Research Journal of Finance and Accounting ISSN 2222-1697 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2847 (Online) Vol 3‚ No 10‚ 2012 www.iiste.org Financial Ratios and Stock Return Predictability (Evidence from Pakistan) Muhammad Bilal Khan Faculty of Administrative Sciences Air University Islamabad Tel: +92-334-8819057 E-mail: mbilalkhan88@yahoo.com Sajid Gul (Corresponding Author) Faculty of Administrative Sciences Air University Islamabad Mardan 23200 KPK Pakistan Tel: +92-332-8102955 *E-mail: sajidali10@hotmail
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major categories of ratios‚ and what questions do they answer? * Liquidity: Can we make required payments as they fall due? * Asset management: Do we have the right amount of assets for the level of sales? * Debt management: Do we have the right mix of debt and equity? * Profitability: Do sales prices exceed unit costs‚ and are sales high enough as reflected in NPM‚ ROE‚ and ROA? * Market value: Do investors like what they see as reflected in P/E and M/B ratios? 2. What is
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SPARTECH Corporation 2009 2010 Industry Average Current Ratio 1.6 times 1.5 times 2.26 Quick Ratio 0.88 times 0.85 times 0.87 Average collection period 51 days 48 days 13 days Days inventory held 28 days 31 days 134 days Days payable outstanding 47 days 52 days 37 days Cash Conversion Cycle
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Starbucks is one of the world’s largest coffee retailers. We can see in the Notes to Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended September 30‚ 2012 of Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) that its nature of business is to sell its high-quality roasted coffee and tea beverages‚ coffee and tea products‚ and a variety of food items (United States). SBUX has the closing stock price and number of common stocks outstanding on the year-end fiscal date as shown in TABLE 1. For the fiscal year 2012‚ the market
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CHAPTER 9 Ratio Analysis Introduction The analysis of the financial statements and interpretations of financial results of a particular period of operations with the help of ’ratio’ is termed as "ratio analysis." Ratio analysis used to determine the financial soundness of a business concern. Alexander Wall designed a system of ratio analysis and presented it in useful form in the year 1909. Meaning and Definition The term ’ratio’ refers to the mathematical relationship between any two inter-related
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| |Financial Matters for Health Care Professionals | Copyright © 2011‚ 2009‚ 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is designed as an introduction to the terminology‚ processes‚ functions‚ and financial reports commonly encountered in health care operations. This course introduces the concepts of basic managerial financial functions‚ such as budgeting‚ reimbursement methods
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Current Ratio Interpretation From the calculation of the current ratio it is evident that the company’s current ratio for the year 2010 is 1.30:1 ‚2011 is 1.80:1‚ 2012 is 1.54:1 and 2013 is a 1‚53:1‚ that is company’s current assets in year 2013 was Rs. 1.53 for every 1Re of current liability‚ while in the year 2012 the current asset was Rs 1.54 Re of its current liability‚ while in the year 2011 the current assets was Rs 1.80 Re of its current liability‚ and while in the year 2010 the
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Financial Management Hubble is a recruitment and management consultancy with based in both UK and Europe. The company provides both basic training and recruitment for junior administrative staffs and management consultancy at senior and strategic level. Hubble has recently entered the continental European market‚ with the senior management taking full responsibility and running of the company. This budget proposal will provide senior management with the required tools and data ‚ to
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Current Ratio 2012 (‘000) 2013 (‘000) (Current Asset)/(Current Liabilities) (Current Asset )/( Current Liabilities) = (RM 308‚510)/RM161‚786 = RM337‚728/(RM 222‚768) = 1.91 : 1 = 1.52 : 1 The table above shows that Dutch Lady has a decreased
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Following are the analysis’ of the ratios: Current Ratio: Current Ratio is calculated by dividing total current assets by total current liabilities. “The current ratio measures the ability of a company to cover its short-term liabilities with its current assets.” (Wohlner‚ Investopedia) Acceptable Current Ratios‚ even though they differ from industry to industry‚ usually fall between the ranges of 1.5% to 3%. This means that is it a healthy business‚ with a good short-term financial strength. A current
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