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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? Capital punishment is the gravest consequence for violating the criminal law which has been used for thousands of years and it dates back to Ancient Times. The first proof of capital punishment is from Hammurabi’s Code‚ where Hammurabi quoted: “An eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth” (ca. 1700 B.C). Nowadays‚ death penalty is a very controversial topic with many pros and cons. It can be a strong example‚ a safe and cheaper way to treat murderers‚ but it can also be a wrongful solution. First
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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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Sen’s Sensibility: Managing the Cash Flow Ronal Sen was looking at the bank statement for the last quarter. He thought about the effort that he underwent to make those payments referred as withdrawals in the bank statement. He recollected the occasions in which he had to request the vendor to delay the deposit of the cheque given by him as he had insufficient balance in the bank. The company he had founded had outgrown the informal processes that he used to control it. He was interested in getting
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Values. An investment offers $8‚500 per year for 15 years‚ with the first payment occurring 1 year 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
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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 statements? a) 60% R&D Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 R&D recognized 860 1‚326
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CASH FLOWS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT SUNSET BOARDS Below are the financial statements that you are asked to prepare. 1. The income statement for each year will look like this: | Income statement | | | 2008 | | 2009 | | Sales | $247‚259 | | $301‚392 | | Cost of goods sold | 126‚038 | | 159‚143 | | Selling & administrative | 24‚787 | | 32‚352 | | Depreciation | 35‚581 | | 40‚217 | | EBIT | $60‚853 | | $69‚680 | | Interest | 7‚735 | | 8‚866 | |
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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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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS PREPARATION Part I Although he owned his own business‚ Jeff Birch was a financial novice. His passion was dogs‚ and he had finally made the move to start a specialty dog services business in an upscale section of a large mid-Atlantic city. In its first two years‚ Dog Concierges‚ LLC‚ had grown to about $650‚000 in sales. Historically‚ he had left all financial concerns in the hands of his sister‚ Jennifer Birch‚ an aspiring CPA. But she had recently graduated from college and
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Discounted Cash Flow Homework Problems Please post the answers (and show your work) in the assignments section by midnight the last day of the week assigned. 1. Calculate the future value of 1‚535 invested today for 8 years at 6 percent. (5 points) $1535 * 1.5938 = $2‚446 2. What is the total present value of the following cash stream‚ discounted at 8 percent? (5 points) |Year |Amount |Rate |PV | |1 | $ 400
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