The ratios considered useful by upper management will be different than what an investor consider useful. Senior management will be concerned with the ratio like return on total assets because they want to know how the company is fairing overall and whether they will be able to meet the debt holders liability and shareholders expectation. An investor will be more concerned with ratios like return on equity because they just want to know how whether they will be able to make profit on their investment
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MEANING OF ACCOUNTING: Accounting is the process of recording‚ classifying‚ summarizing‚ analyzing and interpreting the financial transactions of the business for the benefit of management and those parties who are interested in business such as shareholders‚ creditors‚ bankers‚ customers‚ employees and government. Thus‚ it is concerned with financial reporting and decision making aspects of the business. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Committee on Terminology proposed in
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Ratios are Misleading and Have Many Limitations Ratios give us a glimpse of a company’s performance against other companies in the industry but these ratios characteristics (good or bad) may not be as good or bad when one measures them against their peers. Why? Ratios are a snap shot taken at a point in time‚ so over the course of ones business cycle there is expansion and contraction of sales and profitability‚ so ratio analysis taken for any one year might not present the full picture of how
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Benefits and Limitations of Ratio and Financial Statement Analysis July 25‚ 2013 MGMT640 Executive Summary In corporate finance‚ both ratio and financial statement analysis are important tools that can be used in order to assess a company’s strength financially. They can be used in order to forecast a business’ prospective cash flow and ability to grow in the future‚ as well as a company’s strengths and weaknesses. Income statements‚ balance sheets
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i. Background: ii. Framework: iii. Financial Statements: iv. Analyzing Company Accounts v. Ratio Analysis II. MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 3 i. The Objectives of Management Accounting: ii. Scope of Management Accounting: iii. Functions of Management Accounting: iv. Advantages of Management Accounting: v. Limitations of Management Accounting: vi. Tools and Techniques: III. INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL RATIOS 8 i. Financial Ratio Analysis: ii. Users of Accounting Information:
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1.0 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY 1. Background Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Limited is a leading footwear manufacturing and merchandising company with a powerful combination of skills and resources that provides a platform for delivering strong growth in today’s rapidly changing footwear industry. As a subsidiary of Bata Shoe Organization (BSO)‚ the principal activities of the company are manufacturing and marketing of footwear and hosiery products. It conducts the operational activities in
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A well formulated financial ratio analysis report helps investors to quantify a company’s financial strengths and weaknesses and potential risks and opportunities and identify the company’s financial position. Using financial ratio analysis as a tool in conjunction with other business evaluation processes‚ and other company factors‚ is beneficial for the investors (Brealey‚ Meyers & Marcus‚ 2009). The following report will provide the investor with a clear picture of the company’s current status
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Financial Ratio Analysis Paper Dehlia Lopez FIN/575 March 25‚ 2010 University of Phoenix Financial Ratio Analysis Ford Motor Company is one of the automotive industries largest and most successful auto makers with more than 164‚000 employees and seventy manufacturing plants world wide‚ (Ford Motor Company‚ 2013). The firm is led by President & CEO‚ Alan Mulally who drives with a ”One Team‚ One Plan‚ One Goal‚ One Ford business strategy for achieving success”‚ (Ford Motor Company‚ 2013)
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UVA-C-2332 Rev. Oct. 17‚ 2012 RATIOS TELL A STORY—2011 Financial results and conditions vary among companies for a number of reasons. One reason for the variation can be traced to the characteristics of the industries in which companies operate. For example‚ some industries require large investments in property‚ plant‚ and equipment (PP&E)‚ while others require very little. In some industries‚ the competitive productpricing structure permits companies to earn significant profits per sales
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Financial Ratios and Health Care Organizations Monique Thomas MHA 612 Financial and Managerial Accounting Instructor Stacy Hiles September 10‚ 2012 Financial Ratios and Healthcare Organizations Health systems routinely compare their financial results to those of a peer group of healthy competitors. Although managers of most organizations strive to achieve the outcomes of comparable healthy competitors‚ it is equally important to examine those of unhealthy competitors. By doing so‚ managers
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