...Tootsie Roll Vs Hershey The purpose of this financial analysis is to compare Tootsie Roll and Hershey Inc to the industry average financial ratios to determine which company will be the best investment opportunity. This analysis will evaluate and compare the company’s liquidity, solvency and profitability ratios from 2004. Tootsie Roll, Inc. and Hershey Inc are both companies well known for the selling of confectionary goods. Hershey is publicly traded under NYSE: HSY, Tootsie Roll under NYSE: TR. Both are listed under SIC 2064, Candy and other Confectionary products. • Liquidity Liquidity ratios measure the short-term ability a company to pay its obligations and meet unexpected needs of cash. These numbers can be found by analyzing the company’s balance sheet. The company that closely matches or exceeds the industry averages in liquidity is Tootsie Roll. Tootsie Roll’s current ratio of 2.34 exceeds that of the industries 1.29. They also have a lower cash to debt ratio 1.05 (2.37 industry, days in inventory 63.98 (industry 72.7) and a quicker inventory turnover 5.7 (industry 6.05). The only ratio were Hershey exceeds Tootsie Roll is receivables turnover ratio. Hershey collects more of its receivables but Tootsie Roll collects faster. Tootsie Roll is better suited to collect cash quickly to pay its obligations and meet unexpected cash needs. • Solvency Solvency ratios measure a company’s ability to last over an extended period of time, or how a...
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...When evaluating the liquidity of Tootsie and Hershey, both organizations hold fairly strong positions with respect to its ability to meet their current and expected short term, less than one year, obligations. Upon reviewing the current ratio, Tootsie holds a very strong position with over 2 times the current assets versus current liabilities. While the figure is favorable, it does suggest perhaps that their ratio may be too high and that they are not efficiently using its current assets. Though, they have be specifically improving on this aspect since their ratio did decline from 3.9 in 2003 to 2.3 in 2004. Hershey’s current ratio is not nearly as strong as Tootsie’s, coming in at .93 in 2004 down from 1.93 in 2003 but in comparison to the industry average of 1.1 it is still within an acceptable range but has steadily decreased since 2002 when it was 2.3. This may be suggestive of a decision to purposely reduce their liquidity. This leads into the current cash debt coverage ratio analysis, which helps adjust for the current ratio only calculating year end figures, and utilizes the company’s cash provided by opertions to account for the entire year. Tootsie’s current cash debt coverage ratio is more favorable coming in at 1.05 versus Hershey’s ratio of .85. However, both exceed the acceptable level recommended of .40, showing both have adequate liquid positions. In further reviewing the liquidity of both company’s and looking at the accounts receivable turnover ratio, which...
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...Tootsie Vs. Hershey Tootsie Roll Insustries Ratio The Hershey Company Ratio Interpretation and comparsion between the two companies' ratio Earnings Per Share $0.94 $0.96 EPS measures the net income earned on each share of common stock. Hershey's earning per share appers to be $0.02 higher than Tootsie's earnings per share as a result of more effective and effitient management. Current Ratio 3.45 0.88 Tootsie Roll Industries shows higher current ratio for 2.57 which means that it is more liquid than The Hershey Company. This company has more ability to pay its maturing obligations and meet unexpected needs for cash. Gross Profit Rate 0.34 (34%) 0.33 (33%) Tootsie Roll Industries has 1% higher gross profit rate compared to The Hershey Company. That shows higher gross profit margin for this company. Profit Margin Ratio 10.37% 4.33% Tootsie Roll Industries has 6.04% higher profit margin ratio. This company has 10.37% of each dollar of sales that results in net income. Higher gross profit rate results in higher profit margin for the company. Inventory Turnover Ratio 5.71 5.52 The numbers show that Tootsie Roll Industries has higher Inventory Turnover Ratio than The Hershy Company for 0.19. That means that Tootsie Roll Industries sell their goods faster and their average inventory turns 1.03 times/year faster than The Hershey Company's Inventory. Days in Inventory 64 66 The numbers show that Tootsie Industries helds its inventory an average of 64 days which is 2 days less...
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...08/23/2008 Hershey Company & Tootsie Roll Company Company History Both the Hershey Company and the Tootsie Roll Company specialize in a wide variety of chocolate candy products. "The Hershey Company is a leading snack food company and the largest North American manufacturer of quality chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products, with revenues of over $4 billion and more than 13,000 employees worldwide". The Hershey Company originated with the candy manufacturer Milton Hershey. In 1894 Milton Hershey wanted to design a sweet coating for his already existing caramels, thus his new enterprise, the Hershey Chocolate Company began. The Hershey Company went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1922. The Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. was established in 1896. "The round piece of chewy, chocolatey candy that delights Americans today still looks and tastes amazingly like the first Tootsie Roll, made over 109 years ago". The Tootsie Roll "still sells for one penny, the original price, even though the company now offers candy packages priced up to $6.99. The first penny candies to be individually wrapped in paper, Tootsie Rolls are protected today". The Tootsie Roll Industry produces more than 60 million Tootsie Rolls per day and is also the world's largest lollipop supplier, producing 20 million lollipops daily. The Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. went public on the NYSE in 1927. New York Stock Exchange Company Information The Hershey Company (Hershey) and Tootsie...
