Amazon verses Barnes and Noble Grant Edwards North Greenville University Marketing Management – MRKT 5310 Dr. Ed Sherbert After visiting the websites of Amazon and Barnes and Noble‚ it is clear that both companies have done an exceptional job at designing sites that effectively communicate their brand along with specific products they want to sell. Amazon achieves 29 billion in revenue per year generating a profit of 1 billion and producing a whopping ROE of 24%. In contrast to this‚ Barnes
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Ratio 2009 2008 2007 1.Cash Ratio 0.03 0.36 0.43 2.Current Ration 0.63 0.79 0.85 3.Quick Ratio 1.72 2.06 2.20 4.Accounts receivable turnover 16.79 15.47 14.15 5.Days to collect receivables 21.74 days 23.59 days 25.80 days 6. Inventory turnover 4.35 4.01 3.68 7.Days to sell inventory 83.91 days 91.02 days 99.18 days 8.Debt to equity 0.46 0.33 0.32 9.Times interest earned 3.25 2.82 2.28 10. Earning per share 3
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Financial Analysis Question 1. Which of the following types of firms do you expect to have particularly high or low asset turnover? Explain why. Supermarket—High asset turnover. Supermarkets tend to be high volume businesses. Many of the food products in supermarkets are perishable‚ and freshness is often used to differentiate products‚ forcing a certain amount of inventories turnover. The typical consumer buys groceries on a regular basis‚ guaranteeing grocery stores a certain level of overall business
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What were the accounts receivable (net) for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo at the end of 2011? Which Company reports the greater allowances for doubtful accounts (amount and percentage of gross receivable) at the end of 2011? 1. The accounts receivable (net) for Coca-Cola as of Dec. 31‚ 2011 are unknown. Coca-Cola did not provide either a Balance Sheet or the balance on this account on their 2011 annual report. 2. The accounts receivable (net) for PepsiCo‚ including notes receivable‚ as of Dec. 31‚ 2011
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P2: Carry out an analysis of the business using comparative measures of performance. One of the keys to success of the World Beat Fitness Center is the ability to offer reasonably priced programs. The club has increased the size of its fitness center and added more equipment that gives full satisfaction to all members. They are exposing everyone to the variety of activities and services the club offers. Analysis of the business financial statement particularly the assets and liabilities are
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| |Gross Profit Margin |0.275 |0.285 |0.295 | |Accounts receivable turnover |11.558 |17.238 |18.231 | |Debts to Equity |0.905 |0.739 |0.708 | |Inventory Turnover |3.390 |4.161 |4.0357 | c). Through comparing the current
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| Comparative Ratio Analysis of Three Listed CompaniesOf ICT Sector | | | | | August 08‚ 2012 | TABLE OF CONTENT Title | Page No | Letter of Transmittal | 3 | Acknowledgement | 4 | Introduction and Rationale of the study | 6 | Objectives | 6 | Sources of Data | 6 | Methodology | 7 | Findings of the Ratio Analysis | 8 | Liquidity Ratio | 8 | Debt Ratio | 9 | Profitability/Performance | 10 | Activity Ratio | 13 | Market Performance | 18 | Conclusion
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Berkshire Hathaway “is a holding company that owns subsidiaries” like GEICO‚ Dairy Queen‚ Berkshire Hathaway Home Services‚ and Duracell (Berkshire Hathaway Energy SWOT Analysis‚ 2016). For generations Berkshire Hathaway‚ has engaged in” transmission‚ storage‚ distribution and supply of energy operating in the US‚ the UK and Canada” (Berkshire Hathaway Energy SWOT Analysis‚ 2016). Berkshire is incorporated in the State of Delaware‚ and its Corporate Headquarters is located at 3555 Farnam Street‚
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I. Point of View This group takes the point of view of Mr. Ricardo Sarmiento‚ Vice President for Finance of First Farms Corporation (FFC for brevity). Mr. Sarmiento will present to the Board the financial performance and financial position of the company from 1993 to 1995. In the process‚ he will also make recommendations as to the feasibility of the proposed expansion. II. Case Context In 1995‚ FFC raised P1.1 billion from its initial public offering. P500 million of the proceeds was used as working
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ENTREPRISE Monoplolist price like you want ° Higher gross margin K ° Higher other assets (goodwill) K STEEL : 1) Big - INLAND ° Lower receivable turn O ° higher D/E (older‚ stable) O 2) Small - NUCOR ° Higher P/E P ° Higher margins P BEER : 1) National - ANHEUSER-BUSCH ° Higher inventory turnover M ° Higher debt to equity (more debt than cash) M 2) Micro - BOSTON BEER CO. ° Higher P/E ratio (young) N ° Higher A/P (outsourcing) N °
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