DETERMINING RATIO DECIDENDI – EFFICACY OF WAMBAUGH’S TEST I. INTRODUCTION Judicial precedents are an important sources of law. They are the former judgements of the superior courts which the judges in common law countries are bound to follow. This bindingness of previous decisions on the lower courts is partly due to high status which the judges enjoyed in England and also partly because of the importance of the issues which they decided. Judicial decisions were given a high authority as
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LTD Ratio Analysis Memo ACC 291 Memorandum Monday‚ March 4th‚ 2013 To: CEO‚ Riordan Manufacturing Inc. From: Financial Analyst LTD Listed below you will find a quick analysis of the company using productivity‚ Liquidity and solvency ratios. This analysis is accompanied by vertical and horizontal analysis. These analysis gives anyone inquiring a good picture of the company’s overall performance. This analysis is also a good way to determine the company’s financial standings for the said
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Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposure Problem Statement In September of 2001 General Motors (GM) was faced with a billion dollar exposure to the Canadian dollar. At the time‚ North America represented approximately three-quarters of GM’s total sales and this large exposure to the CAD could significantly affect GM’s financial results. GM had a passive strategy of hedging 50% of its exposure; this paper explores the impact of
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fluctuation appeared. Ratio analysis Year/ratio 2011 2012 2013 Industry average Current ratio 0.90 0.77 0.82 Quick ratio 0.78 0.65 0.70 Gross profit ratio 55.6 51.7 54.6 Receivable turnover ratio 13.59 13.95 12.49 Inventory turnover ratio 18.45 19.25 19.51 Net profit ratio 1.74 -1.64 0.03 Debt to equity ratio 0.89 0.92 0.88 Asset turnover ratio 0.70 0.71 0.77 Current ratio is always larger than quick ratio‚ it may because that inventory
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Running head: WALMART & TARGET Wal-Mart and Target Ratio Analysis and Statement of Cash Flows 22 March 2004 Wal-Mart and Target Ratio Analysis and Statement of Cash Flows Internal and external stakeholders of a company require ways of looking at how a company operates to determine the viability of that company. The best way to approach stock valuation is by using many different methods‚ the same way you would if you were valuing a used car or a house. Checking out what
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products and services to 85 countries. Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company‚it is a public limited company with consolidated revenues of INR 1‚65‚654 crores in 2011-12. It is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment‚ and among the top in passenger vehicles with winning products in the compact‚ midsize car and utility vehicle segments. It is also the world’s fourth largest truck and bus manufacturer. Established in 1945‚ Tata Motors’ presence cuts across the length and breadth
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community. 1. LIQUIDITY RATIO 1.1 Current Ratio: Provides an indication of the liquidity of the business by comparing the amount of current assets to current liabilities. A business’s current assets generally consist of cash‚ marketable securities‚ accounts receivable‚ and inventories. Current liabilities include accounts payable‚ current maturities of long-term debt‚ accrued income taxes‚ and other accrued expenses that are due within one year. In general‚ businesses prefer to have at least
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Herbalife Ltd are a global nutrition company founded in 1980 that sells weight management‚ healthy meals and snacks‚ sports and fitness‚ energy and targeted nutritional products as well as personal care products. Herbalife distributes and sells its products through a network of independent distributors‚ using the direct selling channel. As of December 31‚ 2012‚ Herbalife sold their products in 88 countries to and through a network of approximately 3.2 million independent distributors
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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 Results FIN/571 July 22‚ 2013 Interpreting Financial Results Liquidity: Current Ratio Parrino‚ Kidwell‚ & Bates (2012) detail the current ratio as current assets divided by liabilities. The current ratio identifies a firm’s potential to pay short-term liabilities; higher liquidity is a good sign for potential creditors (Parrino et al.‚ 2012). At the same time‚ however‚ the current ratio should not greatly exceed benchmarks of other competitors (Parrino et al.‚ 2012). This could be
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