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    Financial Ratios: What They MeanIn assessing the significance of various financial data‚ managers often engage in ratio analysis‚ the process of determining and evaluating financial ratios. A financial ratio is a relationship that indicates something about a company’s activities‚ such as the ratio between the company’s current assets and current liabilities or between its accounts receivable and its annual sales. The basic source for these ratios is the company’s financial statements that contain

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    Financial Ratio: A financial ratio (or accounting ratio) is a relative magnitude of two selected numerical values taken from an enterprise ’s financial statements. Often used in accounting‚ there are many standard ratios used to try to evaluate the overall financial condition of a corporation or other organization. Financial ratios may be used by managers within a firm‚ by current and potential shareholders (owners) of a firm‚ and by a firm ’s creditors. Security analysts use financial ratios to compare

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    CLASSIFICATION OF RATIO ANALYSIS "Ratios" can be grouped into various classes according to "financial" activity or function to be evaluated. In view of the requirements of the various users of "ratios"‚ we can classify then into the following categories. Liquidity "Ratios" Profitability "Ratios" Solvency "Ratios" "Financial" statement "analysis" is a judgemental process. One of the primary objectives is identification of major changes in trends and relationships and the investigation of the

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    Ratio Analysis: 2009 | 2010 | 0.53 | 0.51 | Current Ratio: Analysis: 2:1 is the benchmark of current ratio. Here in 2007 current asset is 0.53 against 1 current liability. In every year the company is unable to increase their current ration. Because the current ratio in 2010 decreases to 0.51. The company has a small amount of current asset for each amount of current liability in every year and its improvement was not that much remarkable. Though the company never crossed

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    RATIO ANALYSIS (ALL VALUES IN Rs. MILLION) 1. GROSS PROFIT MARGIN (%): GROSS PROFIT = NET SALES – COGS = TOTAL REVENUE – (Employee Benefit Expense + Operating and Other Expenses + Finance Costs) = 53107 – (22510+21598+1025) = 7974 GROSS PROFIT MARGIN = (NET SALES – COGS)/NET SALES = (7974/ 53107)*100 = 15.01497% 2. RETURN ON ASSET(RoA) RETURN ON ASSET = (PAT/TOTAL ASSET)*100 = (4606/63454)*100 = 7.258% This indicates that around 7.3% of all assets have been utilized

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    25‚ 2012 Re: Huffman Trucking Ratio Analysis Team B has completed a ratio analysis on Huffman Trucking. Our team has looked over financial statements to determine the liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency ratios of Huffman Trucking. These ratios provide detailed information to creditors‚ investors‚ and employees. Together‚ the ratios reveal data related to the performance and position of Huffman Trucking. What do the liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency ratios reveal about the company’s financial

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    Financial Reporting II Review of Ratio Analysis Ratio analysis is a useful tool for analyzing financial statements. Calculating ratios will aid in understanding the company’s strategy and in understanding its strengths and weaknesses relative to other companies and over time. They can sometimes be useful in identifying earnings management and in understanding the effect of accounting choices on the firm’s reported profitability and growth. Finally‚ the ratios help in obtaining a better understanding

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    * Financial Analysis No company can remain in business if it cannot sustain and grow its profits and banks are no exemption. If Bank Alfalah wants to become a premier banking institution and to satisfy its customers‚ it itself needs to become a profitable organization‚ that not only has growth in profits‚ increase its assets but also provide its shareholders with the maximum return so that they are also satisfied. * Operational Result Profit Comparison for 2010 & 2011 Description |

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    Ratio Analysis Ratio analysis is used to evaluate relationships among financial statement items. The ratios are used to identify trends over time for one company or to compare two or more companies at one point in time. Financial statement ratio analysis focuses on three key aspects of a business: liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency. Liquidity Ratios Liquidity ratios measure the ability of a company to repay its short‐term debts and meet unexpected cash needs. Current ratio The current

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    Ratio Analysis Assignment-Danielle Goettl Using the financial ratios studied in this course‚ prepare a financial analysis of Marriot’s financial results for 2007-2011. Your analysis should address the following: 1.      Income Statement: a.      What trends do you see in Total Revenue? The trends that I see are that the total revenue for Marriot has stayed fairly consistent over the last five years. The smallest revenue year was in 2009 and but it wasn’t hugely drastic. b.      How does

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