MGMT*3320, Financial Management Class Notes: Financial Ratios © F.Braga, 2015 WE START THIS “DRY” PART BY SHOWING THAT IN FACT EVEN THE MOST ADVANCED STOCK MARKETS DO USE THESE RATIOS AS STANDARDIZED TOOLS USED TO CONVEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION. SO : IT MAY FEEL DRY BUT IT IS THE REAL STUFF, SO TO SPEAK. WE WILL LOOK (AS AN EXAMPLE) AT THE SIX SWISS EXCHANGE (THEIR TSE) AND WHAT THEY PUBLISH FOR THE LISTED COMPANIES. SPIN: THIS IS INFORMATION. MANAGEMENT USED RAW DATA, COMPILED ACCORDING
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significant competitors in the world. All of our analysis is based on data which are drawn from Bloom Business and other authoritative websites, which contain 2 companies’ financial reports 2010-2012 including balance sheet and income statement. By comparing Emirates and Singapore Airlines we can make a brief conclusion of the EA’s financial situation. 1.1 Profitability Profitability is showed by the firm’s amount and level of income, and it can indicate the increase value of capital. 1.1.1 Net Profit
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES USED BY SMALL MANUFACTURERS: SURVEY AND ANALYSIS Morris Lamberson, University of Central Arkansas ABSTRACT This article summarized the responses of 103 small manufacturers to a mail questionnaire survey sent to the chief financial officer of 477 firms located in the southern region of the U.S. The major thrust of the paper was to provide insight into the importance of and utilization of financial analysis and working capital management
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ABBOTT Laboratories (ABT) Financial Ratio Case Study Company Profile: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 100 Abbott Park Road Abbott Park, IL 60064-6400 Phone: 847-937-6100 Fax: 847-937-1511 Website: http://www.abbott.com Sector: Healthcare CEO: Miles D. White Number of Employees: 91,000 Major areas of operations: Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products and Vascular Products. Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is an American-based global, diversified pharmaceuticals
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/gulf’s higher equity multiplier indicates a higher level of financial risk. Question 10 a. Jackson’s current ratio is 1.88x vs the industry average of 2.5x. Jackson’s quick ratio is 0.66x compared to industry average of 1.1x. Jackson’s net working capital of $750,000. Overall Jackson’s liquidity is much lower then that of industry average. Based on comparison of the firms current ratio to that of the industry and the firm’s quick ratio to that of the industry, it appears Jackson may have excessive
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Z-scores are used to predict corporate defaults and an easy-to-calculate control measure for the financial distress status of companies in academic studies. The Z-score uses multiple corporate income and balance sheet values to measure the financial health of a company. Z score bankruptcy model: Z = 1.2X1 + 1.4X2 + 3.3X3 + 0.6X4 + .999X5 Explanation X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working
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head: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF TARGET & J.C. PENNY Financial Analysis of Target & J.C. Penny Linda S. Mosquera Columbia College University Abstract There are two companies which stand out as being optimal candidates for selling out to CB&M. I collected each company’s financial statements and analyzed five years’ worth of data provided via the company’s annual reports specifically pertaining to the balance sheet and the income statements. Interpreting a few specific financial ratios
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Asset Management and Leverage 5 4. Classification of Ratios 6 5. Ratio Analysis of the Performance of Air Asia and Malaysian Airlines System for the year 2011 7 6. Conclusion 11 Bibliography/Reference 13 QUESTION: Select any two listed companies of Bursa Malaysia from the Trading/Services sector and evaluate the companies’ asset management and leverage ratios using their financial statements for the year 2011 ANSWER 1. INTRODUCTION
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Environmental factors | 11 | 3.2.1 Financial factors | 11 | 3.2.2 Organization resources | 11 | 3.2.3 Human resources | 11 | 3.2.5 Reputation and Risk factors | 11 | 4.0 Ratio analysis | 12 | 4.1 profitability ratio | 13 | 5.2.3 Net Profit Margin | 13 | 5.2.4 Return on Capital Employed(ROCE | 13 | 5.2.5 Return on Shareholders’ Funds | 14 | 4.1.4 Return on Equity | 14 | 5.2 Efficiency Ratios | 14 | 5.3.6 Assets Turnover
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Chapter 7 Analysis of Financial Statements ANSWERS TO BEGINNING-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS The answers to these questions are all contained in the BOC Excel model for this chapter, where they are illustrated with actual data and the ratios are calculated. ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 7-1 a. A liquidity ratio is a ratio that shows the relationship of a firm’s cash and other current assets to its current liabilities. The current ratio is found by dividing current
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