statements of J. Sainsbury plc and Tesco plc for the year ending 2013, comparing both companies by looking at the ratios calculated and looking at the importance of supplementing financial analysis with non-financial considerations. Tesco is Britain’s leading food retailer and the third largest in the world. Tesco opened in 1929. After joining the eighties trend for large out-of-town supermarkets, in the 1990’s the company started pioneering many new innovations. Tesco has over 530,000 colleagues over
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Tesco Plc: A Financial Analysis of a Top Retailer International Accounting Professor Nikolaos Tsorakidis Benavides-Vereau, Marisa Cheng, An-Ting Domingo, Ferdinand Jr Kangun, Ilya Shimba, Danielle Vlasieva, Nadia TABLE OF CONTENTS A. INTRODUCTION: 2 I. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................3 B. TESCO ANALYSIS 3 I
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ratio analysis and interpreted The assignment, will compare two of the largest retail outlets in th UK in sainbury and Tesco. It will show that Tesco has higher Profitability, Liquidity and Gearing ratios than Sainsbury, While in investment ratios Sainsbury exceeds Tesco. However it will also show that over the five year period Sainsbury as more consistent ratio outputs than Tesco, whom go into a steep declines in various ratios during the 2012 period. This assignment will show that Sainsbury on
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oVeRVieW tesco around the world Creating value for customers across all our businesses UK Revenue* £40,766m Number of stores Us Revenue* 2,715 Employees £495m Number of stores 293,676 Selling space (sq ft, % of Group) 164 Employees 4,134 Selling space (sq ft, % of Group) 36.7m sq ft 35.4% 1.7m sq ft 1.6% tesco Bank Revenue* £919m Employee figures represent the average number of employees during the year ± 230 employees across asia and Europe work in
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to that another (Baker, 2011:1). In this report, the main goal is to make comparison of two UK based firms; Tesco and J Sainsbury Supermarkets through the determination of ratio analysis for both of these firms over a time period of three years. Overview of Tesco Tesco is among the top food retailers in Ireland and United Kingdom with about 2715 retail stores located countrywide. Tesco was found by Jack Cohen in the year 1919 and its headquarters are located in East London. The management of
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year ago according to Kantar (which monitors the household grocery purchasing habits of 25000 demographically representative households in the UK) (notefoot), Sainsbury is now the third position grocer in the UK. The No1 is the international brand Tesco PLC whose market share slip to 30.3% from 30.4%. Asda (note apply US GAAP), which is the subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell to16.9% from 17%. Outside of
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Tesco Tesco is the largest British multinational retailing store headquartered in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. It is the second largest retailer in the world (just behind Wal-Mart which is a multinational retail store as well – but it’s American) and the third largest retailer in the world if measured by revenues only. It lags just behind Wal-Mart (again!) and Carrefour which is a European multinational retail as well. David Reid is the chairman and Philip Clarke. Tesco
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to apply them on a real life scenario. 1.2 Reasons for choosing the organisation I have decided to choose Tesco plc for this research and analysis project .Tesco plc is the largest retailer in the UK and third largest in the world behind Wal-Mart and Carrefour. According to TNS Worldpanel over £1 in every £7 (14.3%) of UK retail sales is spent at Tesco. (http://en.wikipedia.org) .Tesco has largely contributed to cut spending on our daily needs. It has wide ranges of services and products which
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Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 Tesco at a glance 2011/12 We are one of the world’s largest retailers with operations * in 14 countries, employing almost 520,000 people and serving millions of customers every week. £72.0bn +7.4% Group sales Group sales growth £3.8bn Group profit before tax +5.3% Group profit before tax growth +1.6% Underlying profit before tax** +2.1% Underlying diluted earnings per share**† 14.76p Full year dividend per share UK Revenue±
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COVER FRONT COVER OUTSIDE FLAP Contents Tesco PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2014 Strategic report IFC Tesco at a glance IFC Highlights 01 Chairman’s statement 03 Report from the Chief Executive 08 Market overview 10 Business model 12 Financial review 16 Key performance indicators 19 Other statutory disclosures 20 Principal risks and uncertainties Corporate governance 26 28 30 41 62 Tesco PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2014
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