The Current Ratio decrease, due to assests, and an increase in liabilities, which indicates a 2.23% change in the ratio of assets to liabilities. The sharp drop in cash was offset by large rises in Net Accounts Receivable and Inventory, which are ordinarily unfavorable events also. However, if significant supplies were purchased (due to vendor discounts), the increase in Inventory could have been an astute business decision. The uncollected Accounts Receivables are troublesome.…
Objective: This course is designed to provide you with a general understanding of a variety of financial restructuring and reorganization techniques. Each topic that we discuss describes a transaction that restructures or reorganizes the firm in some particular way. The specific objectives of the course include: (1) to help build a framework for analyzing various corporate restructuring transactions primarily through techniques of financial analysis; (2) to provide a…
One of the significant changes on Panera Bread’s vertical analysis occurs with the Treasury Stock – Common account, which went from accounting for -17% of their Total Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity to accounting for -51% of them. This change constituted for a decrease of approximately 34% over the course of four years. As a perpetually negative account that represents share reacquisitions, this decrease coincides with the fact that Panera reacquired a significant number of its shares from 2011-2014. In late…
How did Cablevision’s sinking stock price affect its financial management? First off, how does the stock price affect the company? In the harshest sense of the word, not much; that is, as long as the company does not run out of cash, then the company’s stock price is irrelevant to the company’s operations. Nevertheless, the stock price is also a reflection of what the market thinks the company’s equity is worthy of which presents implications. If the stock price underrates a company’s equity, it will tend to attract buyout offers, as people will take advantage of the stock’s low price. In Cablevision scenario, they relied heavily on the sales of their own stock as the source of cash and as a security for loan if they needed to borrow money. When the massive tumble, as with many media and technology-related stocks in summer of 2002, took place it sent Cablevision’ stock…
* Time Warner Cable had extreme drop in equity from 2009 to 2010. This is due to a 1 for 3 reverse stock split in 2009.…
XYZ Company should take benefit of short term and long term prospects and employ these into its financial policies. Most importantly, XYZ Company should make a plan to control its working capital. The working capital is the quantity of cash a business has to run its trade. Proper management of the company’s working capital will benefit the company to meet its financial objective and develop in the future. XYZ Company’s financial statements demonstrate that overhead expenses and selling expenses must be decreased. Though, the net income for XYZ Company has been progressively growing, this is a beneficial indication for the company’s future growth.…
CASE 1.3 Just for FEET, Inc. 1. (1) Common-sized Balance Sheet 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/1997 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents 2% 18% 37% Marketable securities available for sale - - 9% Accounts receivable 3% 4% 2% Inventory 58% 46% 35% Other current assets 3% 1% 1% Total current assets 65% 69% 84% Property and equipment, net 23% 21% 15% Goodwill, net 10% 8% - Other 1% 1% 2% Total assets 100% 100% 100% Current liabilities: Short-term borrowings - Accounts payable 28% 28% 25% Accrued expenses 7% 5% 3% Income taxes payable 0% 1% 0% Current maturities of long-term debt 2% 2% 1% Total current liabilities 36% 86% 93% Long-term debt and obligations 64% 16% 7% Total liabilities 100% 100% 100% Shareholders' equity Common stock 0% 0% 0% Paid-in capital 77% 82% 87% Retained earnings 23% 18% 13% Total shareholders' equity 100% 100% 100% Total liabilities and shareholders' equity (2) Common-sized Statements of Earnings 1999 1998 1997 Net sales 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% Cost of sales 58.38% 58.46% 57.54% Gross profit 41.62% 41.54% 42.46% Other revenues 0.17% 0.23% 0.23% Operating expenses Store operating 30.01% 29.18% 27.04% Store opening costs 1.76% 1.41% 4.38% Amortization of intangibles 0.27% 0.25% 0.07% General and administrative 3.14% 3.77% 3.07% Total operating expenses 35.18% 34.60% 34.57% Operating income 6.61% 7.17% 8.12% Interest expense -1.04% -0.30% -0.32% Interest income 0.02% 0.29% 1.85% Earnings before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle 5.59% 7.15% 9.65% Provision for income taxes 2.15% 2.68% 3.43% Earnings before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle 3.44% 4.47% 6.22% Cumulative effect on prior years of change in accounting principle - - -0.80%…
