The Financial Detective 1. Health Products: The first firm is company A and the second firm is company B because company B has a higher gross profit and higher intangibles as seen in the financial data. This is due to the additional costs and expenses company A has in comparison to company B. 2. Beer: The first firm is company C and the second firm is company D because company C has higher fixed assets and company D has higher gross profit as seen in the financial data. This is due to firm C owning
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The Financial Detective Kyle Cornelius This case set contains information for two separate companies in eight different industries. Our task is to differentiate the companies based on what we know about them from a qualitative stand point and the financial data that we are provided. The first one we will examine is in the healthcare field. One firm develops and manufactures prescription drugs and sells them to healthcare professionals directly using sales people. They have several unique
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Week 1: Case 6 “The Financial Detective” From the case study of The Financial Detective‚ 2005 the objective is to place the correct company to match the given financial data and ratios. I will analyze and compare the financial ratios of the companies in each industry and interpret them to identify the correct company. Health Products: Company A is Johnson and Johnson (J&J) as it is evident based on its financials. The cost of goods sold is twice as higher as Company B because J&J has a very
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Case 6: The Financial Detective MBA 730-01 Group 2 Introduction Financial characteristics of companies vary both from industry to industry and within a single industry for a variety of reasons. The challenge for any company in planning its strategy is the consideration of the industry’s economics in conjunction with their own strategy to help the company’s financial statements remain strong and competitive across both lines. In this case‚ we are asked to use this consideration of strategies
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presented in our case‚ the health products. Company A and B of the health products industry have a different scope in terms of their customer and market base. Company A is the world’s largest prescription-pharmaceutical company and obviously has more market share than Company B. In fact at first glance‚ we can see that for most data of the assets‚ liability& Equity‚ and Income/Expenses section‚ company A values are higher than those of company B. Taking a closer look at the financial data and ratio
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1. EXAMINE & ANALYZE THE FINANCIAL RATIOS FOR EIGHT PAIRS OF UNIDENTIFIED COMPANIES A) Health Products From the market data‚ the beta of company B is slightly higher than company A. Company A appears to be less risky than company B. It is likely because company A is a diversified health-products company. Since it manufactures various products and involves in different segments‚ risk could be reduced. The liquidity ratios show that both companies A and B might not face liquidity problem. Current
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Case 6 : The Financial Detective Financial data is the most crucial information in describing any sort of business‚ but this information is also useful in differentiating between different types of businesses. In any specific industry‚ many key players are present‚ yet their strategies and implementations of business vary greatly. Two firms may achieve the same earned profit‚ yet go about securing this profit in radically different ways .A close analysis of financial data for each business can
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companies with certain industries tend to have similar financial make-ups. This is because companies within an industry face many of the same economic forces. Some of those economic forces would include government regulation‚ consumer sentiment towards the product or service‚ consumer demographics‚ and international appeal and competition. However‚ when you take a deeper look at the companies within the industry you will see differences in their financial statements because companies must tailor a competitive
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technical representatives and mobile franchise dealers. The global manufacturer would be company L because they would have higher selling‚ general and administrative costs‚ in this case 38.9 compared to 24.8.The company with the specialized tools from mobile franchise would have higher cost of goods sold‚ in this case 61.0 compared to 51.6. Retail Both companies are large discount retailers. One company carries a wide variety of nationally advertised general merchandise. The other company is
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which is the seller of the popular Sam Adams line of beers. Boston beer’s products are part of a microbrew. Company D’s proportion of cash and cash equivalents‚ which is extremely higher than company C’s show their conservative approach to its financial
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