Axia College HHS 265 Analyzing Financial Statements Part I Using Appendix B‚ calculate the following ratios: Current ratio Year 2002 2003 2004 Current ratio 104‚296÷139‚017 = 0.75 82‚058 ÷ 93‚975 = 0.87 302‚902÷337‚033 = 0.90 Long-term solvency ratio Year 2002 2003 2004 Long-term solvency ratio 391‚270÷310‚246 = 1.26 359‚863÷259‚979 = 1.38 699‚004÷338‚937 = 2.06 Contribution ratio Year 2002 2003 2004 Contribution ratio 617‚169÷1‚165‚065 = 0.53 632‚889÷1
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INTERPRETATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Ways of interpreting financial statements - Using individual items contained in financial statement. - Using ratios computed from items contained in Financial Statement (Ratio analysis) Reasons for interpreting accounts Accounts have to be analyzed and interpreted for the following logical points (1) Evaluation of the trading performance of a firm in order to have a measure of the quality of management running it. (2) Appraisal and monitoring
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Financial Statement Analysis: Amazon‚ Incorporated Ashley B. Stark Dickinson State University October 18‚ 2012 Abstract The following document provides the trend‚ common-size‚ and horizontal analysis of Amazon‚ Incorporated‚ for the fiscal years ending 2007‚ 2008‚ 2009‚ 2010‚ and 2011. Amazon‚ Incorporated is a healthy company that has reached mature growth with stable returns. Overall‚ Amazon‚ Incorporated is a reasonable investment based on its historical and industry analysis and trends
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movement had originally started in the 1980 ’s when managers were encouraged to give their workers more involvement in work-related decisions but has now grown into its own controversial topic as 31% of companies define themselves as empowered. Advantages Many companies believe that being in an empowered company will motivate the worker. They believe this because it gives the job content. Researchers have shown that at the individual level and the team level that giving the workers power over themselves
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Internet while still young in age has grown rapidly‚ spreading to countries world wide and connecting 50 million users. With its popularity‚ it is incumbent upon our society to recognize how the Internet works and to be aware of its advantages as well as disadvantages. While seemingly high tech the Internet concept is rather simple. Computers speak to one another and send information. This is accomplished by sending and receiving electronic impulse‚ and then decoding them into a message. In order
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Ratio Analysis Ratio Analysis is a form of Financial Statement Analysis that is used to obtain a quick indication of a firm’s financial performance in several key areas. The ratios are categorized as Short-term Solvency Ratios‚ Debt Management Ratios‚ Asset Management Ratios‚ Profitability Ratios‚ and Market Value Ratios. Ratio Analysis as a tool possesses several important features. The data‚ which are provided by financial statements‚ are readily available. The computation of ratios facilitates
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Reputation can make or break an individual. It determines how people view one another and it also decides how people treat and react to each other. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ the monster‚ Victor Frankenstein and Elizabeth Lavenza face struggles with their reputation and how it defines them. Also‚ in Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago‚ Othello and Desdemona are presented with similar struggles to the ones the characters in Frankenstein face. The presentation of reputation in both works allows
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planting materials‚ compensate land shortages and genetic improvement of the plant. [pic][pic][pic][pic]A few of the advantages perceived in the use of biotechnology in agriculture are rapid multiplication of plant species‚ breeding of resistant varieties‚ diagnosis and control of disease in crop and livestock‚ utilization of crop residues and animal waste. Some of the disadvantages are high cost of research and development‚ endangering biodiversity‚ genetic erosion and lack of access for poor farmers
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Ratio Analysis University of Phoenix HCS/571 Finance Resource Management Sept 24‚ 2013Rosetta Stringfellow‚ MBA‚ BSRatio Analysis Ratio analysis is a widely used managerial tool that compares one number with another to gain insights that would not arise from looking at either of the numbers separately. Ratio analysis is used to examine and interpret the relationship between two numbers on a financial statement. This is done so that the managers
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The article is all about the essential financial ratios to evaluate the health care industry such as hospitals and pharmaceutical company regardless of the stock of health care companies. There are three key ratios such as cash flow coverage ratio‚ debt to capitalization ratio‚ and operating margin. These ratios reveal how many liabilities and how much debt the health care companies have and how much they operate a margin. First‚ the cash flow coverage ratio is crucial to hospitals and having adequate
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