Although the sales of the company have declined significantly their cost of goods sold has remained high, especially between 1994 and 1995 the company had a decline in sales and an increase in cost of goods sold. This is evidence the company is having problems passing costs to its consumers. The company is not very asset intensive and its decrease in total asset turnover can be due to their decrease in sales, however their rather low total asset turnover which is also decreasing from 2.1 to 1.5 shows their assets are not being used very efficiently. As a result of their sales decrease their Fixed Asset turnover also decreased from 7.0 to 5.4. The decrease in sales and increase in competition also means more shelf time for their inventory which has increased from 103 to 129, which makes Haefren Baum’s price cutting strategy questionable. The company is already experiencing a loss of revenue due to their lower prices; however this is not stimulating the number of different sales because the inventory is sitting in the…
Operations analysis: Haefren Baum is a retailer that obtains its products from Wiegandt GmbH Cologne. Being a retail company, they are not asset intensive and this is apparent in their decrease in fixed asset turnover from 6.98 in 1993 to 5.39 in 1995. They have cash flow issues rising from their high inventory and accounts receivable needs and their account payable extensions. They have generated negative operating cash flows, which is caused by net…
TJX Companies Inc. is currently in one of the most secure subsets of the retail industry. The economy is a factor always present in the minds of consumers today, and the retail establishments operated under TJX Companies all cater towards the price conscience customer. They are hitting all ages and genders in the apparel industry in addition to home good products including furniture and accessories. They have expanded to reach many markets, and are continuing their expansion across the United States and throughout international countries in Europe. Their ability to payout higher dividends than the majority of the competitors in their industry, while still expanding their market segment proves their profitability along with their profit margin. The profit margin experienced by TJX has been increasing rapidly. There perfect placement in the marketplace and their successful current performance proves the strengths which lie with TJX Companies Inc. As of right now, TJX should work on growing their revenue to a higher value. Although the company is increasing in revenue from year to year, they have only jumped 4.3%. A possible weakness right now, the company’s current expansion should turn that around. Even still a stagnant revenue is much better than a declining revenue growth, which in this economy is not uncommon. If their revenue is able to grow, than they can focus on reestablishing their previous inventory method. Due to the economy, TJX restructured their inventory system in order to keep a smaller quantity on hand. With larger revenues and more sales, they will be able to profitably keep larger stocks of merchandising inventory on hand. Financial information is all interconnected, balancing and formulating from each aspect. As the economy turns around, sales increase, and revenues increase, the downfalls which TJX has endured will change into even greater profitable quarters.…
The company has a good profit margin measured as 41.51% and also a good net profit margin measured as 9.5%. This means that company has a high percentage of non operating expenses which can be reduced to increase the net profit margin. The primary concern in the non operating expenses is selling expenses which are about 15.33% of sales. The company is expensing too much on selling but is not getting the desired result.…
This paper is the final case study of Macy’s Incorporated and it is designed to provide a financial analysis of the company. Financial data will be spread over a three year time period using real numbers from financial statements that will be used to analyze Macy’s performance. Analysis will include stock data, financial ratios, common size analysis, cost of capital, and various calculations…
The trends of the total revenue and percentage increase/decrease year per year for the four years 2006 to 2009 are illustrated and evaluated. The results of the gross and net profit margins over the four are also interpreted. The difference between return on assets (ROA) and return on shareholders’ equity (ROE) are defined and the ratios calculated are interpreted and explained. The ROA and ROE ratios of Warehouse Group…
However, the cash account in Horniman Horticulture balance sheet went down dramatically from 2002 to 2005. In 2005, the company only held 9.4 thousand dollar as cash. As a result, it seems that Horniman Horticulture might not have enough cash to pay for operating expenditure and the liquidity risk may be higher. It would affect the operating activities and profitability of the company negatively. Additionally, there was a continuous increase in accounts receivable and receivable days, respectively, from 90.6 to 146.4 thousand dollars and from 41.9 to 50.9 days during these 4 years. That means much money was paid on credit by the consumers. Consequently, it is possible that the investment was relatively inefficient due to the higher accounts receivable and accounts receivable days.…
In the past decade, HPL focus on manufacturing efficiency and its expansion is conservative. According to the case description, the company was operating on almost full capacity. The conservative expansion also made the company is able to afford more debt…
Some variation form the industry averages is evident, but this may simply reflect seasonal sales fluctuations. The efficiency of JB Hi Fi Ltd Company includes inventory turnover, debtors turnover and creditors turnover. Inventory turnover is the measure and evaluate corporate buy stock, production, selling back the status of the comprehensive management indicators. In 2009 and 2010, JB Company has inventory turnover 65days and 57days respectively. And Harvey Norman Company has 91 days and 98 days in the same two years. In general, the speed of inventory turnover faster, the lower the occupation and the stronger liquidity, the inventory or accounts receivable into cash will be faster. Increasing inventory turns to improve the liquidity of companies, and slower inventory turnovers is worse liquidity. So, the data shows JB Company decline the inventory turnover days, it means that this company improves its cash ability. On the contrary, Harvey Norman spends more days on inventory turnover, so its cash ability becomes worse. In the case of Debtors turnover, JB has 1.8 days and 1.34 days, but Harvey Norman has 261 days and 282 days. The company’s accounts receivable in current assets plays a decisive role. If the company’s accounts receivable to recover in time, the company will be able to substantially increase the efficiency of fund use. Generally, debtors turnover the higher the better, that the company billing speed and average collection period is short, less bad debts, liquidity fast, and strong solvency. By contrast, debtors turnover days are shorter the better. So, the debtors turnover of JB drop from 1.8 days to 1.34 days, it illustrates JB Company owns better abilities in many aspects. But the Harvey Norman is different from JB, because of its debtors turnover days increases. It also means that facilities due to the debtor a long time, credit is low, and increases the risk of occurrence of bad debts, it also shows that collection of company…
The sales have dropped in the year 2007 but with the increase in production the sales have increased. The production has increased as new machinery is being purchased in the corresponding year. Following the increase in sales, the gross profit has increased. The net profit though has seen a downward trend. This is due to the fact that the operating expenses have increased which include depreciation due to buying of new machinery. The finance cost also plays a vital role in decreasing the overall profitability for the company.…
phases 1 to 3 on opportunities such as taking on new customers, capitalizing on supplier…
The company has significant levels of Equity and is not minimizing its financial structure. It is able of taking more debt, but the debt needs to be more properly structured. The D/E ratio during the years increased significantly. In 1993 the D/E ratio was 22% and in 1996 it grew at 67% (Appendix1). Also the Comparison of the total Equity and the total Liabilities show that the share of Equity of…
- The financial statements for the past three years show a decline trend in both the operation and return on shareholder of the company, so a closer look at the factors contributing to this decline is needed.…
References: Annual Report . (2012, June). Retrieved May 26, 2013, from Harvey Norman Holdings: http://www.harveynormanholdings.com.au/pdf_files/2012_Annual_Report_Final.pdf…
With its fixed costs and following its reach at the breakeven point, Best Buys financial trend it so increase its operating revenue while the output is improved in comparison to its competitors who may possess higher variable costs (Forbes). Although the asset turnover occurring in the past 12 months is at 2.9, the costs have already incurred, so every sale Best Buy makes following the breakeven point, it then would transfer over to the income for operations (Forbes). Based on the ratio of asset, the future of the company has evolved from the previous 5 years of trying to steer away from increasing its ratio high variable costs but making a goal to increase the return on equity which can be escalated by the operating…