Table of Contents
Executive Summary....................................................................................................4
Introduction................................................................................................................5
Company Background...............................................................................................5
Financial Report Analysis..........................................................................................6
Tesco Plc’s Ratio Analysis (2005 – 2007)…………………………………………….…8
Financial Statement Analysis of Tesco Plc, Marks & Spencer Plc and Sainsbury Plc.’s…………………………………………………………………….……………………15
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………….18
Reference………………………………………….……………………………………......19
Appendix……………………….……………………………………………………………20
Executive Summary:
The main aim of this report is to critically analyse the financial performance of an organisation that has published financial accounts for past three years. The report also has to gather financial statements of another two organisations within the same industry to make comparison with the primary organisation. After analysing the financial statement and financial ratios of these three companies it would help to find out the primary company’s previous and current situation and would also help forecasting the future of the organisation. The evaluation of this report would also assist to discover whether the primary organisation has potential risk involved that needs to be taken into account for consideration and to take necessary step.
Tesco Plc being the market leader in super market chain shops has been considered as the primary company. Marks & Spencer Plc and Sainsbury Plc are chosen as the secondary companies. All these companies are a part of very dynamic industry of super market stores. The industry which is constantly changing and are also