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...Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries manufacture and sell confectionery products in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It sells its products under various names. The company markets its products to wholesale distributors of candy and groceries, supermarkets, variety stores, dollar stores, chain grocers, drug chains, discount chains, cooperative grocery associations, warehouse and membership club stores, vending machine operators, and the U. S. military and fund-raising charitable organizations. Tootsie Roll Industries was founded in 1896 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing various chocolate and confectionery products, pantry items, and gum and mint refreshment products worldwide. It offers various chocolate and confectionery products as well as various snack products, a line of refreshment products, such as mints, chewing gum, and bubble gum, and a line of pantry items. It sells its products through sales representatives and food brokers, primarily to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, department stores, and natural food stores. The company was founded in 1893 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Tootsie Roll Industries Ratios Hershey Foods Corporation Ratios Interpretation and Comparison between the...
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...Recommend the redesign of Hershey’s performance management system to appeal to the diverse groups that it employs: In answering the above question my recommendations of the redesign of Hersey’s performance management system to appeal to the diverse group that they employee would be to keep their current designed performance management system. Their redesign system caters to two specific generations, the baby boomers and the younger generation. Hershey has a system in place in which the baby boomers train/mentor the new “millennial” worker (employees in their twenties) due to, “the baby boomers tend to be interested in leaving a legacy, making the world better, so they generally are enthusiastic about mentoring their younger colleagues” (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, Wright, 2011). The baby boomers are role models, coaches, and advocates for Hershey. Mentoring gives them opportunities to utilize their abilities, experience, and wisdom both to their own benefit and that of Hersey’s to guide the younger generation employed with the company. Hershey has redesigned its performance management system appealing to the younger generations’ eagerness for challenge, autonomy, and results, the redesign was a bottom-up effort, in which people throughout the company set goals and track progress on projects. The system measures not only business results but whether they are achieved in accordance the Hershey’s four core values (Noe, Hollenbeck,...
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...CHAPTER 13 Financial Analysis: The Big Picture Study Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Understand the concept of sustainable income. Indicate how irregular items are presented. Explain the concept of comprehensive income. Describe and apply horizontal analysis. Describe and apply vertical analysis. Identify and compute ratios used in analyzing a company’s liquidity, solvency, and profitability. Understand the concept of quality of earnings. Summary of Questions by Study Objectives and Bloom’s Taxonomy Item SO BT Item SO BT Item SO BT Item SO BT Item SO BT Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 1 2 1 2 6 2 2 2 2 1, 2, 6 C C C C C AP AP C AP C 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 4. 5. 6. 3. 4. 5. 2. 2. 4, 5 4, 5 4, 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 5 4, 5 6 6 C C AP K C AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 7. 8. 9. 6. 7. 8. 3. 3. 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 Exercises 4, 5 6 6 6 6 AP AP AP AN AN 9. 10. 11. 4. 4. 6 6 6 6 6 AP AP AP AN AN 5. 5. 6 6 E E 12. 6 AP K C C C C AP AP AP 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 10. 11. 12. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 C C C C AP AP AN AN 13. 14. 15. 6 6 6 AN AN AN 21. 22. 7 7 C AN Brief Exercises Problems: Set A 1. 1. 5, 6 5, 6 AN AN Problems: Set B 13-1 ASSIGNMENT CHARACTERISTICS TABLE Problem Number 1A 2A Difficulty Level Simple Simple Time Allotted (min.) 20–30 20–30 Description Prepare vertical analysis and comment on profitability. Compute ratios from balance sheet and income statement. Perform ratio analysis, and discuss change in financial position and operating results. Compute ratios;...
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...Accrual Accounting Concepts The Navigator • Scan Study Objectives • Read Feature Story • Read Preview • Read text and answer Before You Go On p. 169 p. 174 p. 183 • Work Using the Decision Toolkit • Review Summary of Study Objectives • Work Demonstration Problem • Answer Self-Study Questions • Complete Assignments Feature Story What Was Your Profit? The accuracy of the financial reporting system depends on answers to a few fundamental questions. At what point has revenue been earned? At what point is the earnings process complete? When have expenses really been incurred? During the 1990s' boom in the stock prices of dot-com companies, many dot-com companies earned most of their revenue from selling advertising space on their Web sites. To boost reported revenue, some dot-coms began swapping web-site ad space. Company A would put an ad for its website on company B's website, and company B would put an ad for its website on company A's website. No money ever changed hands, but each company recorded revenue (for the value of the space that it gave up on its site). This practice did little to boost net income and resulted in no additional cash flow—but it did boost reported revenue. Regulators eventually put an end to the practice. Another type of transgression results from companies recording revenue or expenses in the wrong year. In fact, shifting revenues and expenses is one of the most common abuses of financial accounting. Xerox recently...
