Capital Structures and Financial Analysis of Organic Agriculture Marketing Enterprises

The main purpose of the study is to examine the capital and financial structures of the organic agriculture marketing enterprises. For this purpose, merchants (30), cooperatives (5), industry (77), wholesalers (20), bazaars (20), markets (20), stores (20) and e-market in Konya, Ankara, İzmir and Istanbul. A total of 212 surveys were conducted by interviewing market (20) enterprises. As a result of the surveys, the capital structures of the marketing enterprises were determined according to their liquidity and their financial performances were determined by the ratio analysis method. According to the results obtained, while it was determined that the enterprises were strong and competitive in terms of liquidity and financial structure, it was determined that the enterprises were not at a sufficient level in terms of profitability and therefore the rate of profit to be distributed and auto-financing were low. In addition, it has been determined that the total capital efficiency of the enterprises and the profit margin between the product purchase prices and sale prices in organic agricultural products are very low, and the price demand elasticity is high due to the niche market of these products. Therefore, it has been determined that the margin between the product purchase and sale prices is kept very low, and they continue their enterprise activities by making large sales at low unit prices.