Sector: Child to Staff Ratios Public Concern in the Childcare Sector: Child to Staff Ratios At the end of 2012‚ it was announced that the Government were looking to relax their child to staff ratios for childcare in England. The reason for this is that they though it would make more available spaces for childcare‚ and lower costs for parents. Britain has some of the highest childcare costs in the world‚ with many mothers with two or more children saying it does not make financial sense to work.
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major categories of ratios‚ and what questions do they answer? * Liquidity: Can we make required payments as they fall due? * Asset management: Do we have the right amount of assets for the level of sales? * Debt management: Do we have the right mix of debt and equity? * Profitability: Do sales prices exceed unit costs‚ and are sales high enough as reflected in NPM‚ ROE‚ and ROA? * Market value: Do investors like what they see as reflected in P/E and M/B ratios? 2. What is
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A Brief Look at the History of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Not much had changed in the twelve years between Mr. Dow’s eleven stocks’ first appearance in the daily financial bulletin‚ Customer’s Afternoon Letter‚ and the twelve ‘smokestack’ companies that debuted on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on May 26‚ 1896. An interesting thing to notice is how nearly the entire list is populated by industrial stocks. This is a far cry from the commodity and retail rich list of today. Moving ahead
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INTEPRETATONS OF FINANCIAL RATIOS A. GlaxoSmithKline at a glance. “GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a global healthcare company specialized in the discovery‚ development‚ manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. GSK has operations in about 114 countries‚ with products being sold in over 150 countries”. A. Evaluation of profitability ratios. For the evaluation of the profitability ratio over five-year period we will analyse the financial data
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A. Debt Management Ratios (Leverage Ratios) The extent to which a firm uses debt financing‚ or financial leverage‚ has three important implications: 1. By raising funds through debt‚ stockholders can maintain control of a firm while limiting their investment 2. Creditors look to the equity‚ or owner-supplied funds‚ to provide a margin of safety‚ so the higher the proportion of the total capital that was provided by stockholders‚ the less the risk faced by creditors 3. If the firm earns more
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital What It Measures The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the rate of return that the providers of a company’s capital require‚ weighted according to the proportion each element bears to the total pool of capital. Why It Is Important WACC is one of the most important figures in assessing a company’s financial health‚ both for internal use (in capital budgeting) and external use (valuing companies on investment markets). It gives companies an insight into
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(written by Ms Groves) | 4. Performing Ratio analysis for SIGNature Ltd what you will learn in this UNIT The unit is divided into two parts. In the first part‚ Assignment 1‚ you developed an understanding of the accounting processes necessary to provide accurate and relevant financial information. The second part of the unit (Assignments 2‚ 3 and 4) cover the practical aspect of carrying out those accounting activities. GRADING CRITERIA P5 – Perform ratio analysis to measure the profitability
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Liquidity Ratio – Between 2013 and 2015‚ Nike’s current ratio declined but their quick ratio inclined. The quick ratio‚ also known as the “acid test”‚ is a better indicator of Nike’s liquidity because it removes the amount of inventory from the ratio. Inventory is typically the least liquid of a company’s current assets and in Nike’s perspective‚ if sales slowdown‚ the inventory might not be converted to cash as quickly. Also‚ with the type of inventory that Nike carries‚ such as sports items and
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Patton-Fuller Ratio Computation Shourn Henderson‚ Marilyn Lilly‚ Noralva Rodriguez HCS/405 February 11‚ 2013 Dr. Ben Kukoyi Patton-Fuller Ratio Computation Introduction This paper will address the ratio computations to Patton-Fuller Community Hospital taken from Audited and Unaudited Reports from 2008-2009. From 2008-2009 the existing assets reduced‚ but showed a growth in the hospital’s responsibilities. The hospital is presently making adequate revenue to cover the debts‚ which
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Ratio Analysis Return on capital employed Basically‚ it measures business performance. This ratio is used to calculate the return versus the money that is invested. Gross profit margin This ratio uses for measuring of profitability in selling‚ buying or producing goods before any other expenses are put into account. Therefore‚ any change in this figure can have an important result on the net profit margin of the year. Harrods’ gross profit margin can be divided into 2 parts which is
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