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...C H A P T E R A Further Look at Financial Statements o STUDY OBJECTIVES 2 T H E N AV I G AT O R I I I I Scan Study Objectives Read Feature Story Read Preview Read text and answer Before You Go On p. 58 p. 63 p. 69 p. 72 p. 75 Work Using the Decision Toolkit Review Summary of Study Objectives Work Demonstration Problem Answer Self-Study Questions Complete Assignments I I I I After studying this chapter, you should be able to: 1 meaning N Explain the principlesof generally accepted accounting and describe the I basic objective of financial reporting. F E AT U R E S T O R Y 2 qualitative N Discuss theinformation.characteristics of accounting 3 N Identify two constraints in accounting. 4 N Identify the sections of a classified balance sheet. 5 compute ratios N Identify andprofitability. for analyzing a company’s 6 N Explain the relationship between a retained earnings statement and a statement of JUST FOOLING AROUND? Few people could have predicted how dramatically the Internet would change the investment world. One of the most interesting results is how it has changed the way ordinary people invest their savings. More and more people are spurning investment professionals and instead are striking out on their own, making their own investment decisions. Two early pioneers in providing investment information to the masses were Tom and David Gardner, brothers who created an online investor bulletin board called the Motley Fool. The name comes...
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...c02AFurtherLookatFinancialStatements.qxd 7/27/10 9:39 AM Page 46 chapter 2 A FURTHER LOOK AT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ● the navigator ● ● ● ● ✓ Scan Study Objectives Read Feature Story Scan Preview Read Text and Answer Do it! p. 52 p. 53 p. 62 p. 68 Work Using the Decision Toolkit Review Summary of Study Objectives Work Comprehensive Do it! p. 72 Answer Self-Test Questions Complete Assignments Go to WileyPLUS for practice and tutorials Read A Look at IFRS p. 96 study objectives After studying this chapter, you should be able to: 1 Identify the sections of a classified balance sheet. 2 Identify and compute ratios for analyzing a company’s profitability. 3 Explain the relationship between a retained earnings statement and a statement of stockholders’ equity. 4 Identify and compute ratios for analyzing a company’s liquidity and solvency using a balance sheet. 5 Use the statement of cash flows to evaluate solvency. 6 Explain the meaning of generally accepted accounting principles. 7 Discuss financial reporting concepts. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● INSIDE CHAPTER 2… 46 c02AFurtherLookatFinancialStatements.qxd 7/27/10 9:39 AM Page 47 feature story Few people could have predicted how dramatically the Internet would change the investment world. One of the most interesting results is how it has changed the way ordinary people invest their savings. More and more people are striking out on their own, making their own investment decisions. Two early pioneers...
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...thomas a . meyer How Great companies Get Started in terrible times Innovate! Innovate! How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times THOMAS A. MEYER John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2010 by Thomas A. Meyer. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose...
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...Insights into the Food, Beverage, and Consumer Products Industry GMA Overview of Industry Economic Impact, Financial Performance, and Trends The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) represents the world’s leading branded food, beverage, and consumer products companies. Since 1908, GMA has been an advocate for its members on public policy issues and has championed initiatives to increase industrywide productivity and growth. GMA member companies employ more than 2.5 million workers in all 50 states and account for more than $680 billion in global annual sales. The association is led by a board of member company chief executives. For more information, visit the GMA website at www.gmabrands.com The Food Products Association (FPA) is the largest trade association serving the food and beverage industry in the United States and worldwide. FPA’s laboratory centers, scientists, and professional staff provide technical and regulatory assistance to member companies and represent the food industry on scientific and public policy issues involving food safety, food security, nutrition, consumer affairs, and international trade. For more information, visit FPA’s website at www.fpa-food.org The member firms of the PricewaterhouseCoopers network (www.pwc.com) provide industry-focused assurance, tax, and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 130,000 people in 148 countries across our network work collaboratively...
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...ACCT504 Week 1 Objectives (JAN15) 1 of 2 https://devry.equella.ecollege.com/file/c3a70b64-5599-41cb-be31-a270... Print Given an annual report, the student should be able to read, understand, analyze, and explain a A company’s Balance Sheet to other decision makers and use the knowledge and skills to make business decisions. Key Concepts Understand the environment of financial reporting in the United States and explain the importance of generally accepted accounting principles. Explain the meaning and purpose of a balance sheet and the items that appear in the balance sheet. Determine the interrelationship among the basic financial statements. Analyze the relationship between certain items in the balance sheet and the income statement with the help of ratio analysis. Evaluate the way that different assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity items are presented in a balance sheet. Given an annual report, the student should be able to read, understand, analyze, and explain a B company’s Income Statement to other decision makers and use the knowledge and skills to make business decisions. Key Concepts Explain the meaning and purpose of an income statement and the items that appear in the income statement. Determine the interrelationship among the basic financial statements. Analyze the relationship between certain items in the balance sheet and the income statement with the help of ratio analysis. Evaluate the way that different revenues, expenses...
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