short-term obligations. Next is efficiency. Efficiency helps analyze how quickly an organization is converting its inventory and accounts receivables into cash. How an organization uses debt to fund long-term investments is found by computing leverage ratios. Lastly‚ to determine how a company uses its assets to generate sales and manage its operations‚ investors rely on profitability ratios. Liquidity The formula for calculating your liquidity ratio (Quick Ration) is the current assets divided
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HPL Case Tianli Feng Mengting Xia Qiang Luo Xian Li 1. How would you describe HPL and its position within the private label personal care industry? HPL manufactures soap‚ shampoo‚ mouthwash‚ shaving cream‚ and sun scream for retailers in US and these products are sold under the brand label of a third party. The company is a major player in the $2.4 billion private label personal care industry‚ with a market share of a little more than 28%. HPL’s focus on manufacturing efficiency‚ expense
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adopts an EMRP of 5%. The cost of debt is 6.6% while the cost of equity is 11.23% for Midland. Therefore‚ the wacc is 8.16% based on the estimate of 42.2% leverage and tax rate of 40%. Actual Leverage Different From Target If the actual leverage ratio is lower than 42.2%‚WACC for Midland will increase. On the other hand‚ if the actual leverage ratio is higher than 42.2%‚ WACC will decrease. The key reasoning is that the cost of debt is less than the cost of equity. Consequently‚ the change in re*(E/V)
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New Security Valuation Report ConocoPhillips Co. Brief Introduction 2012 ConocoPhillips (COP) becomes a newly independent company focused solely on core business of exploration and production. It completed reposition of separation of Phillips66 on April 30th‚ becoming the world’s largest E&P company based on production and proved reserves. Business Overview Investor composition The main ownership breakdown chart (exhibit1) shows that institutional stock and mutual fund ownership is
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was used to retain security interest in merchandise shipped. Documents the organizational changes that took place at O.M. Scott & Sons Co. in response to their leveraged buyout. Provides the opportunity for students to discuss the effects of high leverage on management decision making‚ and the differences between operating as a small subsidiary of a large conglomerate and as a free-standing company. Focuses on the role of the LBO sponsor in the management of the company‚ the role of restrictive debt
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Ratio Analysis: When evaluating a stock five types of ratios are considered: firm value ratios‚ profitability ratios‚ activity ratios‚ financial leverage ratios and liquidity ratios. After completing the proper calculations‚ assessments of the stock can be prepared. Starting with firm value ratios‚ Under Armour has earned a net worth of $1‚259‚559‚000. The higher the number‚ the more valuable the firm is on paper‚ and to Under Armour‚ this number is fair compared to other competitors in the
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[pic] Southwest Airlines Financial Performance Analysis Presented to Gary C. Kelly Chairman of the Board‚ President and CEO by Total Resource Network Raquel Alston‚ Tanya Spencer and‚ Nicole Stenhouse for BUS 515 Financial Management Professor James Kerwin October 3‚ 2011 Introduction Total Resource Network (TRN) congratulates Southwest Airlines for thirty-eight years of consecutive profitability. This is a major accomplishment that should be applauded especially
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Finance 7A10 Solutions: End-of-Chapter questions Chapter 7 (2nd Edition) Questions are: 2‚ 9‚ 15 7-2. Kokomochi is considering the launch of an advertising campaign for its latest dessert product‚ the Mini Mochi Munch. Kokomochi plans to spend $5 million on TV‚ radio‚ and print advertising this year for the campaign. The ads are expected to boost sales of the Mini Mochi Munch by $9 million this year and by $7 million next year. In addition‚ the company expects that new consumers
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Chapter 8: Reporting and interpreting cost of sales and inventory 8.1 Estimate the amount of inventories that your company purchased and produced during the current year. (Hint: use the cost of sales equation.) For the amount of inventories that Loblaw purchased and produced during the current year‚ we need to find the purchases of the period by using the equation of the cost of sales (BI + P – EI = COS). In the report‚ we can find the cost of sales (24 185 million) that we add to the ending
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Off balance sheet financing is financing from sources other than debt or equity offerings‚ such as joint ventures‚ research and development partnership and operating leases. For complex institutions such as banks‚ they increase their use of off shore subsidiaries and swap transactions to avoid disclosing liabilities. In other words‚ off balance sheet accounting is a process which a business creates what is practically a debt that it must pay off‚ but the debt is accounted as another type of transaction
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