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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ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Financial statement analysis is the study of relationships between the elements of the same statement or different financial statements and the trend of these elements. The purpose of financial statement analysis is to determine the meaning and significance of the data contained in the statements so that a forecast may be made of the prospects for future earnings‚ expected dividends and the ability of the business to pay interest and debt as it matures. Financial statement
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Introduction to the companies. Cargills (Ceylon) PLC Cargills is Sri Lanka’s largest modern retailer. Its pioneer venture into modern trade was an innovation of the company’s trading legacy. Thereafter Cargills Food City continued to challenge the norm by taking to the masses what was traditionally an affluent focused business and offering ‘higher value for the lowest price’. Today the Cargills retail operation is spread across the island as ‘Cargills Food City’ supermarkets and ‘Cargills
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Financial Statement Analysis: Costco Wholesale (COST) Executive Summary Costco Wholesale is recognized as the largest wholesale club operator in the US. Over the three-year time period of 2002-2004‚ this company has expanded its membership base while increasing its number of warehouses both in the U.S. and internationally. In 2004 alone‚ net sales increased 13.1% over the prior year‚ driven by an increase in comparable sales of 10% and the opening of twenty new warehouses; net income
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Contents page Introduction……………………page1 Literature review………………page 2 Uses of ratios…………………...Page 2 Types of financial ratios………Page 3 ➢ Profitability ratios……….Page 3 ➢ Efficiency Ratios………....Page 4 ➢ Liquidity Ratios………….Page 5 ➢ Investment Ratios………..Page 6 Limitations of ratios…………..Page 8 Conclusion……………………..Page 8 Introduction. The primary purpose of accounting is to convey information about the business to management‚ investors‚ shareholders‚ government
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4 Chapter 1. Introduction 5 1.1 Theoretical background 8 1.1.1 Use and significance of Ratio Analysis 8 1.1.2 Limitations 11 1.1.3 Classifications of ratios 13 1.2 Research Methodology 33 1.2.1 Need for the study 33 1.2.2 Scope of the study 33 1.2.3 Objectives of the
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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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To analyze the financial condition of a company‚ we rely on Financial Statements. Financial ratios‚ derived from Financial Statements‚ make this analysis possible. These ratios also come in handy when you need to compare different companies. Let’s first understand what these ratios mean. Then‚ we will look at the different categories they fall into and study the key ratios within each category. What are Financial Ratios? They are expressions that give us the relationship between different components
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data of the ARI (ARRIUM LIMITED) with the context of various financial ratios and to give suitable recommendation to potential new investor UNO Super fund Management. Discussion of the topic starts with the core business of the company with the all financial background. The report also summarise the way the fund generated by the company and the capital investment by the company. The nucleus of the report analyse the various financial ratio to determine the liquidity of company.
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University of Phoenix Material Patton-Fuller Ratio Analysis There is a _$_1 million__ difference between the “unaudited” and the “audited” financial reports. The subsequent audit adjustment __increase bad debt_____expense by $__1 milion___ and changed the operating results for 2009 from _a gain to a loss_‚ as compared to the unaudited financial statements. This audit adjustment reduced _the profitability_by 1 mil_and weakens the __creditability_ of the CEO’s report to the Board in December
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