1. Introduction This report provides a financial quarterly trend analysis for Costco Wholesale Corporation‚ Inc. founded in 1983. Costco Wholesale Corporation is the seventh largest retailer company in the world. As of July 2012‚ it was the fifth largest retailer‚ and the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States ("Wikipedia‚ the free‚" 2011). Costco Wholesale Corporation’s stock is publicly traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ)
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OPERATING & FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY PROFITABILITY RATIOS * Gross Profit marging Gross ProfitSales×100% 2010/2011 2009/2010 = (171‚325‚029/435‚759‚776) *100 = (59‚257‚454/327‚593‚843)*100 = 39.3164% = 18.0887% * Profit Margin = NPBT * 100 Sales 2011/2012 2010/2011 = (41‚896‚089/ 435‚759‚776)
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population growth within major cities has placed concern on the safety of children – especially within western countries. Worldwide‚ numerous things have impacted the health and wellbeing of children; “Industrialization‚ population growth‚ poverty‚ environmental degradation‚ crime and war and the continuous dumping of toxic waste in to the atmosphere‚ the waterways and the soil have all played their part ”(Gleeson‚ B. S. N. (2006). The idea of a child friendly city is based on principles written by the United
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What skills do your staff need? (+ Pre-training : know the needs of staff ) * It is essential that any training plan should be linked into the business’s long- term objectives. The training needs of your organisation and staff should be thoroughly assessed to determine what skills would be required to achieve your strategic goals. * Questions that should be raised include: * Do staff need to be more flexible in order to cover a greater range of jobs? * Do they need to know
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nd E ronm Health‚ S ety an Envir ment OHS SE211 1 Introduction ............................................................................. 13 Hazards‚ Risks and Controls ................................................. 15 Case Study 1: A Safety Problem: Anthrax ........................... 21 Case Study 2: A Health Problem: Lead In Petrol ................. 33 Case Study 3: An Environmental Problem: Love Canal ...............................................................................
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Ratio decidendi and obiter dicta Learning objectives At the end of this module‚ you will be able to: * distinguish between ratio decidendi and obiter dicta. * apply well-established rules to identify the ratio decidendi in a decision. This module is intended as a useful exercise in revision. If you are certain that you understand how to discover the ratio in an opinion‚ you should skim lightly over this material. What is the ratio decidendi? As you probably recall from your studies
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PROFITABILITY RATIOS RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI): The prime objective of making investments in any business is to obtain satisfactory return on capital invested. Hence‚ the return on capital employed is used as a measure of success of a business in realizing this objective. Return on Investment establishes the relationship between the profit and the capital employed. It indicates the percentage of return on capital employed in the business and it can be used to show the overall profitability
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Ratio Analysis Ratio analysis is basically used to understanding the financial health of a business entity. With the help of ratios we can easily calculate from current year performance of the companies and are then compared to previous years. Ratio analysis conducts a quantitative analysis of information in a company’s financial statements. These Ratios are most commonly used in banking sector can be divided into five main categories Liquidity Ratios Leverage Ratios Profitability Ratios Activity
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Current Ratio Interpretation From the calculation of the current ratio it is evident that the company’s current ratio for the year 2010 is 1.30:1 ‚2011 is 1.80:1‚ 2012 is 1.54:1 and 2013 is a 1‚53:1‚ that is company’s current assets in year 2013 was Rs. 1.53 for every 1Re of current liability‚ while in the year 2012 the current asset was Rs 1.54 Re of its current liability‚ while in the year 2011 the current assets was Rs 1.80 Re of its current liability‚ and while in the year 2010 the
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Ratio Analysis Memo July 9‚ 2012 Memo To: From: Date: July 9‚ 2012 RE: Kudler Fine Foods ratio analysis One of the things that we will be going over is some of the ratios for Kudler Fine Foods through Liquidity‚ Profitability‚ and solvency ratios. We will look into some of the finding that were found through these ratios and discuss them. One of the things that we found was where Kudler Fine Foods’ position is with these ratios. The first area that we look at is profitability
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