...Jamison must prepare an analysis of where the company is now, what it must do to regain its financial health, and what actions should be taken. Your assignment is to help her answer the following questions. Provide clear explanations, not yes or no answers. a. Why are ratios useful? What three groups use ratio analysis and for what reasons? Ratios are useful because they help answer questions about a firm that would not be possible using only financial statements. Also, ratios are valuable especially when comparing two different companies, or benchmarking. Ratios standardize the comparison allowing for a more accurate assessment across companies. The three groups that mainly use ratio analysis are managers, creditors, and stock holders. Managers use ratio analysis to better understand where the current weaknesses and strengths are in order to create an effective plan to reach the overall goals. Creditors use ratio analysis to measure the financial stability of a company and its short-term solvency. A high current ratio is attractive to potential creditors. Shareholders are interested in the ratio analysis in order to determine the financial standing of a firm. However, they would be suspicious of a high current ratio and prefer that it is lower. A high current ratio might indicate to a shareholder that a company isn’t very profitable. b. Calculate the 2011 current and quick ratios based on the projected balance sheet and income statement data. What can you say about...
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...Finance Examination Chapter 1 Discussion Questions and Solutions 3. In a corporation, what group has the ultimate responsibility for protecting and managing stockholder’s interests? A corporation’s top management has the ultimate responsibility of protecting and managing stockholder’s interests. There are essentially two groups responsible for protecting and managing the interests of stockholders being the Board of Directors and the top Management Team. However, the ultimately responsibility falls with the top management team, as they tend to be on hands-on in the daily operations of a business or a corporation. The top management team includes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Managing Director (MD), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and all the rest of the top managers and leaders of the organization. They should know what is going on and be held accountable for not reporting shortcomings, expectations, news, and so on in a timely manner to the Board and also to corporate shareholders. In a corporation, the responsibility of the board of directors comes in when they have to determine strategic plans and objectives together with the top management, as well as reporting what management will have achieved in managing the company. Shareholders on the other end are waiting for results since they are the ultimate owners of a corporation, and since they cannot run the company, they bestow the ultimate responsibility of protecting and managing the shareholder’s (stockholder’s)...
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...01 technical the use of comparisons in In the Paper F8 exam you may be asked to compute and interpret the key ratios used in analytical procedures at both the audit planning stage and when collecting audit evidence. RELEVANT to ACCA QUAlification paper F8 In the Paper F8 exam you may be asked to compute and interpret the key ratios used in analytical procedures at both the audit planning stage and when collecting audit evidence. Ratios and comparisons can be used to identify where the accounts might be wrong, and where additional auditing effort should be spent. Calculating a ratio is easy, and usually is little more than dividing one number by another. Indeed, the calculations are so basic that they can be programmed into a spreadsheet. The real skill comes in interpreting the results and using that information to carry out a better audit. Saying that a ratio has increased because the top line in the calculation has increased (or the bottom line decreased) is rather pointless: this is simply translating the calculation into words. Use the mnemonic RATIO to remind yourself to keep asking the following questions: ¤ Reason – why has this change occurred? ¤ Accident – is the change real or simply an accident of timing? ¤ Test – what can be done to test our conclusions? What other work should we do? ¤ Implications – what does this change mean? Liquidity crisis? Poor management etc? ¤ Other information – is this consistent with other information...
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...Term Reports on Listed Company NAME: TIAN YU Content I. Introduction II. History and background on the company III. Financial analysis IV. Financial reports V. Current value of common shares VI. Summary and conclusions VII. Appendix I (Include footnotes giving sources of quoted and paraphrased material) VIII. Appendix II (Include appendices, if needed, containing correspondence or other supporting schedules and documents, including the financial statements) IX. References (Include appendices, if needed, containing correspondence or other supporting schedules and documents, including the financial statements) I. Introduction Yahoo! Inc. is a main player of internet information provider industry. Based on their I good operation performance in recent few years, more and more investor are re-purchasing their stocks. II. History and background on the company The US Public company, Yahoo! Inc. (Yahoo!), found in 1994 has been one of the largest technology company in the world. At the begining, the founders of the company create a website named “jerry and David’s Guild to the World Wide Web”, a simple directory of websites to help people navigate the Internet. In march 1994, that website name was renamed “Yahoo”. The “Yahoo.com” domain was incorporated in 1995 and is a Delaware corporation. Yahoo grew rapidly throughout the 1990s. As other companies of search engines and web directors, Yahoo added a web portal. At the year of 1998, Yahoo was the...
