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    Debt Ratio

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    are many tools that a company can use to evaluate how well it is performing‚ one of those tools is the debt ratio calculation. The debt ratio shows the proportion of assets financed with debt‚ liabilities. It is calculated by the companies total liabilities divided by its total assets and is used as a percentage. Total assets and total debts can be found on the balance sheet. “It can be used to evaluate a business’s ability to pay its debt” (Nobles p. 89). The debt ratio can be used to evaluate

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    Ratio analysis

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    is to conduct an analysis of the financial statements of J. Sainsbury plc and Tesco plc for the year ending 2013‚ comparing both companies by looking at the ratios calculated and looking at the importance of supplementing financial analysis with non-financial considerations. Tesco is Britain’s leading food retailer and the third largest in the world. Tesco opened in 1929. After joining the eighties trend for large out-of-town supermarkets‚ in the 1990’s the company started pioneering many new innovations

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    Firm Formation

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    Firms did not flourish until the early 20th century. They emerged as an authorized structure and were granted exclusive rights to trade and conduct business in certain markets and products. The fact that firms are a different way to organize economic activities cannot explain explicitly and adequately the reason of firm formation. Many socialists and economists have given their interpretations of the conditions under which firms emerged and developed in certain ways in a specialised exchange economy

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    Ratio Analysis

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    Liquidity Ratios 2012 2011 Current Ratio 20‚025/24‚025=0.83 17‚003/27‚075=0.63 Quick Ratio (7‚138+10‚744)/24‚025=0.74 (6‚252+9‚259)/27‚075=0.57 Activity Ratios Receivable Turnover 46‚417/((10‚744+9‚259)/2)=4.6 45‚884/((9‚259+8‚784)/2)=5.1 Inventory Turnover 31‚546/((486+537)/2)=61.7 30‚814/((537+433)/2)=63.5 Profitability Ratios Rate of Return on Assets 7‚003/((139‚576+151‚220)/2)=4.8% 7‚870/((151‚220+156‚985)/2)=5.1% Rate of Return on (7‚003-56)/((78

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    Impact of Corporate Governance on Firm Performance—an Empirical investigation from the Insurance Industry of Pakistan Hafiz Muhammad Raheel Arif* Raheel_prince23@hotmail.com 00923216190575 *COMSATS Institute of Information Technology and Science Lahore‚ Pakistan Abstract The study is devoted to check the impact of corporate governance (CG) on the firm performance (FP) of the insurance industry of Pakistan. Four measures have been used in the paper to check the firm performance being affected by

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    Firm and Its Objectives

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    A. FIRM AND ITS OBJECTIVE: Conventional theory of firm assumes profit maximization is the sole objective of business firms. But recent researches on this issue reveal that the objectives the firms pursue are more than one. Some important objectives‚ other than profit maximization are: (a) Maximization of the sales revenue (b) Maximization of firm’s growth rate (c) Maximization of Managers utility function (d) Making satisfactory rate of Profit (e) Long run Survival of the firm (f) Entry-prevention

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    ENGINEERING: HOW THE CELL CYCLE OPERATES A cell is a dynamic system. It is "born‚" lives‚ grows‚ reproduces‚ and dies. Each cell works like an automated factory‚ duplicating parts of it. It interacts with its environment‚ sending and receiving signals—electrical and chemical—to act on or cause action elsewhere‚ and guarding against invaders or aggressively attacking other cells. A cell changes shape‚ moves off to another place‚ and sometimes links up with other cells. There used to be two cell-cycle

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    EFFECT OF FINANCIAL RATIOS ON SHARE PRICE ON LISTED COMPANY AGROINDUSTRY LQ45 INDEX IN INDONESIA STOCK EXCHANGE Endawati‚ Dr. Izzati Amperaningrum‚ SE. Graduate Program‚ Accounting Information System‚ 2009 Gunadarma University http://www.gunadarma.ac.id Keywords : Stock ABSTRACT : Financial ratio describing a relationship or balance between a certain number with another number. Financial ratio analysis can be used to guide investors and creditors to make decisions or judgments about company achievements

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    Ratio Analysis

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    | JOLLIBEE FOODS CORPORATION | COMMON SIZE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND RATIO ANALYSIS | | RUFIN‚ MA. URIKA C.2008103114FIN102DEAN MAURICE SABIOSY2010-2011 | | | RATIO ANALYSIS | 1.) EARNINGS PER SHARE | | | | | | | | | EPS= | NET INCOME - PREFERRED DIVIDENDS | | | | AVE. NO. OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING | | | | | | | | | NET INCOME | OUTSTANDING SHARES | | | 3‚637‚297‚943 | 2010 | 1‚053‚438‚818 | | | | 2009 | 1‚051‚458‚156 | | | |

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    Ratio Analysis

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    * Findings and Analysis: Liquidity Ratio 1. Current Ratio: A company’s current assets divided by its current liabilities is known as the Current Ratio. This ratio is regarded as a measure of short-term debt paying ability. It measures the capability to obsolete the current liability with comparing to current asset by how many times. The equation is- Current Ratio = Current AssetCurrent Liability * The general rule of thumb calls for a current ratio of at least 2:1. If it is greater than

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