In 1983‚ Costco Wholesale Corporation‚ the fourth-largest retailer in the United States‚ was founded by former Price Club executive‚ Jim Sinegal‚ and lawyer Jeffrey Brotman. Costco focuses on selling products at low prices in bulk packaging and focuses mostly to large families and small businesses. They sell products like flat-screen TVs‚ gallon jugs of mayonnaise‚ and coffins. Costco operates 556 stores worldwide: 405 in the United States‚ 77 in Canada‚ 31 in Mexico‚ 21 in the United Kingdom‚
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Costco Wholesale Corp.: Case Study 1. What is Costcoʼs business model? Is the companyʼs business model appealing? Why or why not. 1.1. The companyʼs business model was “to generate high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover by offering members very low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private label products in a wide range of merchandise categories.” As a consumer this is a attractive business model because it saves money for the people purchasing while maintaining
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Food Waste Sustainably Sourced Products Strategy 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 15 15 15 16 17 17 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 29 30 30 30 31 31 Corporate Sustainability Report – January 2009 From Jim Sinegal President & CEO‚ Costco Wholesale Corporation We’re trying to build a company that’s going to be here 50 to 60 years from now. We believe we have an obligation to all of Costco’s stakeholders to run our business in such a way that we will achieve solid long-term results
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ANALYSIS FOR INSIDERS RATIOS 1. Manufacturing Cost per Unit The ratio demonstrated that how much Polycon is spending in producing one unit. It helps business owners determine when they’ll turn a profit and helps them price their products with that in mind. It provides a dynamic overview of the relationships among revenues‚ costs and profits As little as company incurs on producing one unit‚ it will goes to the company’s goodwill. In order to review the ratio under consideration‚ it has been
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GROUP 1 REPORT FINANCIAL RATIOS Financial ratios are useful indicators of a firm’s performance and financial situation. Most ratios can be calculated from information provided by the financial statements. Financial ratios can be used to analyze trends and to compare the firm’s financials to those of other firms. In some cases‚ ratio analysis can predict future bankruptcy. SOURCES OF DATA FOR FINANCIAL RATIOS Balance Sheet Income Statement Statement of Cash Flows Statement of Retained
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Profitability Ratios Profitability Ratios attempt to measure the firm’s success in generating income. These ratios reflect the combined effects of the firm’s asset and debt management. Profit Margin The Profit Margin indicates the dollars in income that the firm earns on each dollar of sales. This ratio is calculated by dividing Net Income by Sales. Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) The Return on Assets Ratio indicates the dollars in income earned by the firm on its assets
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Ratio analysis 1. Liquidity ratio The liquidity ratios measure the company’s ability to meet its short-term debt obligations (Intermediate accounting- Kieso‚ D.E.‚ J.J. Weygandt and T.D. Warfield). These ratios include current ratios‚ quick ratios‚ and cash ratio. Current ratio: the current ratio of GM has increased from 1.29 in 2012 to 1.30 in 2013. With a higher ratio in 2013‚ it’s better for GM to meet its short-term obligation. Quick ratio: the quick ratio of GM has improved from 0.79 in 2012
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reported on the financial statements. 1) Return on Equity: One of the most important profitability ratios is return on equity (ROE). ROE is the amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation’s profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested. The return on equity ratio is computed as follows: Return on Equity = | Net Income | | Average Shareholder’s Equity | Simply
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* Findings and Analysis: Liquidity Ratio 1. Current Ratio: A company’s current assets divided by its current liabilities is known as the Current Ratio. This ratio is regarded as a measure of short-term debt paying ability. It measures the capability to obsolete the current liability with comparing to current asset by how many times. The equation is- Current Ratio = Current AssetCurrent Liability * The general rule of thumb calls for a current ratio of at least 2:1. If it is greater than
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Profitability Ratios Profitability ratios measure two aspects of a corporation’s profits: (1) those elements of operations that contribute to profit and (2) the relationship of profit to total investment and investment by stockholders. The first group of profitability ratios [gross profit (or gross margin) percentage‚ operating margin percentage‚ and net profit margin percentage] expresses income statement elements as percentages of net sales. The second group of profitability ratios (return on assets
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