Interpret the contents of a trading and profit and loss account and balance sheet for a selected company explaining how accounting ratios can be used to monitor the financial performance of the organisation. Profitability ratio Profitability ratios assess a business’s profitability of how well they’re doing by their interest parties. ROCE: In order for me to calculate the return on capital employed, I divided net profit from capital employed and then multiply by 100. This is shown bellow
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Chapter 3 [Business Organization and Intellectual Property] Phil Young, founder of the Pedal Pushers Company, has developed several prototypes of a pedal replacement for children’s bicycles. The Pedal Pusher will replace existing bicycle pedals with an easy-release stirrup to help smaller children hold their feet on the pedals. The Pedal Pusher will glow in the dark and will provide a musical sound as the bicycle is pedaled. Phil plans to purchase materials for making the product from others
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000 (172,000 x $31.50). Inventory would be valued at $9,924,000. That would be the only change on the balance sheet as cash would remain unchanged due to the switch. 2) On 6/30/61, there were 192,000 barrels on hand. Using the same math as in part 1 we get an increase of $6,048,000 for a final inventory value of $11,078,000. Again that would be the only change to the balance sheet. 3) There would no net effect on the operating statement in 1960 because the costs that were actually incurred
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Task 1 Western Governors University Kim Laudig, RN, BSN, MSN 11/01/2014 JET2 Financial Analysis Task 1 A1a Horizontal Analysis Results The Horizontal Analysis Results are taken from Competition Bikes’ Income Statements and their Balance Sheets. A Horizontal Analysis looks at data from one year to the next, usually over a three year span. This company’s Horizontal Analysis is comparing year six to year seven and year seven to year eight. While evaluating the company’s operational strengths
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Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Profitability Ratios 3 Profit Margin 3 Return on Assets 3 Return on Equity 3 Asset Utilization Ratios 3 Receivables Turnover 3 Average Collection Period 3 Inventory Turnover 3 Capital Asset Turnover 3 Total Asset Turnover 3 Liquidity Ratios 4 Current Ratio 4 Quick Ratio 4 Debt Utilization Ratios 4 Debt to Total Assets 4 Times Interest Earned 4 Conclusion and Recommendations 5 Appendix I: Ratios Analysis Results 6
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compile their financial statements known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are a combination of authoritative standards and simply the commonly accepted ways of recording and reporting accounting information. GAAP rules attempt to cover such a broad field that it is filled with loopholes and allow for multiple ways of presenting the same data; these loopholes can be used by management to manipulate the earnings of an entity. During an audit the auditor may encounter “red flags” or
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31, 2004 — 99TH FISCAL YEAR 03 FIAT S.P.A. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT DECEMBER 31, 2004 168 Balance Sheet 171 Statement of Operations 173 Notes to the Financial Statements Fiat S.p.A. Corporate Headquarters: 250 Via Nizza, Turin, Italy Paid-in Capital: 4,918,113,540 euros Entered in the Turin Company Register Fiscal Code: 00469580013 03 FIAT S.P.A. BALANCE SHEET I ASSETS December 31, 2004 (in euros) December 31, 2003 (in euros) FIXED ASSETS Intangible fixed assets
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS Objectives At the end of this chapter you should be able to: 1. Describe the meaning and relevance of financial analysis. 2. Discuss the users of financial statements. 3. Describe sources of financial statements. 4. Describe in detail financial ratios. 5. Define financial forecasting. 6. Discuss the types of comparison used in financial statement analysis 7. Compute financial ratios and use them to evaluate financial strengths and weaknesses. 8. Discuss the limitations
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FIN 534 Complete Course Week 1 to Week 11 Download Answer Below http://workbank247.com/q/fin-534-complete-course-week-1-to-week-11-discussi/7837 FIN534 Week 1 Discussion * From the e-Activity, examine ethical behavior within firms in relation to financial management. Provide two (2) examples of companies that have been guilty of ethics-based malfeasance related to financial management and determine why their comeuppance was deserved. * From the scenario, recommend two (2) actions that
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