debt-to-equity ratio, and the long-term debt-to-capitalization ratio, return on capital employed ratio, regression analysis and ANOVA.

Profitability, long-term debt to capitalization, capital structure, debt equity ratio, and return on capital employed ratio, regression analysis and ANOVA.

"A Study on Profitability and Capital Structure of Select Indian Petroleum Industry Companies", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.e241-e246, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311434.pdf

"A Study on Profitability and Capital Structure of Select Indian Petroleum Industry Companies", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppe241-e246, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311434.pdf