RAOUL MUYENZI Financial Decision Making for Managers Spring 2011-2012 Ratio and Financial Statement Analysis Benefits and Limitations. Executive Summary This paper analyzes tools used in financial analysis such as ratios. Financial ratio analysis is a judicious way for different stakeholders to use for different goals. This paper demonstrates that financial ratio analysis is an
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British Petroleum Ratio Analysis Memo Team B ACC/291 September 5‚ 2013 Vicki Garrison British Petroleum Analysis Memo Memo to Bob Fryar Executive Vice President‚ Safety and Operational Risk Dr Brian Gilvary Chief Financial Officer of British Petroleum: Introduction As we are sure you are already familiar with the British Petroleum organization‚ a lot of the information included in this memo may seem unnecessary directed only to you. It is vital to know information about
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Understanding the Concepts Professor Ingrid P. Nelson Fin 100 Introduction to Finance December 1‚ 2012 1. Imagine you are a small business owner. Determine the financial ratios that are important to the business. Compare your ratios with those that are important to a manager of a larger corporation. As a business owner‚ financial understanding is something that has to be studied before you decide that you are going to open or even start a new business. Small businesses in general run the finance
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shows that the current of ratio of Ford is 120 percent while the current ratio of GM is 89 percent. The current ratio measures the company’s ability to pay short term and long term obligations. As Ford has the higher current ratio over GM‚ it depicts that Ford is more capable of paying its obligations to the creditors. The quick ratio of Ford is 110 percent while GM has 73 percent. Quick ratio is an indicator of company’s short-term liquidity. As Ford has the higher quick ratio over GM‚ it shows that
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Financial Statements Analysis Interpretation of Financial Ratios Financial statements analysis is the process of examining relationships among elements of the the company’s "accounting statements" or financial statements (balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of cash flow and the statement of retained earnings) and making comparisons with relevant information. Financial statements analysis is a valuable tool used by investors‚ creditors‚ financial analysts‚ owners‚ managers and others in their
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examines financial ratio analysis by defining‚ the three groups of stakeholders that use financial ratios‚ the five different kinds of ratios used and their applications‚ the analytical tools used in analysis‚ and finally financial ratio analysis limitations and benefits. The paper illustrates that financial ratio analysis is an important tool for firm’s to evaluate their financial health in order to identify areas of weakness so as to institute corrective measures. While financial ratio analysis
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The financial statements of proctor & Gamble can be found in the annual report. But what these numbers really mean can be found by the use of ratios. In order to give you a more in depth analysis of Proctor & Gamble’s financial position we used several ratios. Activity ratios. These ratios measure whether a company is able to convert account within their balance sheet into cash. Showing us how fast a company can generate into cash and thus sales and ultimately more revenue. We used four ratios
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assessing the significance of various industry financial data‚ experts engage in financial ratio analysis‚ which is the process of determining and evaluating financial ratios. A financial ratio is a relationship that indicates something about an industry’s activities‚ such as the ratio between the industry’s current assets and current liabilities or between its accounts receivable and its annual sales. The basic sources for these ratios are the company financial statements within the industry that contain
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important financial ratios to give a pitcure of its financial position in the market comparing by comaparing it to its industry average. From Annual report of year 2011 of ITV Plc . Financial Performance Analysis: This section aims to reflect the financial performance of the ITV Plc by analysing a range of financial ratios from the last two years. A comprehensive evaluation is provided of the significant ratios and later it is compared with its peers and sector ratios. Liquidity Ratios Basically
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Ratio Analysis Paper Before beginning an analysis of a company it is necessary to have a complete set of financial statements‚ preferably for the pas few years so that historical trends can be obtained. Ratios are a way for anyone to get an idea of the financial performance of a company by using the information contained in the financial statements. Ratios are grouped into four basic categories‚ liquidity‚ activity‚ profitability‚ and financial leverage. This document will use a variety of these
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