The vertical analysis for Sprint’s balance sheet shows that over 60% of the company’s assets are held in its wireless licenses with the FCC and property‚ plant and equipment‚ neither of which is readily liquid. Also‚ 54% of the Sprint’s liabilities are long-term debt. These items show the company may be at risk to repay its debt. The horizontal balance sheet analysis for Sprint shows that assets generally increased in 2009 and liabilities overall decreased in 2009. The vertical income statement
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supportive evidence is needed to determine whether apparent misstatements are actually material. e. Describe a situation in which confirmation will be considered highly reliable and another in which it will not be reliable. Confirmation of bank balances is considered highly reliable whereas confirmation of a department store charge account is often not considered reliable. Banks are accustomed to confirmations from auditors and
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Harvard Business School 9-197-010 Rev. May 30‚ 1997 First Investments‚ Inc.: Analysis of Financial Statements In March 1995‚ Fred Aldrich‚ a summer trainee with the First Investments‚ Inc.‚ was called into the office of the head of investment analysis section of the trust department. The following conversation took place: Fred‚ here are the 1994‚ 1993‚ and 1985 Basic Industries Company’s financials (Exhibit 1) and a 10-year summary (Exhibit 2 ). Our trust department has owned this stock since
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Why is it also called the concept of prudence? Why is it not applied as strongly today as it used to be in the Past? Question 1(b) What is a Balance Sheet? How does a Funds Flow Statement differ from a Balance Sheet? Enumerate the items which are usually shown in a Balance Sheet and a Funds Flow Statement. Question 2(a) Discuss the importance of ratio analysis for inter-firm and intra-firm comparisons including circumstances responsible for its limitations. If any Question 2(b) Why do you understand
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EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS ch 1 Carry Yoki’s Lounge consists of the following. Carry‚ the owner believed that people would come to hear a band play on Friday‚ Saturday‚ and Sunday evening. During the remainder of the week‚ she believed her customers would watch sporting events on several television sets located throughout the lounge. Carry employed two bartenders‚ three servers‚ two assistant servers‚ two cooks‚ one dishwasher and a clean-up person. She had a bar‚ 15 barstools‚ 4 tables‚ 40 chairs
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Ratio‚ Vertical‚ and Horizontal Analyses XACC/280 May 8‚ 2012 Analyzing financial statements can help a company find out important financial information about itself and other competitors in the industry. There are three important tools that evaluate a company’s liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency. This information is relative to banks‚ creditors‚ and for internal gain. There are three commonly used tools to help investigate and generate the results using
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planning the audit of a client ’s inventory‚ an auditor identified the following issues that need audit attention. 1. Inventories are properly stated at the lower of cost or market. 2. Inventories included in the balance sheet are present in the warehouse on the balance sheet date. 3. Inventory quantities include all products‚ materials‚ and supplies on hand. 4. Liens on the inventories are properly disclosed in notes to the financial statements. 5. The client has legal title to the
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340 Wages 72‚500 Insurance 4‚500 Taxes 32‚500 Depreciation 28‚500 Other 45‚000 Total Expenses 275‚340 ------------------------------------------------- Net Income $246‚660 Grennell Farm Balance Sheet (Sales/Delivery Method) ------------------------------------------------- Year Ending December 31‚ 2009 Assets Liabilities Current Assets Total Liabilities 33‚000 Cash 30‚900 Paid-In Capital 450‚000 Inventory 92‚100
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The Trend analysis by definition is the trend between the different results on the financial statement of any given company to show the financial road map of which the entity moves. The analysis explains the amount and to what percentage does one specified area alters to another; more commonly quarterly or annually. In this trend analysis the trend will highlight a pattern of number and their annual alteration reflected on McDonald’s Corporation Balance sheet and Income Statement over the last four
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Decoding Apple ’s Balance Sheet In March of 2009‚ Apple had its best March quarter revenue and earnings in Apple history (Apple). In order to see how this occurred‚ it is important to look over the financial statements of Apple. There is a lot of information available to investors who are interested in investing in a company. By looking specifically at the balance sheet of Apple I am going to determine if investing in Apple is a good idea or a bad idea. Some things I am going to consider are
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