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...Suggested complementary cases in financial statement analysis: “The Financial Detective, 2005,” (UVA-F-1486); “Deutsche Brauerei,” (UVA-F-1355); “The Battle for Value, 2004: FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service, Inc.,” (UVA-F-1484) This case considers the sudden and very large drop in the market value of equity for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc., associated with a series of announcements made in 2004. Those announcements caused investors to revise their expectations about the future growth of Krispy Kreme, which had been one of the most rapidly growing American corporations in the new millennium. The task for the student is to evaluate the implications of those announcements and to assess the financial health of the company. This case is intended to be introductory as it can provide a first exercise in financial statement analysis and lay the foundation for two important financial themes: the concept of financial health, and the financial-economic definition of value and its determinants. Suggested Questions for Advance Assignment to Students 1. What can the historical income statements (case Exhibit 1) and balance sheets (case Exhibit 2) tell you about the financial health and current condition of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.? 2. How can financial ratios extend your understanding of financial statements? What questions do the time series of ratios in case Exhibit 7 raise? What questions do the ratios on peer firms in case Exhibits 8 and 9 raise? 3...
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...been named the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a two year old company, CUNY Analytics. Financials have been prepared by a bookkeeper. As CFO, you responsible for the preparation of accurate financials, analysis and review of the financials before they are released and communication of the results of your company to banks, investors, creditors and the government, as necessary. Please complete the following: a. What are the four major financial statements and, in depth, discuss their purpose. • Income Statement Reports revenues and expenses for a specific period of time. A firm's revenues, gains, expenses and losses are listed on the income statement. Revenue is money earned from a company’s normal business operations. The expenses on the income statement are the costs associated with earning the revenue. When a company sells one of its assets, it can experience a capital gain or loss. Revenues minus expenses, plus gains minus losses, equal net income or net loss. The dollar amount of net income listed on the income statement is also found on the cash flow statement under the operating activities section. • Balance Sheet The Balance sheet has two main purposes. First, it presents a snapshot at a point in time. Second, it helps to improve understanding, as companies group similar assets and similar liabilities together. The balance sheet reports assets and claims to assets at a specific point in time. It includes the elements of the accounting equation: assets equal liabilities...
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...0 The Five potential users 5 4.0 How useful are companies’ annual reports in addressing the needs of users of accounts? 6 5.0 Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 8 6.0 To what extent does the regulatory framework govern the preparation of an Annual Report? 9 7.0 To what extent reported profit figures can mislead users of accounts? 10 8.0 Cash flow statements 11 9.0 Accounting Ratios and Cash Flow Statement Analysis 11 10. Cash Flow Statement Analysis 14 11. Criticism of traditional financial accounting and problems encountered in inter-firm comparison. 14 12. Contribution list 16 13. References 16 1.0 Introduction T he Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) is a body corporate established under an Act of Parliament in 1994 which operates as a company under the Companies Act 2001. It is the largest shareholder based public company in Mauritius with more than 40,000 members. It has more than 55,000 shareholders. The foundation of Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) constitutes a landmark in the Mauritian history. It was set up primarily as a participation scheme in the sugar industry but it has become a model of economic democratisation in the country. It provides a forum for participation of planters and workers at corporate decision making level of sugar milling companies and as equity participation. Therefore, it ensures a share of profit with a fair rate of return on investment to all shareholders. 1.1 What is an annual report? An annual report is...
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...career satisfaction are healthy goals, generating profit is the most likely reason you started your business. This guide introduces you to several methods for analyzing your company’s operations and calculating the profitability of your business. What You Should Know Before Getting Started Profitability Ratios • Gross Profit Margin • Operating Profit Margin Ratio • Net Profit Margin Ratio • Other Common Size Ratios 3 4 6 7 7 7 Break-Even Analysis • What is Break-Even Analysis? • Break-Even Analysis for Sales • Using Break-Even Analysis for Profit Planning • Break-Even Analysis for Units Sold 9 9 9 11 12 Calculating Return on Assets and Return on Investment • Return on Assets • Return on Investment 13 13 14 Checklist Resources 15 16 how to analyze profitability 3 what to expect Many entrepreneurs start their business, at least in part, because of pride of ownership and the satisfaction that comes from being their own boss. In addition, of course, you almost certainly started your business to generate profits. This Business Builder will introduce you to several methods that will help you analyze your company’s operations and compute the profitability of your business. Among the tools to which you will be introduced are profitability ratios, break-even analysis, return on assets and return on investment. Some of these concepts, and some of the vocabulary we will use to describe them, may be new to you. We’ve tried to explain the terminology...
