Definition of the parameters for evaluation: Sharpe Ratio: It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free rate of return (return on government securities) from the rate of return for a portfolio and dividing the result by the standard deviation of the portfolio returns. {draw:line} {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Sharpe Ratio = Where rp = Expected portfolio rate of return rf = Risk free rate of return σp = Portfolio standard deviation Since standard deviation is a measure of the associated risk (systematic
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company’s financial leverage‚ calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its stockholder’s equity. This ratio indicates how much debt a company is using to finance its assets relative to the amount of value represented in shareholders’ equity. Most company is taking on debts as to increase its value by using borrowed money to fund various projects. A high debt/equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. If a lot of debt is used to finance
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Price / Earnings Ratio Q1: (Introductory) What three alternative measures of the price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio) are described in this article? Answer: Following are three price-earnings ratio described in the article: 1. P/E ratio 2. “Forward” P/E ratio 3. “Trailing” P/E ration Q2: (Advanced) Which of the three measures matches the definition of the P/E ratio given in your textbook? Explain your answer. Answer: Books has only discuss the simple P/E ratio‚ PE ratio measures how much investor
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Financial Ratios and Health Care Organizations Monique Thomas MHA 612 Financial and Managerial Accounting Instructor Stacy Hiles September 10‚ 2012 Financial Ratios and Healthcare Organizations Health systems routinely compare their financial results to those of a peer group of healthy competitors. Although managers of most organizations strive to achieve the outcomes of comparable healthy competitors‚ it is equally important to examine those of unhealthy competitors. By doing so‚ managers
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Concentration Ratios ECO204: Principles of Microeconomics Name Instructor: XXXXXXXX XXX March 16‚ 2012 Oligopoly is a very common market form where the sellers are so small in numbers that the actions of any one of them would affect the cost of the products and competition would significantly visible. “Oligopoly is defined as an industry dominated by few firms that‚ by virtue of their individual sizes are large enough to influence the market price” (Case‚ Fair
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BHARTI AIRTEL Introduction Bharti Airtel is India’s leading provider of telecommunications services. The company has 27 million customers across India. It is a part of Bharti Enterprises‚ which manufactures and exports telecom equipment‚ provides telecom services in Seychelles‚ delivers products and services to telecom carriers‚ offers a range of Customer Management Services (CMS) and exports fresh agricultural products exclusively to markets in Europe and the USA. Business The business has
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Running Head: RATIO ANALYSIS Starbucks Corporation & McDonalds Corporation McDonald’s Corporation McDonald’s Corporation operates in the food service industry. The company has its restaurants in more than 100 countries of the world. McDonald’s‚ the world’s largest food chain is headquartered in U.S. having an employee population of 390000 (About McDonald’s...‚ 2008). Starbucks Corporation Seattle based‚ Starbucks Corporation is the leading coffeehouse chain in the world. The company has
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Framework: iii. Financial Statements: iv. Analyzing Company Accounts v. Ratio Analysis II. MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 3 i. The Objectives of Management Accounting: ii. Scope of Management Accounting: iii. Functions of Management Accounting: iv. Advantages of Management Accounting: v. Limitations of Management Accounting: vi. Tools and Techniques: III. INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL RATIOS 8 i. Financial Ratio Analysis: ii. Users of Accounting Information: IV. DESCRIPTION
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RATIO ANALYSIS Financial ratios are useful indicators of a firm’s performance and financial situation. Most ratios can be calculated from information provided by the financial statements. Financial ratios can be used to analyze trends and to compare the firm’s financials to those of other firms. In some cases‚ ratio analysis can predict future bankruptcy. Financial ratios can be classified according to the information they provide. The following types of ratios frequently are used: 1. Liquidity ratios
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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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