Debt Policy at UST 1. How well is UST doing? * UST has been doing extremely well. Revenues and earnings are growing at 9% and 11% respectively. * Named by Forbes as one of the top companies in terms of profitability. ROC‚ ROE and GPM one of the industry highest. * Paying back generous dividends of $2.2b and repurchasing $2b from 1988 to 1998. * However‚ they seem to be losing market share in the premium market to competitors and have not been able to make an impact in the
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Debt Policy at UST Attributes and Risks of UST UST is the market leader in the moist tobacco segment. In a struggling tobacco industry‚ UST has shown consistent growth over the past few decades. Despite the decrease in demand for smoked (cigarette) tobacco‚ there is a growing demand for UST’s products. The perception that smokeless tobacco is healthier than smoked tobacco has helped the company to build a strong customer base. Therefore‚ despite some legislative setbacks‚ the company is growing
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Ratio Analysis Ratio analysis is one of the techniques of financial analysis where ratios are used as a yardstick for evaluating the financial condition and performance of a firm. Analysis and interpretation of various accounting ratios gives skilled and experienced analyst a better understanding of the financial condition and performance of the firm than what he could have obtained only through a perusal of financial statements. Types of ratio’s 1. Profitability ratio 2. Leverage ratio
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you about some of Coca-Cola’s drinks that they sell today and back then. These are some of Coca-Cola’s drinks from back then. One of the drinks is Pepsi Cola that is from back in the day. The bad thing about it is that they don’t have that drink today. These are some drinks that Coca-Cola makes today. It is Dr. Pepper‚ Coke Zero‚ and Diet Coke. That is only some of Coca-Cola’s drinks they made and make.
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Cash Flow analysis Introduction Clearly‚ income statements and statements of financial position are the most common financial documents available to the public. But managers who make financial decisions may find themselves at something of a loss if they only have these two documents (reports on past performance) on which to base their decisions for today and into the future. Financial managers and investors‚ however‚ are far more interested in actual cash flows than they are in somewhat
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COLA WARS CONTINUE: COKE AND PEPSI IN 2006 The case is about the rivalry between two of the biggest companies in the world‚ Coca Cola and Pepsi. It is a battle which started in the early 1990s and which still characterizes the soft drink industry; but‚ as a former CEO of Pepsi said‚ it is a “battle without blood”: Coca Cola could not exist without Pepsi and the other way round. They mutually force each other to adapt their strategy to customers’ new needs‚ to apply competitive prices and to face
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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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The components of cash flow must be evident on a planner so that it will be understood easily on how it occurred exactly. According to Donaldson & Gerard (2005)‚ he stated that if cash is not observed carefully‚ the return which might have been planned might not be recognized by the organisation. So therefore‚ one needs to have the facts of how cash flows and integrate it into the organization. Also‚ measures can be taken to prevent incidents that might run the organisation into debt and disappointment
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To run a business needs cash. Cash Budget is a record of cash transactions that comes in and out of the business for a specific period of time. This helps in assessing the entity’s financial health whether there are sufficient cash for operations or too much cash are used. It also serves as a purpose of decision making on what amount of money can be granted to a creditor to avoid any liquidity in the business. Cash budget only records strictly cash movements. For example‚ Depreciation is not
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Coca-Cola ‘Brrr’ Effect By Subha Pathirage–10232732 Executive Summary This report is about the Atlanta-based beverage retail giant Coca-Cola Company’s latest global integrated advertising campaign "The Brrr effect". The campaign was launched in the first half of 2007 in South Africa and has run in 41 markets around the world with the aim of increasing sales of the company’s flagship product Coca-Cola. The report discuses the about the Coca-Cola Company‚ its various campaigns launched over the
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