Ibm vs Accenture
Executive Summary
IBM and Accenture are both huge companies and uses five factor DuPont analysis to achieve a return on equity. IBM has a higher return on equity than Accenture, and therefore the management are more efficient in generating shareholder value per dollar invested. However both the companies are performing better than the industry average. IBM does also take lesser number of days to convert cash on hand compared to Accenture and industry average. But, Accenture is taking more days than industry average on converting into cash. For the company’s credit rating we only consider the quantitative factors as it is difficult to get the in depth information on the qualitative factors. We consider the average of three years to get the credits ratings of the company. According to the quantitative factors rating methodology, IBM is rated as Aa3 and Accenture as Aa2 rating. Both the companies belong to the investment grade. Since both the companies do not have preferred shares, cost of debt and cost of equity are used to determine the weighted average cost of capital. The weighted average cost of capital of IBM and Accenture are 3.73 percent and 10.99 percent. The coefficient of beta and risk free rate is the major influenced on the weighted average cost of capital. Because of the higher value of weighted average cost of capital, Accenture is at higher risk in undertaking the new projects. The distribution payout ratio for both the companies is also determined to find how much percentage is paid out to the shareholders and how much percentage is used to reinvest in the business. IBM has a distribution payout ratio of 30.3 percent and Accenture has 81.9 percent distribution payout ratio in 2011. Since the distribution payout ratio of IBM is lesser than the Accenture, the management of IBM is more efficient than Accenture.
Contents Introduction 4 DuPont Analysis 5 Tax Burden 5 Interest Burden 6 Profit Margin 7 Asset Utilization 8 Equity
IBM and Accenture are both huge companies and uses five factor DuPont analysis to achieve a return on equity. IBM has a higher return on equity than Accenture, and therefore the management are more efficient in generating shareholder value per dollar invested. However both the companies are performing better than the industry average. IBM does also take lesser number of days to convert cash on hand compared to Accenture and industry average. But, Accenture is taking more days than industry average on converting into cash. For the company’s credit rating we only consider the quantitative factors as it is difficult to get the in depth information on the qualitative factors. We consider the average of three years to get the credits ratings of the company. According to the quantitative factors rating methodology, IBM is rated as Aa3 and Accenture as Aa2 rating. Both the companies belong to the investment grade. Since both the companies do not have preferred shares, cost of debt and cost of equity are used to determine the weighted average cost of capital. The weighted average cost of capital of IBM and Accenture are 3.73 percent and 10.99 percent. The coefficient of beta and risk free rate is the major influenced on the weighted average cost of capital. Because of the higher value of weighted average cost of capital, Accenture is at higher risk in undertaking the new projects. The distribution payout ratio for both the companies is also determined to find how much percentage is paid out to the shareholders and how much percentage is used to reinvest in the business. IBM has a distribution payout ratio of 30.3 percent and Accenture has 81.9 percent distribution payout ratio in 2011. Since the distribution payout ratio of IBM is lesser than the Accenture, the management of IBM is more efficient than Accenture.
Contents Introduction 4 DuPont Analysis 5 Tax Burden 5 Interest Burden 6 Profit Margin 7 Asset Utilization 8 Equity