a. Why are ratios useful? What three groups use ratio analysis and for what reasons? Financial ratios are designed to extract important information that might not be obvious simply from examining a firm’s financial statements. Financial statement analysis involves comparing a firm’s performance with that of other firms in the same industry and evaluating trend in the firm’s financial position over time. From the textbook ‚ we know managers use financial analysis to identify situations needing
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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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HMV HMV Group PLC‚ which stands for His Master’s Voice is a British multinational entertainment retailing company with operations in the UK‚ Hong Kong‚ Canada and Singapore. It also operates a small chain of shops in the UK known as Fopp‚ a website selling both physical and digital products. It was floated on the stock market in 2002. HMV was originally owned by the Gramophone record company‚ which later merged with another to become EMI. The first HMV store was opened on Oxford Street in 1921
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1.0 INTRODUCTION EMI Group plc In early spring 2007‚ Martin Stewart as chief financial officer (CFO) for global music giant EMI‚ he’s knew most of the news that would break at the company’s April 18 earnings announcement. Annual underlying revenue for the company was down 16% to GBP 1.8 billion (British pounds). Earnings per share (EPS) have also dropped from 10.9 pence (p) in 2006 to -36.3p in FY2007. The performance reflected the global decline in music industry revenues‚ as well as the extraordinary
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A Project Report On “The Analysis of Financial Statement with the help of Ratio Analysis Techniques” For Sangamner Taluka Sahakari Dudh Utpadak & Prakriya Sangh Ltd‚ Sangamner‚ Tal. Sangamner‚ Dist. A’Nagar. Submitted to UNIVERSITY OF PUNE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) (2010-2012) By Ramesh Chandrabhan Hase (Finance) Under The Guidance Of Prof. Anil Bendre Abhinav Education Society’ INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Akole
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FINANCIAL RATIO ANALYSIS: PAKISTAN STATE OIL Introduction: Financial ratios for PSO for last 3 years are provided below. The company represents current market share of 78.2% in the black oil market and 54.3% share in the white oil market with net sales of Rs1.02 billion in 2012‚ Rs820 million billion in 2011 and Rs742 million in 2010. Ratio Analysis: PAKISTAN STATE OIL | |2012 |2011 |2010
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Qadeer Qureshi 5. Mr. Muhammad Azam 6. Rana Muhammad Mushtaq 7. Ms. Nabiha Shahnawaz Cheema AUDIT COMMITTEE: 8. Mr. Khalid Qadeer Qureshi Chairman/Member 9. Mr. Muhammad Azam Member 10. Ms. Nabiha Shahnawaz Cheema Member CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: 11. Mr. Badar-ul-Hassan COMPANY SECRETARY: 12. Mr. Khalid Mahmood Chohan AUDITORS: 13. Riaz Ahmad & Company Chartered Accountants LEGAL ADVISOR: 14. Mr. M. Aurangzeb Khan‚ Advocate‚ 15. Chamber No. 6‚ District Court‚ Faisalabad
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London School of Commerce Assignment on: Marketing Management Semester One 2012 Prepared By: Ahmed Saber Mukit Submission Deadline 19th December 2012 Introduction HMV which stands for “His Master’s Voice” is a British entertainment company which mainly known as a recording label. Currently the company has operations in 4 countries United Kingdom‚ Ireland‚ Hong Kong‚ Singapore; and they have 273 stores in all over these 4 countries. The company is also a public limited company
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assessing the significance of various industry financial data‚ experts engage in financial ratio analysis‚ which is the process of determining and evaluating financial ratios. A financial ratio is a relationship that indicates something about an industry’s activities‚ such as the ratio between the industry’s current assets and current liabilities or between its accounts receivable and its annual sales. The basic sources for these ratios are the company financial statements within the industry that contain
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Made in Ceylon HAYLEYS EXPORTS PLC ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS NOTICE OF MEETING GRAPHICAL REVIEW CORPORATE INFORMATION INFORMATION TO SHAREHOLDERS CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW 1 2 3 4 6 7 10 9 CONTENTS MANAGING DIRECTOR’S REVIEW PROFILES OF DIRECTORS STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 11 13 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 47 49 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT INCOME STATEMENT BALANCE SHEET INDEPENDENT
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