TEST 4 CONCLUSIONS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND ANSWERS TO RATIO ANALYSIS 1) Financial ratios of ABC plc from 2009 to 2011 : 2009 2010 2011 Gross margin - % 59.0 54.5 53.6 Net margin - % 21.0 18.5 14.6 ROCE - % 68 45.8 29.9 Return on Shareholder’s Funds - % 84 49.8 28.8 Earnings per share - £ 10.5 10.2 6.83 Dividends per share - £ 3 2.2 1 Current ratio 1.89 2.15 2.32 Quick ratio ( Acid test) 0.84 0.95 1.18 Stock turnover time - days 178 167.9 175.5 Debtor payment time - days 36.5 36.5 45.6
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calculate the statement of financial performance and statement of financial position‚ so I need to look at more than just easily attainable numbers like sales‚ profits‚ and total assets. I must be able to read between the lines of the financial statements and make the seemingly inconsequential numbers accessible and comprehensible. This very big data overload could seem astounding. Luckily‚ many well-tested ratios out there make the task a bit less daunting. Comparative ratio analysis helps you identify
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Budget Definition and its Purpose: Budget a detailed plan‚ expressed in quantitative terms‚ that specifies how resources will be acquired and used during a specified period of time. A budget is a description of a financial plan. It is a list of estimates of revenues to and expenditures by an agent for a stated period of time. Normally a budget describes a period in the future not the past Purposes of budgeting systems: Planning Facilitating Communication and Coordination Allocating Resources
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Nintendo Case Study 1. Imagine that you are charged with designing a successor to the Wii. Briefly describe the new-product strategy you might use. The Nintendo is having a lot of growth‚ since it has already proved by selling more consoles compared to its competitors Sony and Microsoft. The Wii is now targeting its customers not only the teenagers‚ but also the entire family community. As a design successor for Nintendo Wii‚ it would be better to design a product that suits the entire family
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DEDICATED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE DRIVING SUCCESS Marketing and sustainable development What is sustainable development? The term sustainable development means different things to different people. But‚ in essence‚ it is concerned with meeting the needs of people today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development therefore involves: A broad view of social‚ environmental and economic outcomes; A long-term perspective‚ concerned
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Nintendo applied “Differentiation strategy” for Wii. A completely new innovative design in Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk differentiate Wii as a new video game standard. It has been very competitive in game console market when Nintendo announced their new product “Wii”. XBOX and PlayStation had taken a major market share since Wii’s predecessor Game Cube lost ground in the game console market. Nintendo understands only price does not help them to gain back market shares. It is “Differentiation” will
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Asset efficiency ratio Asset efficiency ratios measure the efficiency with which an entity manage its current and non-current investments‚ and converts its investments decisions into sales dollars. There is a continuously increasing trend of asset turnover ratio for company alpha since 2009‚ from 3.77 times to 4.41 times. In comparison with company alpha‚ company beta shows a relatively slow increasing pattern from 0.90 times to 1.18 times. By contrast‚ it indicates that although both companies’
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market‚ naive investment strategies may lead to significant losses to the investors. A scientific evaluation of risk and return is very much required for any investor in a process to get maximum return at minimum risk. This study deals with the analysis of risk and return of 3 major stocks in banking sector‚ automobile sector and it sector listed in NSE‚ constructing a portfolio using these stocks and evaluating the benefit of diversification of risk using latent tools and techniques in an effort
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Nurse To Patient Ratio Medtech College Ethics August 16‚ 2010 The past decade has been a turbulent time for US hospitals and practicing nurses. News media have trumpeted urgent concerns about hospital understaffing and growing hospital nurse shortage. Nurses nationwide consistently report that hospital nurse staffing levels are inadequate to provide safe and effective care. Physicians agree‚ citing inadequate nurse staffing as a major impediment to the provision on high quality of care
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Financial Indicators Decision Making Simulation Form Date: April 9 2013 Team: “A” Team Members: What cost cutting options were chosen? Explain why those were chosen. Reducing the utilization of agency staff - It decreases the amount of premiums the hospital pay to the staffing agencies and the management fees. The cost for contract staff is nearly twice to those employees hired by the hospital directly. Changing the skill mix - It allows the nurses to delegate
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