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    The Financial Detective Kyle Cornelius This case set contains information for two separate companies in eight different industries. Our task is to differentiate the companies based on what we know about them from a qualitative stand point and the financial data that we are provided. The first one we will examine is in the healthcare field. One firm develops and manufactures prescription drugs and sells them to healthcare professionals directly using sales people. They have several unique

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    The Financial Detective 1. Health Products: The first firm is company A and the second firm is company B because company B has a higher gross profit and higher intangibles as seen in the financial data. This is due to the additional costs and expenses company A has in comparison to company B. 2. Beer: The first firm is company C and the second firm is company D because company C has higher fixed assets and company D has higher gross profit as seen in the financial data. This is due to firm C owning

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    The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives The case presents the student with financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to mate the description of the company with the financial profile derived from the ratios. The primary objective of this case is to introduce students to financial ratio analysis—in particular‚ the range of ratios and the insights each one affords. This case presumes that students have already been introduced to

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    1. EXAMINE & ANALYZE THE FINANCIAL RATIOS FOR EIGHT PAIRS OF UNIDENTIFIED COMPANIES A) Health Products From the market data‚ the beta of company B is slightly higher than company A. Company A appears to be less risky than company B. It is likely because company A is a diversified health-products company. Since it manufactures various products and involves in different segments‚ risk could be reduced. The liquidity ratios show that both companies A and B might not face liquidity problem. Current

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    companies with certain industries tend to have similar financial make-ups. This is because companies within an industry face many of the same economic forces. Some of those economic forces would include government regulation‚ consumer sentiment towards the product or service‚ consumer demographics‚ and international appeal and competition. However‚ when you take a deeper look at the companies within the industry you will see differences in their financial statements because companies must tailor a competitive

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    The Financial Detective As rightly said in the case‚ the financial statements of no two companies are alike. The financial statements of companies in a particular industry‚ however‚ have many similarities and follow certain financial norms unique to that industry. Our analysis focuses on identifying these similarities. Company A: Manufactures and markets a broad line of name brand toiletries‚ nonprescription drugs‚ and consumer and baby care products. When compared to company B‚ it has: •

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    Financial Detective

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    Stockholders’ Equity 16.5 72.9 Inventory turnover 3.08 0.93 Current Assets 11.2 81.7 Intangibles 22.2 46.1 Cost of Good Sold 53.9 38.5 SG&A expense 44.5 46.7 Cash & ST investments 1.4 55.6 SG&A expense 17.3 50.5 Computers Books & Music E F G H SG&A expense 9.7 23.1 SG&A expense 16.9 21.8 Intangible Assets 0 1.2 Depreciation 1.1 3.7 Inventory 2 1.3 Inventory 14.8 38.6 Accounts Payable 38.3 18 Cash & ST Investments 54.8 16.2 Current Liabilities 60.9 33.3 Quick

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    The Financial Detective

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    Company B. In fact at first glance‚ we can see that for most data of the assets‚ liability& Equity‚ and Income/Expenses section‚ company A values are higher than those of company B. Taking a closer look at the financial data and ratio‚ we will analyze some major and subsections of the financial data in Exhibit 1. Starting with the Assets section‚ Company A has higher values than company B in Current assets‚ Net Fixed assets and lower values in intangibles. The high value of company A current asset

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    The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Financial characteristics of companies vary for many reasons. The two most prominent drivers are industry economics and firm strategy. Each industry has a financial norm around which companies within the industry tend to operate. Each company within industries has different financial characteristics and strategies which can produce striking differences in financial results for firms in the same industry. Health Products Industry Health Products are categorized

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    The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Financial characteristics of companies vary both from industry to industry and within a single industry for a variety of reasons.   The challenge for any company in planning its strategy is the consideration of the industry’s economics in conjunction with their own strategy to help the company’s financial statements remain strong and competitive across both lines.   In this case‚ we are asked to use this consideration of strategies to determine which company description

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