INTRODUCTION The Financial Detective‚ 1996 is a case study that tests one’s financial analytical ability. Given the company’s description of its strategic and operating profile in a particular industry‚ the analysts should examine and match a particular set of common size financial data and ratios to a company’s description. In short‚ the financial practitioner must exercise due care in examining the details and fine prints of the company’s strategic and operating description‚ employing the lesson
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Case 6‚ Financial Detective‚ 1996 NEWSPAPERS : 1) Centralized (Worlwide) - NEW YORK TIMES Fierce competition price depends on the market More efficient ° Higher inventory turn L ° Beta closed to 1.00 (worldwide) L 2) Decentralized (Midwest) - LEE 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
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Part 1 : Examine and analyze the financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and match the description of the company with the financial profile derived from the financial ratios. Beer Company D has higher current ratio and quick ratio which is higher 2.43x and 2.3x respectively. This was because Company D had higher cash and short term investment which was 55.6% while Company C only has 1.4%. It proves that Company D is financially conservative and it matches with the second described
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Case 6 The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Health Products Company A has a much higher ratio of Cash & Short Term Investments‚ Receivables‚ and Inventories (24.2%‚ 12.8%‚ 7.0%) as compared to Company B (16.1%‚ 8.1%‚ 5.4%) which is lower in every asset category ratio besides Intangibles and Investments & Advances‚ 46.1% to 22.2% and 3.1% to .1%. This proves that Company A has cash on hand from the sale of side divisions and that they have a large production facility. Company B is a more diverse company
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[The Financial Detective 2005 Introduction Each industry is distinctive. One might be unique in its high fixed assets; other would be differentiated of its increasing intangible assets and many other financial footprints that each industry leaves on its balance sheet. Nonetheless‚ industries are distinguished furthermore; fingers of one hand are not the same as said. Businesses in the same industry can be characterized differently according to their strategic plan and capital structure. The following
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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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Trends Biomater. Artif. Organs‚ 25(2)‚ 86-90 (2011) http://www.sbaoi.org Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Novel Bioengineering Concept Palwinder Kaur‚ Puneet‚ Varun Dahiya1 Department of Prosthodontics‚ Swami Devi Dyal Dental College & Hospital‚ Barwala‚ Distt. Panchkula. Haryana 1 Department of Periodontics‚ D J Dental College‚ Modinagar. Corresponding author: Dr. Palwinder Kaur‚ e-mail: soniya.bagri@gmail.com Received 19 August 2010; Accepted 12 January 2011; Available online 4 May 2011 A promising
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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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company B’s large R&D efforts. Beer: Company C is Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.‚ which is a producer and marketer of a number of mass-market beers such as Budweiser‚ Michelob‚ and Busch. Company D is the Boston Beer Company‚ 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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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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