Acct Info for Decision Making Project on Costco Wholesale Corp. Costco Group 2012 History & Background Founded by James (Jim) Sinegl and Jeffrey H. Brotman‚ Costco opened its first warehouse in Seattle‚ Washington‚ on September 15‚ 1983. Sinegal had started in wholesale distribution by working forSol Price at both FedMart and Price Club. Brotman‚ an attorney from an old Seattle retailing family‚ had also been involved in retail distribution from an early age. Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton had
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The P/E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio) of a stock is a measure of the price paid for a share relative to the annual net income or profit earned by the firm per share. It is a financial ratio used for valuation. P/E ratio shows current investor demand for a company share. P/E ratio has units of years. P/E is the most popular metric of stock analysis. The reciprocal of the PE ratio is known as the earnings yield. There are various P/E ratios‚ all defined as: P/E ratio = PRICE
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shows that the current of ratio of Ford is 120 percent while the current ratio of GM is 89 percent. The current ratio measures the company’s ability to pay short term and long term obligations. As Ford has the higher current ratio over GM‚ it depicts that Ford is more capable of paying its obligations to the creditors. The quick ratio of Ford is 110 percent while GM has 73 percent. Quick ratio is an indicator of company’s short-term liquidity. As Ford has the higher quick ratio over GM‚ it shows that
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The Debt/Equity ratio is another important indicator of Dunkin Donuts’ financial standing. In equation form‚ the Debt/Equity = Total Liabilities/(Total Assets – Total Liabilities). Debt/equity ratio is able to indicate all of its debt obligations of the next year with its current resources. In general‚ a high debt-to-equity ratio indicates that a company may not be able to generate enough cash to satisfy its debt obligations. However‚ a low debt-to-equity ratio may also indicate that a company is
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The companies’ financial ratios can be compared with the ratios of other equivalent companies between business sectors at one point of time. These comparisons provide explanations on the relative financial status and performance of the company compared to the relative performance of its competitors. Comparisons are usually made with other companies in the same business sector and the benchmark is assumed to be the suitable value for a company. The assumption here is for the companies in the same
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1. (TCO A) Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (Points : 10) One of the disadvantages of a sole proprietorship is that the proprietor is exposed to unlimited liability. It is generally easier to transfer one’s ownership interest in a partnership than in a corporation. One of the advantages of the corporate form of organization is that it avoids double taxation. One of the advantages of a corporation from a social standpoint is that every stockholder has
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rates have been observed to depend on aspect ratio ~ depth/width ! rather than the absolute feature size. 1 Several mechanisms have been invoked to explain the ‘‘rule’’ of aspect-ratio-dependent etching ~ ARDE ! ‚ but no general theory has emerged that captures the variety of seemingly conflicting experimental observations reported in the literature. 1‚2 For example‚ while an ion-neutral synergy model with pure neutral flux shadowing appears to be con- sistent with a wealth of
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clothing companies H&M and INDITEX by using profitability ratios for making a financial statement analysis. We will state opinions in regard to the previously analyzed figures and comment on them. The overall profitability (ROI) is 23‚01% in 2011 and 24‚18% in 2012. So the ROI is showing an increase in the period analysed because of the increasing PMR (from 18‚29% to 19‚55%)and ATOR decreases slightly (1‚26 to 1‚24). The earning capacity analysis (PMR) shows a positive development. The main reason
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deciphered. Until‚ the discovery of a natural ratio‚ that changed the game of beauty in all aspects. “Many of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages‚ from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece‚ through the medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa and the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kelper‚ to present day scientific figures such as Oxford physicist Roger Penrose‚ have spent endless hours over this simple ratio and its properties‚ called the golden ratio”(Livio‚ 2007). This can be located in
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Mandatory Nurse Patient Ratios Continues Mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios have been a hot topic of discussion for over 15 years. As of today‚ California is the only state with actual state mandated nurse- patient ratios in place. I support mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios because research has shown that patients have better outcomes when cared for by nurses who practice under state mandated nurse-patient ratios. According to the article Mandatory Nurse-Patient Ratios “support for mandatory-patient
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