Ratio Analysis and Statement of Cash Flows Financial ratios are "just a convenient way to summarize large quantities of financial data and to compare firms’ performance" (Brealey & Myer & Marcus‚ 2003‚ p. 450). Financial ratios are very useful tools in order to determine the health of a company‚ help managers to make decision‚ and help to compare companies that belong to the same industry in order to know about their performance. Home Depot and Lowe’s are two home improvement chains in the United
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INTRODUCTION In financial accounting‚ a cash flow statement‚ also known as statement of cash flows or funds flow statement‚ is a financial statement that shows how changes in balance sheet accounts and income affect cash and cash equivalents‚ and breaks the analysis down to operating‚ investing‚ and financing activities. Essentially‚ the cash flow statement is concerned with the flow of cash in and cash out of the business. The statement captures both the current operating results and the accompanying
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Company: Capital Budgeting In mid-September of 2010/ Emily Harris‚ vice president of New Heritage Doll Company’s production division‚ was weighing project proposals for the company’s upcoming capital budgeting meetings in October. Two proposals stood out based on their potential to strengthen the division’s innovative product lines and drive future growth. However‚ due to constraints on financial and managerial resources‚ Harris knew it was possible that the firm’s capital budgeting committee
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strategy that emphasized localization towards one that emphasized global standardization? What were the benefits of such strategy? * It is to increase profitability and to pursue a low cost advantage on global scale. It is also to standardize the products worldwide. It will make coke make profit and adhere to different countries tastes and preferences. 2. What were the limitations of Goizueta’s strategy that persuaded his successor to shift away from it? What was Daft trying to achieve? Daft’s
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criteria: • The present capital budgeting system ranks projects according to their payback period and average return on investment. Ranking projects is often used in the situation of capital rationing. PBH might have had difficulties in terms of availability of cash‚ which would justify the use of the Payback method. However‚ it’s an old system that hasn’t been revised for years‚ now conditions have changed. Liquidity of the projects is not essential‚ since the hotel has enough cash on hand to finance
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of Cash flow * Cash flow is more “direct” as “profit” is highly dependent on accounting conventions and concepts/principles * Cash flow reporting satisfies the needs of all users better since cash flow is more direct with its messages. Some of the interested user parties are: * Creditors -repayment of debts‚ overdue accounts * Management -cash flow reporting provides the type of information which decision should be taken re: relevant costs ( decision based on future cash flow)
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statement and statement of cash flows used to make business decisions? The income statement reflects the company’s financial performance by showing how much money was generated (revenue)‚ how much was spent (expenses)‚ and the difference (profit) between the two over a period of time. It is divided into the operating and non-operating sections. It can also tell how much money shareholders would receive if the company were to distribute all of its net earnings. The cash flow statement provides cumulative
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from now. If the required return is 9 percent‚ what is the value of the investment? What would the value be if the payments occurred for 40 years? For 75 years? Forever? 2. Calculating Annuity Cash Flows. If you put up $25‚000 today in exchange for a 7.9 percent‚ 12year annuity‚ what will the annual cash flow be? 3. Calculating Perpetuity Values. Dawa Financial is trying to sell you an investment policy that will pay you and your heirs $35‚000 per year forever. If the required rate of return on this
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Using pertinent information from the case text‚ prepare a capital budgeting analysis of the wind turbine project using the payback and net presentation value or internal rate of return models. Costs for Wind Turbine include: SEDs Fee - Grant ($157‚000 - 15‚000) $142000 Purchase and Installationn - Grant ($3‚900‚000 - $582‚000) $3‚318‚000 · Loan for $3‚300‚000 for 10 years and 7.3 interest rate $465‚935.76 per year (10 years) · Cash $18‚000 Insurance and Maintance Fee $75000 per year Savings
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which an asset would trade in a competitive auction setting. Book value is the value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance. The big difference is the inability to record certain intangible assets for example: brand value‚ human capital… these assets would provide earnings growth in the future and as far as determine Microsoft’s market value. The company choose a conservative accounting policies. 2. What effect did Microsoft’s software capitalization policy have on its financial
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