FINANCIAL RATIOS LIQUIDITY RATIOS Current Ratio: = current assets / current liabilities ▪ The higher the ratio‚ the greater the "cushion" between current obligations and a firm ’s ability to meet them. ▪ Use: An indication of a company ’s ability to meet short-term debt obligations; the higher the ratio‚ the more liquid the company is. Current ratio is equal to current assets divided by current liabilities. If the current assets of a company are more than twice the current liabilities
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http://www.investopedia.com/university/ratios/liquidity-measurement/default.asp LIQUIDITY RATIOS: The first ratios we’ll take a look at in this tutorial are the liquidity ratios. Liquidity ratios attempt to measure a company’s ability to pay off its short-term debt obligations. This is done by comparing a company’s most liquid assets (or‚ those that can be easily converted to cash)‚ its short-term liabilities. In general‚ the greater the coverage of liquid assets to short-term liabilities the
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FINANCIAL RATIOS Gross Profit to Sales (Gross Profit Ratio): profitability ratio that shows the relationship between gross profit and total net sales revenue. Gross margin/Net sales The gross margin is not an exact estimate of the company’s pricing strategy but it does give a good indication of financial health. Without an adequate gross margin‚ a company will be unable to pay its operating and other expenses and build for the future. In general‚ a company’s gross profit margin should be stable
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Accrual-based approach – revenues are recorded at the point of sale and costs when they are incurred‚ not necessarily when a firm receives or pays out cash Cash flow approach – used by financial professionals to focus attention on current and prospective inflows and outflows of cash 1. Balance sheet a. Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents Marketable securities Accounts receivable Inventories Net property‚ plant and equipment Intangible assets b. Liabilities Accounts
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Financial Ratios The creditable performance calculation for the Valley of the Sun United Way (VSUW) is used to guarantee that their organization will perform at their most likely current ratio‚ long-term solvency ratio‚ contribution ratio‚ and general and management/expense ratio (Goetsch & Davis‚ 2010). The current ratio will enable VSUW to easily see their current expenses that may be aquired and make sure that the organization has enough resources to pay all of their current obligations
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Corporate Governance in Vodafone Group PLC 1. Introduction: This report discusses and examines critically the issues of corporate governance in the company headed above 1.1 Objectives: I. Review the corporate governance approach in Vodafone Group II. Compare the current corporate governance issues to the UK corporate governance Code. 1.2 Background: Vodafone is one of the biggest telecommunication companies in UK and the world. It is a British multinational company and was established in 1st
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The financial ratios are: Liquidity Ratio- The firms ability to satisfy the short term obligations. (Gitman‚ 2007) Activity ratio- That measure the speed with which various accounts are converted into sales or cash‚ inflows or outflows. (Gitman‚ 2007) Debt ratio- That measures the proportion of total assets financed by the firms creditors. (Gitman‚ 2007) Profitability ratio- measures enable the analyst to evaluate the firms profits with respect to a given level of sales a certain level of assets
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Analyst outlining the analysis and evaluation of HMV Group plc’s environmental and strategic position‚ giving suggested new organisational strategies and plans. Environmental and Organisational Audit Environmental and organisational audits are used to discover a company’s position in their market and environment‚ and the company’s physical position. Two possible environmental audit techniques that can be done on a company like HMV Group plc are Porter’s 5 Forces and PESTEL analysis. Porter’s 5 Forces
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A PROJECT REPORT ON AN ANALYSIS & COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR KALYANI STEELS LTD.‚ PUNE SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF PUNE IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF TWO YEARS FULL TIME COURSE MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION(MBA) SUBMITTED BY KETAN P. SHETTI (BATCH 2005-07) VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ PUNE-48 1 To Whomsoever It May Concern This is to certify that Mr. Shetti Ketan Prakash is a bonafide student of Vishwakarma Institute of Management‚ Pune. He has successfully
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adequacy of income by comparing it to other items reported on the financial statements. 1) Return on Equity: One of the most important profitability ratios is return on equity (ROE). ROE is the amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation’s profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested. The return on equity ratio is computed as follows: Return on Equity = | Net Income |
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