Material Financial Statement Review What is the net income for the current fiscal year? Is it up or down from the prior year? Why would this information be important to investors? For FY15 the total consolidated income for Walmart is $17‚099 million. In FY14 Walmart recorded a loss from FY13‚ but is showing an increase with $16‚695 million in FY14 to FY15. Page 38 of the Annual Financial Report shows these figures along with many other figures. Investors look at the Annual Financial Report to
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1. Introduction This report provides a financial quarterly trend analysis for Costco Wholesale Corporation‚ Inc. founded in 1983. Costco Wholesale Corporation is the seventh largest retailer company in the world. As of July 2012‚ it was the fifth largest retailer‚ and the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States ("Wikipedia‚ the free‚" 2011). Costco Wholesale Corporation’s stock is publicly traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ)
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Financial statements are essential accounting tools which include balance sheets‚ cash flow statements‚ and income statements that provide information on a company ’s past and present financial history. Information on financial statements can be used by any number of public and private entities to determine if an organization ’s financial status is healthy. Burger King and McDonald ’s are two organizations that use financial statements in conducting business. Further‚ this paper will discuss the
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The income statement has some limitations since it reflects accounting principles. For example‚ a company’s depreciation expense is based on the cost of the assets it has acquired and is using in its business. The resulting depreciation expense may not be a good indicator of the economic value of the asset being used up. To illustrate this point let’s assume that a company’s buildings and equipment have been fully depreciated and therefore there will be no depreciation expense for those buildings
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 MANAGERIAL FINANCE: 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS: 3 RATIO ANALYSIS: 3 FAUJI CEMENT BALANCE SHEET AND PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 4 RATIO ANALYSIS: 9 INTRODUCTION MANAGERIAL FINANCE: • Managerial finance is concerned with the duties of the financial manager in the business firm. • The financial manager actively manages the financial affairs of any type of business‚ whether private or public‚ large or small‚ profit-seeking or not-for-profit
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1.1 Meaning of Ratio Analysis Ratio analysis has been view as a primary technique of the analysis of financial statement from various aspects of business. (Brigham & Houston‚ 2004 p. 95)state” Ratio Analysis involves comparisons. A company’s ratios are compared with those of other firms in the same industry‚ that is‚ to industry average figures.” Ratio refers to the relationship expressed in mathematical term among a set of numeral and two individual links with each other in logical way. It
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Financial Reporting Problem: The Procter & Gamble Company “On my honor‚ as a student‚ I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work.” _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ Financial Reporting Financial Reporting Problem Fall 2011 [pic] In order to evaluate your understanding of the use of accounting information‚ you are asked to analyze the 2007
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GROUP 1 REPORT FINANCIAL RATIOS Financial ratios are useful indicators of a firm’s performance and financial situation. Most ratios can be calculated from information provided by the financial statements. Financial ratios can be used to analyze trends and to compare the firm’s financials to those of other firms. In some cases‚ ratio analysis can predict future bankruptcy. SOURCES OF DATA FOR FINANCIAL RATIOS Balance Sheet Income Statement Statement of Cash Flows Statement of Retained Earnings
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Interpreting Financial Results FIN/571 July 22‚ 2013 Interpreting Financial Results Liquidity: Current Ratio Parrino‚ Kidwell‚ & Bates (2012) detail the current ratio as current assets divided by liabilities. The current ratio identifies a firm’s potential to pay short-term liabilities; higher liquidity is a good sign for potential creditors (Parrino et al.‚ 2012). At the same time‚ however‚ the current ratio should not greatly exceed benchmarks of other competitors (Parrino et al.‚ 2012)
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Accrual-based approach – revenues are recorded at the point of sale and costs when they are incurred‚ not necessarily when a firm receives or pays out cash Cash flow approach – used by financial professionals to focus attention on current and prospective inflows and outflows of cash 1. Balance sheet a. Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents Marketable securities Accounts receivable Inventories Net property‚ plant and equipment Intangible assets b. Liabilities Accounts
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