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...practical knowledge. As the classroom discussion alone cannot make a student perfect in handling the real situation, it is an opportunity for the students to know the real life situation through this program. The report on “Performance Analysis of Grameen Bank (GB), BRAC and ASA as MFI.” is prepared by Md. Jasim Uddin under the supervision and guidance of Muhammad Mujibul Kabir, Professor, Department of Finance, University of Dhaka and shubashish Barua, researcher, InM to meet the requirement of the internship program of BBA. 1.2 Objective of the Report Broad Objective: Broad objective of this report is to meet the partial requirements for the fulfillment of BBA program. Specific Objectives: Internship program aims at providing knowledge about the real world business situation. The objectives of the report are- ➢ To be informed with the top three MFIs of Bangladesh focusing on poverty alleviation. ➢ To get an overview of services rendered by different MFIs. ➢ To identify the critical success factors (CSF) of Microfinance institutions. ➢ To compare the relative performance analysis of top three MFI: Grameen Bank (GB), BRAC and ASA ➢ To identify the problems faced by the MFIs. ➢ To suggest what components should be incorporated with the Microfinance program that will reduce the risk of being vulnerable to poor. 1.3 Limitation of the Study In preparing the report, the main limitations that I faced were- • Regulation from...
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...Summary Current situation Corporate governance External environment: Opportunities and threats Internal environment: Strengths and weaknesses Analysis of strategic factors (SFAS) Strategic alternatives and recommended strategy (TOWS) Implementation of recommended strategy Conclusions Evaluating mission statements Evaluating the Board of Directors Preparing the tables: EFAS, IFAS, SFAS, and TOWS Common-size statements Analyzing financial statements Analyzing financial ratios Writing guidelines Relaxed APA rules Useful resources Purpose of the strategic audit assignment A strategic audit is usually done to help the firm’s management decide how to proceed, or to support a potential investment or loan. The purpose of a strategic audit is essentially to answer the question, “What condition is this firm in?” Because the audit is focused toward answering this question, there must be a conclusion about what the audit shows. Therefore, while this is mostly an objective, informative report, there is a persuasive twist at the end. 1 The point of this assignment is to see how well you can research, interpret, and draw conclusions about the soundness and competitive position of a company. Opinions are not worth any more than the evidence on which they are based. However, simply locating facts is not sufficient; you also have to determine what those facts mean, and you have to report everything in a convincing manner. The strategic audit is...
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...Strategy Case Study Analysis WHAT IS CASE STUDY ANALYSIS? A case study presents an account of what happened to a business or industry over a number of years. It chronicles the events that managers had to deal with, such as changes in the competitive environment, and charts the managers' response, which usually involved changing the business- or corporate-level strategy. Cases prove valuable in a course for several reasons. First, cases provide you, the student, with experience of organizational problems that you probably have not had the opportunity to experience firsthand. In a relatively short period of time, you will have the chance to appreciate and analyze the problems faced by many different companies and to understand how managers tried to deal with them. Second, cases illustrate what you have learned. The meaning and implication of this information are made clearer when they are applied to case studies. The theory and concepts help reveal what is going on in the companies studied and allow you to evaluate the solutions that specify companies adopted to deal with their problems. Consequently, when you analyze cases, you will be like a detective who, with a set of conceptual tools, probes what happened and what or who was responsible and then marshals the evidence that provides the solution. Top managers enjoy the thrill of testing their problem-solving abilities in the real world. It is important to remember, after all, that no one knows what the right answer is...
