Price/Earnings Ratio Model (P/E) The P/E looks at the relationship between the stock price and the company’s earnings. The P/E is the most popular metric of stock analysis. A valuation ratio of a company’s current share price compared to its per-share earnings. For example‚ if a company is currently trading at $60 a share and earnings over the last 12 months were $2 per share‚ the P/E ratio for the stock would be 30 ($60/$2). The earnings multiplier can be computed as follows: P/E Ratio = Current
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Case 5.6 4.) Per Section 302(a)(5)(B) and 302(a)(6) of SARBOX‚ “ the signing officers have disclosed to the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the board of directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent function) -----any fraud‚ whether or not material‚ that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the issuer’s internal controls; and the signing officers have indicated in the report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or other
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i Case Study: One Laptop Per Child [from: Keegan‚ Warren J.‚ and Mark C. Green‚ Global Marketing (Sixth Edition)‚ New Jersey: Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚Prentice Hall‚ 2011] |[pic] | | | | | As director of the prestigious Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)‚ Nicolas Negroponte had a unique opportunity to immerse himself in cutting-edge
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Earnings Management and Its Implications Educating the Accounting Profession By Michael D. Akers‚ Don E. Giacomino‚ and Jodi L. Bellovary August 2007 Issue AUGUST 2007 - In the wake of continuing‚ highly publicized E-mail Story financial frauds and failures‚ the accounting profession has placed renewed emphasis on issues related to earnings Print Story management and earnings quality. The SEC and the public are demanding greater assurance about the quality of earnings. Staff Accounting Bulletin
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Dividend: The company currently pays out a quarterly dividend of $0.14‚ which annualized puts the dividend as yielding 0.62%. Reasonable Valuation: The company carries a price to earnings ratio of 14.02‚ which by nearly all standards is a relatively reasonable valuation. Institutional Vote of Confidence: 78% of shares outstanding are held by institutional investors‚ displaying the huge amount of confidence long-term and big-money investors have in the company and its future. Money on the Balance
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Share Valuation Valuation Situations 1. Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) An initial public offering is the first sale of shares by a company to the public. The shares then become publicly traded. 2. Management Buy-outs (MBOs) A management buy-out is a form of acquisition in which the existing managers of a company acquire a large part or all of the shares of the company. 3. Management Buy-ins (MBIs) A management buy-in is a form of acquisition in which a manager or management team from
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information gathered in “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings‚” there are five generalizations in how to manage short term earnings. They are how managers manipulate records to benefit themselves or the company. It seems that there is no true uniformity in short term earnings and each felt that rules could be bent by manipulating operating procedures‚ accounting methods‚ deferring expenditures‚ budget target‚ or by changing the short term earnings in sales and expense was justifiable. Although
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1. What is earnings management? The companies use earnings management as a strategy by which they can easily control and manipulate their earnings to reach their pre-determined earning target. 2. Why do companies employ earnings management techniques? Accountants cannot predict every business structure‚ every new and innovative transaction. Therefore‚ they build up principles that allow for flexibility so that they can adapt to changing circumstances. However‚ people make use of that flexibility
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RETAINED EARNINGS CHAPTER 19 DEFINITION: Retained Earnings represents the cumulative balance of: Periodic net income or loss Dividend distribution Prior periodic errors Changes in accounting policy‚ and Other capital adjustments The illustrative statements of financial position and statement of changes in equity in IAS 1 and IAS 8 still maintain the title “retained earnings” 2 KINDS OF RETAINED EARNINGS Unappropriated Appropriated UNAPPROPRIATED RETAINED EARNINGS Represent
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Essentials - you must achieve all nine. | | | Performance Objective | Activity | Performance indicator | 1 Demonstrate the application of professional ethics‚ value and judgement | Example of relevant activities Keep up-to-date with all codes of conduct and professional standards. Provide a description of how you have dealt with situations where your professional ethics‚ values or judgement were challenged Discuss with others (e.g. your manager) how you would deal with situations which could
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