Analyzing Financial Data Dereca Akins ACC/230 August 15, 2014 Jean Petrie Analyzing Financial Data | Alternative 1 (Debt) | Alternative 2 (Equity) | Debt ratio | | | Times interest earned | | | Operating profit | 18 million | 18 million | Interest expense | 6.3 million | 4.8 million | Earnings before tax | 11.7 million | 13.2 million | Income tax expenses (40%) | 4,680,000 | 5,280,000 | Net earnings | 7,020,000 | 7,920,000 | Earnings
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offered by Modigliani and Miller along with their assumptions. Capital structure refers to the way a corporation finances its assets through some combination of equity, debt, or hybrid securities. Stewart C. Myers argues that there is “no magic” in leverage and there is nothing supporting a presumption that more debt is better. He adds that debt maybe better than equity in some cases, worse in others or it may be no better and no worse. Thus, all financing choices are equally good. A firm's capital
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and A ns. 2: High ROE (30.3). High quick ratio (42.68). Low debt-to-equity ratio (0.09). Low debt-to-asset ratio (0.01) Degree of Financial Leverage EBIT Interest Preferred stock dividend DFL 30% Debt 922.2 52.7 0.4 1.062 50% Debt 922.2 87.8 0.4 1.106 70% Debt 922.2 122.9 0.4 1.155 t has: The above table shows that if AHP increases debt ratio, it will face a financial risk of increased debt-to-equity and debt-to-asset ratios resulting into solvency problems in long terms. AHP also face liquidity
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Abstract 3 Return on Assets Analysis 3 Return on Common Equity Analysis ….11 Ratio Analysis 16 ORRF’s management issue 26 Conclusion 30 Annex 31 Reference 34 Abstract In this paper, we are engaged in deepening our analysis on the Orrstown financial services Inc. (ORRF). First, we analyze the ORRF’s profitability by using two major indicators; the rate of return on assets (ROA) and the rate of return on common share holder’s equity (ROCE). ORRF’s ROA is compared with its industry ROA. Also
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Financial ratio analysis A reading prepared by Pamela Peterson Drake OUTLINE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction Liquidity ratios Profitability ratios and activity ratios Financial leverage ratios Shareholder ratios 1. Introduction As a manager, you may want to reward employees based on their performance. How do you know how well they have done? How can you determine what departments or divisions have performed well? As a lender, how do decide the borrower will be able to pay back as promised
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Name: Chengxiao Tong Net ID: EK2429 Homework#1 Question1: The main objective of financial analyses is improving the valuation and performance of the firm by using the financial tools like financial ratios and financial statement analyses so that the manager can find the best solution for the corporate strategy. Using the ratio analyses is very common in the financial analyses. For example, we can judge a firm’s performance from the ROA and ROE. They show the profitability ability of the
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1991, the residual between actual and forecast is 924,000, which is a very big different. These excess inventories became illiquid assets, thus increased the liabilities which have a negative effect on the company’s financial health. Nevertheless, with lack of previous years’ financial data in addition to the unpredictable recession of the economy, it is hard to say whether or not these data were exaggerating. 2. Risk assessment a. Liquidity – as of March 1991, the current and cash ratio of Dynashears
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Summary We believe that the reason for the company’s shortage of funds is that most of its cash/funds are “tied” up in inventory and A/R, along with the fact that even though the company is having significant sales growth, it’s not been able to leverage the economies of scale by being able to reduce operating expenses or purchasing expenses (Total COGS). All of this is leading to significant needs for short term loans and the interest expense on these loans is only making the matters worse. Based
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like how it is constructed? The company has projected gross sales to reach 90.9 million rupees in 2001, an forecasted growth of approximately 15 million rupees over the previous year. In spite of the large increase, there are several additional financial factors which need to be taken into account in evaluating the forecast. For instance, Total asset turnover gives an understanding of the efficiency with which the firm uses its assets to generate sales. Total Asset Turnover in this particular case
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Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Guillermo’s Furniture Store Scenario Write no more than a 700-word paper explaining the finance concepts found in the readings and how they relate to the context of the scenario. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. When someone takes an action, that action eliminates other possible actions. Informally, people often refer to an unused opportunity as an opportunity cost. More precisely, an opportunity cost is the difference between
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