Ratio Analysis University of Phoenix HCS/571 Finance Resource Management Sept 24‚ 2013Rosetta Stringfellow‚ MBA‚ BSRatio Analysis Ratio analysis is a widely used managerial tool that compares one number with another to gain insights that would not arise from looking at either of the numbers separately. Ratio analysis is used to examine and interpret the relationship between two numbers on a financial statement. This is done so that the managers
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Operating leverage Def. of leverage - The degree to which an investor or business is utilizing borrowed money. Companies that are highly leveraged may be at risk of bankruptcy if they are unable to make payments on their debt; they may also be unable to find new lenders in the future. Leverage is not always bad‚ however; it can increase the shareholders’ return on investment and often there are tax advantages associated with borrowing. Def of operating leverage- a measurement of the degree to
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Ratio Analysis: 2009 | 2010 | 0.53 | 0.51 | Current Ratio: Analysis: 2:1 is the benchmark of current ratio. Here in 2007 current asset is 0.53 against 1 current liability. In every year the company is unable to increase their current ration. Because the current ratio in 2010 decreases to 0.51. The company has a small amount of current asset for each amount of current liability in every year and its improvement was not that much remarkable. Though the company never crossed
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STUDY RATIO ANALYSIS ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The traditional financial statements that comprise of the balance sheet and profit and loss account do not give enough information related to financial operations of the company. These financial statements prepared as per the statutory requirement of law need to be analyzed in order to evaluate the past performance of the company and the future prospects. The most widely used tool is Ratio Analysis. DEFINITION OF RATIO A way of expressing
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RATIO ANALYSIS (ALL VALUES IN Rs. MILLION) 1. GROSS PROFIT MARGIN (%): GROSS PROFIT = NET SALES – COGS = TOTAL REVENUE – (Employee Benefit Expense + Operating and Other Expenses + Finance Costs) = 53107 – (22510+21598+1025) = 7974 GROSS PROFIT MARGIN = (NET SALES – COGS)/NET SALES = (7974/ 53107)*100 = 15.01497% 2. RETURN ON ASSET(RoA) RETURN ON ASSET = (PAT/TOTAL ASSET)*100 = (4606/63454)*100 = 7.258% This indicates that around 7.3% of all assets have been utilized
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Ratio analysis 1. Liquidity ratio The liquidity ratios measure the company’s ability to meet its short-term debt obligations (Intermediate accounting- Kieso‚ D.E.‚ J.J. Weygandt and T.D. Warfield). These ratios include current ratios‚ quick ratios‚ and cash ratio. Current ratio: the current ratio of GM has increased from 1.29 in 2012 to 1.30 in 2013. With a higher ratio in 2013‚ it’s better for GM to meet its short-term obligation. Quick ratio: the quick ratio of GM has improved from 0.79 in 2012
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and Home retail group PLC year end 28th February 2011. Contents Introduction 3 Kingfisher PLC 3 Home Retail Group 3 Analysis 4 Profitability Ratios 4 Liquidity Ratios 5 Gearing Ratios 5 Investment Ratios 6 Performance Factors 6 Kingfisher PLC 7 Home Retail Group 7 Appendix 8 Profitability Ratios 8 Liquidity Ratios 9 Gearing Ratios 9 Investment Ratios 10 Bibliography 11 Introduction The aims and objectives of this report are to compare the two companies‚ Kingfisher
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Ratio Analysis Ratio analysis is used to evaluate relationships among financial statement items. The ratios are used to identify trends over time for one company or to compare two or more companies at one point in time. Financial statement ratio analysis focuses on three key aspects of a business: liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency. Liquidity ratios Liquidity ratios measure the ability of a company to repay its short-term debts and meet unexpected cash needs. Current ratio. The current
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CUSTOMER PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS Customer profitability analysis (CPA) can be defined as a method used to compare the costs of all the activities used to support a customer or a customer group with the revenue generated by that customer or customer group. It is the analysis of the revenue and costs that relates to the customers which can be determined by considering the similarities and differences in customers’ buying behaviours and customer preferences. From the definition‚ it shows three features
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A customer profitability analysis is an evaluation process that focuses on assigning costs and revenues to segments of the customer base‚ instead of assigning revenues and costs to the actual products‚ or the units or departments that compose the corporate structure of the producer. Approaching profitability from this angle can sometimes provide valuable insights into how each step of the process of designing‚ manufacturing‚ and ultimately selling a good or service incurs cost and generates revenue
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