| Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Case | Seminar in Finance | | Gregory Steigerwalt | 4/17/2012 | | Krispy Kreme Case – Discussant Krispy Kreme’s rapid expansion may have been the reason for its rapid fall. Recently becoming a publicly traded company in April 2000‚ Krispy Kreme shares had seen amazing growth as they were selling for 62 times earnings. Naturally‚ this created a buzz around Wall Street‚ and an “obsession” with Krispy Kreme began as it became one of the hottest stocks
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Krispy Kreme Financial Health Analysis ACC 226 Depreciation Analysis: Depreciation is the term used for the decline of an object value over time. Krispy Kreme’s depreciation is calculated using the straight line method. Benefits from asset are more likely to be constant over its live‚ thus making straight line method of depreciation more appropriate as it results in a constant annual depreciation change. Krispy Kreme uses SFAS-142 for accounting of intangible assets. Per this
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BACKGROUND OF KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS Krispy Kreme Dougnuts was founded on July 13‚ 1937 in Winston-Salem‚ North Carolina‚ United States by Vemon Rudolph. The company became a publicly-traded company in April 2000. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts produces approximately 5.5 million doughnuts a day consisting of 20 varieties. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts serves customers in 395 stores where 40 stores are in the United States and the rest are in 10 foreign countries namely Australia‚ Canada‚ Hong Kong‚ Indonesia
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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS‚ INC. CASE ANALYSIS Executive Summary Krispy Kreme doughnuts‚ Inc is facing a crisis of a drop in share price like never before since its initial public offering in the year 2000. The situation of Krispy Kreme does not look so bright after it has reacquire the underperforming franchisees’ stores worth of 170$ million. In the end of 2004‚ the company has some problem related with its accounting for the acquisitions of certain franchisees that it has to restated its financial
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To: Investors of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts From: Financial consultant Date: January 2005 Subject: Warning signals from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Historical income statements show that the revenues and net income increased continuously from 2000 to 2004. The first warning signal observed was net loss in May 2004. By comparing income statement in May 2003 with income statement in May 2004‚ the revenue increased 24 percent‚ but net income appeared negative. Krispy Kreme spent $40 million in
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Krispy Kreme began in 1937 when Vernon Rudolph opened his first doughnut shop in Winston-Salem‚ North Carolina. The name was invented to represent the crispy outside of the doughnuts and the soft‚ creamy middle. Based upon a recipe he bought in 1937 from a French chef‚ the original glazed doughnuts remain unchanged over the years. The recipe is locked in a fireproof vault at the company’s headquarters to this day! A typical Krispy Kreme store turns out more than 3‚000 doughnuts an hour. A large
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Krispy Kreme started as a single doughnut shop in 1937 when Vernon Rudolph acquired the special recipe from a French chef. Very quickly‚ the doughnuts rose in popularity and the number of shops expanded. By April 2000‚ after the IPO Krispy Kreme shares were selling for 62 times earnings. Krispy Kreme had a share price of $40.63‚ which gave the firm a market capitalization of about $500 million. Since the IPO the company had announced an aggressive growth strategy‚ in which they planned to increase
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Contents 1.1 Introduction................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Background of the case................................................................................. 3 1.3 Statement of the problem............................................................................. 3 1.4 Objectives..................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Case analysis....................
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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS‚ INC. (for Tuesday October 22 presentation) Synopsis and Objectives This case considers the sudden and very large drop in the market value of equity for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc.‚ associated with a series of announcements made in 2004. Those announcements caused investors to revise their expectations about the future growth of Krispy Kreme‚ which had been one of the most rapidly growing American corporations in the new millennium. Your task is to evaluate the implications
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc. (hereinafter‚ “Krispy Kreme”) seemed poised to become an industry leader and Wall Street chart topper in 2000‚ however‚ by 2004 the company’s stock price had plummeted. Krispy Kreme’s stock price one day after the initial public offering in April of 2000‚ was $40.63‚ giving the company a market capitalization of nearly $500 million. Investors believed Krispy Kreme was the next big money maker to enter the market. By 2005‚ Krispy Kreme shares were trading at less than
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