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Flexible strategies High % of current assets to sales Large amounts of cash‚ marketable securities and inventory Liberal trade creit policy for customers‚ which results in high levels of accounts receivable Low risk low return Advantage: Large working capital balances Disadvantage: High carrying cost In 2008 it would have been an advangage Would have had cash to buy things at lower cost Credit was frozen during crisis. * * Restrictive Current assets are kept to a minimum Right terms
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Abstract This analysis investigates the management policies of the two primary competitors of the Air Delivery & Freight Services industry. I use ratio analysis to peek under the covers of profitability to understand how management‚ investment and financial management activities impact the overall performance of FedEx and UPS and study how the ratios change over time for FedEx. Ratio Analysis Two competitors‚ FedEx and UPS‚ dominate the Air Delivery & Freight Services industry in the United States
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Year 0 2007 Investment Capital outley Δ Net Working Capital Cash outley NWC Investment Recovery Equipment Salvage NWC (full recovery) Sales Cost of Goods Sold (-) SG&A Expense (-) Opperating Savings (+) Depreciation (-) Operating Profit before tax (16‚000‚000) Year 1 2008 (2‚000‚000) 400‚000 (400‚000) Year 2 2009 Year 3 2010 1‚000‚000 (600‚000) 1‚000‚000 4‚000‚000 3‚000‚000 200‚000 2‚000‚000 3‚000‚000 (200‚000) 10‚000‚000 7‚500‚000 500‚000 3‚500‚000 3‚000‚000 2‚500‚000 10
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Ratio Analysis Activity Ratios This ratios show how efficient Kenya Airways has been in managing its working capital. Being a service industry this ratio is a key indicator possible area to reduce inefficiency in future. KQ Activity Ratios Years | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Average Collection Period (Debtors ratio) | 48.6 | 58.8 | 46.7 | 51.0 | 43.6 | Inventory Day (Inventory Conversion Period) | 9.19 | 8.70 | 8.17 | 7.94 | 8.52 | Creditor’s Period | 50.93 | 65.31 | 75.27 | 67
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being $3‚465‚000 due to a retailing downturn. Higher-than-expected inventory was being carried through the peak season as well. This was their peak sales period and it was hoped that proceeds from this season would pay off the seasonal loan for the capital expenditure. SureCut Shears now faced a credit problem because they no longer expected to be able to pay off the seasonal loan. INTERPRETATION OF EXHIBITS Due in part to a slackening of sales‚ inventory at the end of March 1996‚ the amount of additional
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annual dividend of $0.96. Analysts are predicting an 11% per year growth rate in earnings over the next five years. After that‚ Colgate’s earnings are expected to grow at the current industry average of 5.2% per year. If Colgate’s equity cost of capital is 8.5% per year and its dividend payout ratio remains constant‚ what price does the dividend-discount model predict Colgate should sell for? 3. Bond pricing (15 points) Consider a 30-year bond with a 10% coupon rate (annual payments) and a $1000
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NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY BTEC HND IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET NAME OF STUDENT Bui Minh Khanh Linh REGISTRATION NO. 10103148 UNIT TITLE Unit 2: Managing Financial Resources and Decisions ASSIGNMENT TITLE Sources of Finance ASSIGNMENT NO 1 of 3 : (Individual take-home assignment) NAME OF ASSESSOR Joey Lai SUBMISSION DEADLINE 10:00‚ Oct 21‚ 2014 I‚ __Bui Minh Khanh Linh__ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source
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expect that their main source of growth capital over the next two years will be cash from ongoing operations‚ not debt or equity financing‚ according to a report from a survey in collaboration with Dar El Oyoun Hospitals and centers and Medical consultancy Group. In a survey of 35 senior finance executives at hospitals with $10 million to $1.5 million in annual revenue‚ 55 % said that receivables performance would be their top priority for working-capital improvement over the next 2 years‚ compared
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of the company’s ROE in a side-by-side comparison to the industry (say something about each component). 3. (8 points) Show a side by side comparison of the cash conversion cycle for AgBiz Inc. with the industry. Use the CCC to analyze working capital management for AgBiz Inc. in comparison to the industry (say something about each component). 4. (2 points) Based on the data and information on this page point out any red flags or major successes that you see for AgBiz Inc. 5. Critically
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