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... TUTORIAL GROUP: L1T3 NAME: CH'NG WEI MING MATRICES NUMBER: A13A0122 SUMMARY In chapter 14 for the fundamentals of management, the important thing that we will learn after studying is : explain the nature and importance of control; describe the three steps in the control process; discuss the types of controls organizations and managers use and discuss contemporary issues in control. For explain the nature and importance of control, control is the management function that involves monitoring activities to ensure that they're being accomplished as planned and correcting any significant deviations. The purpose of control is to ensure that activities are completed in ways that lead to accomplishment of organizational goals. Control is important because it's the only way that managers know whether organizational goals are being met and if not, the reasons why. The value of the control function can be seen in three specific areas which is planning, empowering employees, and protecting the workplace. As the final step in the management process, controlling provides the link back to planning. If manager didn't control, they'd have no way of knowing whether goals were being met. The second reason controlling is important is because of employee empowerment. An effective control system can provide information and feedback on employee performance and minimize the chance of potential problems. The final reason that managers...
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...You can use this workbook for analyzing many companies and saving your analysis for each one, like many professionals. Just like them, over time, you can compare a company’s actual performance to your analysis and predictions. Saving your analysis sheets can help sharpen you analytical skills. The questions in the workbook are numbered the same way as they are in the book, ‘Getting Under the Hood of an Annual Report’. As there are no questions in the first chapter of the book, the workbook starts with Chapter 2. It will make it easier for you to relate the questions in the workbook to those in the book. Your input to the workbook will appear in a dark green font while the questions appear in blue. The different font colors can make it easier for you to see your work. You’ll need to do some number crunching to complete your annual report analysis. The Big Calculating Tool, located on your CD, can save you a great deal of time and make the number crunching nearly painless. Every ratio and calculation for the book is included in the Big Calculating Tool. You’ll have more time for analysis if you use the Big Calculating Tool. Table of Contents Questions for Chapter 2 4 Question 2.0 – What do you want to learn about company and why? 4 Question 2.1 - Fundamental Information Set For Your Company 4 Question 2.2 - The Marketplace Context 5 Question 2.3 - Challenges and Success for Your Company 6 Questions for Chapter 3 8 Question 3.1 – What is Management...
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...Activities Net income Depreciation and amortization Increase in accounts payable Increase in accruals Increase in accounts receivable Increase in inventories Net cash provided by operating activities Long-Term Investing Activities Additions to property, plant, and equipment Net cash used in investing activities Financing Activities Increase in notes payable Increase in long-term debt Payment of cash dividends Net cash provided by financing activities Summary Net decrease in cash Cash at beginning of year Cash at end of year ($711,950) ($711,950) $436,808 400,000 (11,000) $825,808 ($ 50,318) 57,600 $ 7,282 Chapter 3 Financial Statements, Cash Flow, and Taxes 83 Access the Thomson ONE problems through the CengageNOW™ web site. Use the Thomson ONE—Business School Edition online database to answer this chapter’s questions. Exploring Starbucks’ Financial Statements Over the past decade, Starbucks coffee shops have become an increasingly familiar part of the urban landscape. Currently (2008), the company operates more than 8,000 coffee shops in all 50 states, in the District of Columbia, and in international markets; and in 2008, it had approximately 145,000 employees. Thomson ONE can access a wealth of financial information for companies such as Starbucks. To find some background information, begin by...
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...2010 financial ratios, along with industry average data. The 2011 projected financial statement data represent Jamison’s and Campo’s best guess for 2011 results, assuming that some new financing is arranged to get the company “over the hump.” a. Why are ratios useful? What three groups use ratio analysis and for what reasons? Financial statement ratio analysis involves comparing a firm's performance with that of other firms in the same industry and evaluating trends in the firm's financial position over time. The three groups that use financial ratio analysis are managers, potential lenders, and stockholders. Managers use financial analysis to identify situations needing attention. Potential lenders use financial analysis to determine whether a company is creditworthy, and stockholders use financial analysis to help predict future earnings, dividends, and free cash flow (Ehrhardt, 2010). Answer: Ratios facilitate comparison of (1) one company over time and (2) one company versus other companies. Ratios are used by managers to help improve the firm’s performance, by lenders to help evaluate the firm’s likelihood of repaying debts, and by stockholders to help forecast future earnings and cash flows. b. Calculate the 2011 current and quick ratios based on the projected balance sheet and income statement data. What can you say about the company’s liquidity position in 2009, 2010, and as projected for 2011? We often think of ratios as being useful (1) to managers...
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