FINANCIAL RATIOS LIQUIDITY RATIOS Current Ratio: = current assets / current liabilities ▪ The higher the ratio‚ the greater the "cushion" between current obligations and a firm ’s ability to meet them. ▪ Use: An indication of a company ’s ability to meet short-term debt obligations; the higher the ratio‚ the more liquid the company is. Current ratio is equal to current assets divided by current liabilities. If the current assets of a company are more than twice the current liabilities
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Stockholder Ratios Stockholders are primarily interested in two things: (1) The creation of value‚ and (2) The distribution of value. Stockholder ratios such as earnings per share and return on common equity provide information about the creation of value for shareholders. The value is distributed to shareholders in one of two ways. Either the corporation issues dividends or repurchases stock. The remainder of the stockholder ratios—dividend yield‚ dividend payout‚ stock repurchase payout
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1) Current Ratio The ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company’s ability to pay back its short-term liabilities (debt and payables) with its short-term assets (cash‚ inventory‚ receivables). The higher the current ratio‚ the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. 2) Quick Ratio An indicator of a company’s short-term liquidity. The quick ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason‚ the ratio excludes inventories
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Ratio analysis – Shinepukur Ceramics Versus RAK Ceramics Current ratio Shinepukur: From 2009 to 2010‚ current ratio of Shinepukur has increased by 0.24 because of increase in total current assets and decrease in total current liabilities. The increase in total current has occurred for increase in accounts-and-other-receivables‚ advances-deposits-and-prepayments and cash. Among these elements‚ the increase in advances-deposits-and-prepayments is significant (from 82182270 to 278773841). On the
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1. What factors accounted for the extraordinary success of Starbucks in the early 1990s? What was so compelling about Starbucks value proposition? What brand image did Starbucks develop during this period? According to the case study‚ the three factors that accounted for the extraordinary success of Starbucks in the early 1990 are as follows: a. The first factor was “the coffee itself “– Starbucks believed that they offered their consumers with the highest quality coffee which was sourced from
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References: Glasby‚ J. (2012) “Understanding Health and Social Care” 2nd edition‚ The Policy Press‚ p.114 Tricker‚ B Wong‚ V. (2013) “Starbucks flexes its political muscle with petition” Bloomberg‚ Available at:http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-11/starbucks-flexes-political-muscle-with-petition http://research-methodology.net/starbucks-pestel-analysis/ Understanding the nature of each of these forces gives organizations the necessary insights to enable them to formulate the
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Introduction to the companies. Cargills (Ceylon) PLC Cargills is Sri Lanka’s largest modern retailer. Its pioneer venture into modern trade was an innovation of the company’s trading legacy. Thereafter Cargills Food City continued to challenge the norm by taking to the masses what was traditionally an affluent focused business and offering ‘higher value for the lowest price’. Today the Cargills retail operation is spread across the island as ‘Cargills Food City’ supermarkets and ‘Cargills
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Starbucks - international business concept and Starbucks in Germany von: Peter Strehle Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Starbucks’ International strategies 3 2.1 Competitive Forces 3 2.2 Entry Strategies 7 2.3 Success factors 11 2.4 Problems of globalisation 12 3 Starbucks in Germany 14 3.1 German Coffee Market 14 3.1.1 Coffee Shop trend 14 3.1.2 Coffee - unquestioned front runner in the beverage consumption of the Germans 14 3.2 Starbucks’ Joint Venture
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Starbucks Case Study 1. Starbucks serves what many would consider a basic commodity-- coffee. As a commodity‚ traditional management wisdom would dictate that vendor selection would be based upon price; the vendor with the lowest price typically earns the business. How did Howard Schwartz transform Starbucks from a shop that "specialized in selling whole arabica beans to a niche market of coffee purists" into an "upscale cultural phenomenon" (p. 2)? Be certain to identify Starbucks ’ ’service
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Analysis of profitability‚ liquidity and performance The profit of a business is the difference between its revenues and its costs. It is important to consider two main types of profit: 1. Gross profit - this is calculated by deducting the cost of sales of a business from its sales revenue (turnover). 2. Operating profit - is calculated by then taking away overhead expenses from gross profit. Given the above figures it is possible to analyse the profitability of Better Hotels Plc in the two
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