a) Five Users of Company Financial Statements There are various internal and external users of company financial statements. Internal users include employees‚ directors and shareholders‚ while external users include the government‚ the public‚ suppliers and creditors. 1. Investors Both current and potential shareholders/investors are the providers of capital in a company. They are interested in information that will help them determine whether to invest in the company. They are comparing different
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and liabilities in its own financial records. Therefore‚ the consolidation process is unnecessary since there would be no records of Marvel to consolidate. If Marvel continues to exist as a separate legal entity (an acquisition)‚ Disney will then record the investment in Marvel in its own financial records. The investment account will be replaced by the goodwill and Marvel’s assets and liabilities during the consolidation process. To note that the financial statements issued by Disney will be the
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------------------------------------------------- BBA 4201: Financial Statement Analysis & Control 1. Describe some of the analytical uses to which financial statement analysis can be put. 2. What are the sources of financial information? 3. Who are the users of financial statements? 4. What are the objectives of financial statements? 5. What are the limitations of financial statement analysis? 6. Discuss the need for comparative analysis. 7. Identify the tools of financial statement analysis. 8. Explain
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threat of substitute products can force firms to set lower prices which in turn reduces industry profitability. The importance of substitutes will depend on the price sensitivity of buyers and the degree of substitutability among the products. 4. Bargaining power of buyer The greater the bargaining power of buyers‚ the lower the industry’s profitability. Bargaining power of buyers is determined by the price sensitivity of the buyer and the importance of the sale/purchase to both parties. Bargaining
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ASSESSING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1 Assessing Financial Statements Kimberly Adcock ACC/230 December 4‚ 201\4 Cynthia Kacmar ASSESSING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2 The company that I have chosen to
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Analysis of the data on Ratio: Ratio analysis is one of the techniques of financial analysis to evaluate the financial condition and performance of a business concern. Simply‚ ratio means the comparison of one figure to other relevant figure or figures. According to Myers ‚ “Ratio analysis of financial statements is a study of relationship among various financial factors in a business as disclosed by a single set of statements and a study of trend of these factors as shown in a series of statements
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USES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financing‚ investing‚ and operating activities of a company are recorded by accounting systems in the form of detailed transactions. To effectively communicate a company’s activities to decision-makers‚ these detailed transactions are summarized and reported in a set of standardized reports called financial statements. The role of financial statements is to provide information that will help investors‚ creditors‚ and others make judgments and predictions that serve
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ICBI 2010 - University of Kelaniya‚ Sri Lanka THE VALUE RELEVANCE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS’ INFORMATION: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LISTED COMPANIES IN COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE. W.V.A.D. Karunarathne Doctoral Candidate‚ Department of Government Economics‚ Huazhong Normal University‚ Wuhan‚ Hubei‚ P.R. China. anurawvadk@kln.ac.lk / anurawvadk@gmail.com R.M.D.A.P. Rajapakse Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies‚ University of Kelaniya‚ Sri Lanka. amilarajapakse@gmail.com . ABSTRACT Investors
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AUDITOR’S REPORT [pic] [pic] NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 37.3 Fair values of financial assets and liabilities Fair value is the amount for which an asset could be exchanged‚ or a liability settled‚ between knowledgeable willing parties in an arms length transaction. Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended June 30‚ 2008 (b) Credit risk Credit risk represents the risk of a loss if the counter parties
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Analyzing Financial Statements Elizabeth Black HSM/260 October 16‚ 2011 Denise Lindley University of Phoenix Analyzing Financial Statements XYZ Corporation Years 2003/2004/2002 (Respectively Listed One Page after Another) 2003 Current Ratio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current Ratio = | Current Assets | | $82‚058.00 | | | 0.87 | | | Current Liabilities | | $93‚975.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Long-Term Solvency
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