“Analysis of the profitability and sustainability of multi-purpose cooperatives”

This study aimed to determine the profitability and sustainability of multi-purpose cooperatives in Northern Philippines. The respondents were three multi-purpose cooperatives. It employed the descriptive-evaluative research and the spearman's rho in determining the relationship between profitability and sustainability of the cooperatives. Findings revealed that the cooperatives are profitable and sustainable using the different indicators. There is a perfect relation betweennet profit margin and growth in membership; earnings per share and growth in assets

There is a negative perfect relation between asset efficiency with growth in equity and growth in assets.

A positive moderate substantial relation exist between net profit margin, asset efficiency and earnings per share with growth in asset and growth in membership. On the other hand, there is a negative moderate substantial relation between the net profit margin, operating efficiency with growth in equity and assets. On sustainable growth rate of cooperatives, the study concluded that the Tabuk MPC and DA R02 MPC surpassed their growth targets while Ambigaton MPC did not met its growth targets. The cooperatives with larger membership and various services have higher levels of profitability.