set to 1% of the sales in the financial year. However, in 2012 - 2013 financial year, the provision for doubtful debts ($570,000) was set to 10% of the sales ($5,700,000), which was 10 times higher than the company accounting policy. There were a large number of debtors that exceeded 60 days where the company’s policy of credit terms is 30 days. In addition, there was 163% increase in total sales in 2012 - 2013 financial year ($5,700,000) than 2011 – 2012 financial year ($3,500,000). However, the
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Bancroft: seanbancroft@yahoo.com Kristen Weaver: kristen.m.weaver@ttu.edu Tiffany & Co. Valuation Table of Contents Executive Summary Business/Industry Analysis Accounting Analysis Ratio Analysis/Forecasting Cross Sectional Analysis Forecasted Financials Valuation Analysis Cost of Capital Intrinsic Valuations Appendices Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D References 2 5 14 25 28 37 41 44 46 57 57 60 66 69 72 -1- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Investment Recommendation: Over-valued, Sell TIF
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Competitive Strategies for Riordan Riordan Manufacturing and its parent company Riordan industries are both performing strongly and although there are some definite flaws apparent in human resources management at Riordan Manufacturing the company is still poised to take advantage of many different competitive strategies depending on a larger environmental assessment. Internally, a very healthy profit margin and growing sales numbers are generating substantial returns for the company, and the current
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Based on analysis the operating and competitive characteristics of the balance sheets and some key financial ratios of five different industries, we can make a conclusion that A is the electric utility, B is the discount general merchandise retailer, C is the upscale apparel retailer, D is the Japanese automobile manufacturer, and E indicates the automated test equipment/systems company. According to the column A, the data indicates a highest property and equipment percentages (74.5%) and lowest
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MeadWestvaco: Leading Innovator in Global Packaging Dana Pruehs November 25, 2013 MeadWestvaco Corporation (“MWV”) is a global packaging company providing innovative solutions to well-known brands in the healthcare, beauty, and personal care, food, beverage, home and garden, tobacco, and agricultural industries. In addition to these, MWV also produces specialty chemicals for the automotive, energy, and infrastructure industries, while maximizing the value of its land holdings through forestry
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Situation analysis Important internal controls that were ignored? The auditors of Enron did fail in their task of providing a duty of care to all of the parties. The main reason for this is that they failed to correctly audit the assets and financial position of Enron resulting in all stakeholders having no clue about the forthcoming collapse of Enron. This resulted in the stakeholders facing a very critical condition or a phase where in they were not sure if they would be able to recover their
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Under the current situation, there are two choices the auditor faces. Option one is to assist Susan in consolidating her financial statements, mainly by walking her through the process of closing the decorative pillow department and helping estimate the costs associated with doing so. While the second option is to refuse Susan of any more assistance on this matter with the reason being that you are not MHA’s accountant but an auditor working for the general public. Both choices seem viable but if
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Business Analysis Looking through the past year we have noticed a decrease in our earnings per share (EPS). The reason for the trend is due to a low net income in 2012 and a high liability for 2013. So since our EPS was really low it tends to affect our price-earnings ratio. We see that this year we hit a negative number, which is not usual for the company, but in 2012 the number was really high. A high P/E ratio generally means that investors are anticipating for a higher growth in the future
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online financial consulting and business services company that caters to small business, entrepreneurs, and even working class. The company also conducts research on outsourcing, payments, and financial markets. The purpose of this draft is to present a business analysis for operational expansion to an international market, particularly in Europe, most specifically London or Frankfurt. SWOT Analysis - International This SWOT Analysis is a comparison to other competitors in the financial services
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