revenue the wrong way to increase earnings. This company had the largest bankruptcy filing in…
- repurshasing company shares through debt financing, since the price of the shares declined by 10%. The view is that a strong balance sheet would maintain the borrowing ability needed to support CPK’s expected growth.…
At first glance, Clarkson Lumber appears to be a healthy company. However, despite rapid growth and increasing sales Clarkson Lumber finds itself searching for additional funding to compensate for a shortage in cash to fund its expanding business. Clarkson Lumber is in this situation for a number of reasons.…
The options we chose led to a 44% drop in working capital requirement, drop from 159 days to 128 days in the cash conversion cycle and a 87% drop in debt. Overall we met our expectations of reducing working capital requirement and freeing up additional capital. EBIT has dropped immediately but by 2015 net income was higher by $8,000 despite the drop in $255,000 drop in EBIT in 2013. This surprised the team as we did not expect that in the long run by improving the working capital requirements of the company we reduced costs and increase net income resulting to a total created value of $691,000 for the firm. Despite the immediate decrease in sales in 2013, the overall financial position of the company is better in the long run, and moreover we have a remaining credit limit of approximately $2.8 million which is almost equal to the initial amount of credit borrowed in 2012.…
260-10-55-12 If the number of common shares outstanding increases as a result of a stock dividend or stock split (see Subtopic 505-20)or decreases as a result of a reverse stock split, the computations of basic and diluted EPS shall be adjusted retroactively for all periods presented to reflect that change in capital structure. If changes in common stock resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, or reversestock splits occur after the close of the period but before the financial statements are issued or are available to be issued (as discussed in Section 855-10-25), the per-share computations for those and any prior-period financial statements presented shall be based on the new number of shares. If per-share…
When analyzing the annual financial reports for Wal-Mart it is easy to see a positive outlook in Wal-Mart 's future of financial health. Looking at and comparing the ratios with other companies in the same industry, Wal-Mart seems to be the easy frontrunner. A review of the current, debt/equity, inventory turnover, net profit margin, Return on Total Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), and quick ratios all indicate that the trend of leading the retail industry will continue. The current ratio (which is the current assets divided by current liabilities) is a measure of how much in liabilities a company has compared to its assets. Wal-Mart in 2010 had a current ratio of 0.9 and the industry had a 1.1. The quick ratio (which is current assets minus inventory divided by current liabilities) is a measure of a company 's ability meet short-term obligations. In 2010 Wal-Mart had a quick ratio of 0.3 compared to the industry of 0.4. The next ratio is the inventory turnover ratio which, according to Fraser, L. M., & Ormiston (2007), is defined as the cost of goods sold divided by the remaining inventory at the end of the accounting cycle. In 2010, Wal-Mart’s inventory turnover ratio was 9.1 times compared to a 9.2 times in 2009. Even though this inventory turnover ratio is a little lower than 2009 it is still about the same as industry average, which is 8.5. This indicates that Wal-Mart is trending about the same as similar companies. Now looking at the debt/equity ratio for 2010 was 0.73 compared to the industry of 0.67. This indicates that Wal-Mart is trending in debt ratio also with their competitors. The return on assets was 9.1 in 2010 compared to 8.5 for the industry. This indicates that Wal-Mart is making more money on their investments than their competitors. Wal-Mart is also staying consistent because in 2009 they also…
In the last decade Apple Inc. has yielded exponential growth. As a company, the imaginative and invocative approaches of technological product advancements have enable Apple, Inc. to achieve an elite status among technology companies throughout the world. Apple, Inc. serves as an inspiration to many companies through higher benchmark standards they created. Though their product margin is not as vast as most technological competitors, Apple, Inc. innovates and releases a new product to consumers. Apple, Inc. has proven to able to move and create new markets with one product that allows Apple, Inc. to rain as the elite player in technology.…
A court reporter should always be ready to read her notes back to the judge.…