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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 RATIO ANALYSIS Table of Contents3 Abstract4 Introduction4 Memorandum4 Profitability of Sample Company5 Sample Company ROI for 20005 Sample Company ROI for 20015 Stock Performance6 Activity of Sample Company7 Leverage of Sample Company7 Liquidity of Sample Company7 What Is Necessary to Assess the Company?8 What Ratios Have the Most Value?10 What Other Factors‚ Beyond Ratios‚ Need To Be Considered?10 How Would Your Assessment Criteria Change If The Company In a Different Industry12

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    History Ford Motor Company did not start out with its current name nor did it start with its current reputation or leadership standing in the automotive industry. A man named Henry Ford on November 3‚ 1901 started the Ford Motor Company. In the beginning‚ the car company went through multiple name changes within a short time period and eventually landed on the all time name of Ford Motor Company. With the help of 11 investors bringing together only $28‚000‚ Ford Motor Company launched in 1903. In

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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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    A PROJECT REPORT ON AN ANALYSIS & COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR KALYANI STEELS LTD.‚ PUNE SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF PUNE IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF TWO YEARS FULL TIME COURSE MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION(MBA) SUBMITTED BY KETAN P. SHETTI (BATCH 2005-07) VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ PUNE-48 1 To Whomsoever It May Concern This is to certify that Mr. Shetti Ketan Prakash is a bonafide student of Vishwakarma Institute of Management‚ Pune. He has successfully

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    http://www.investopedia.com/university/ratios/liquidity-measurement/default.asp LIQUIDITY RATIOS: The first ratios we’ll take a look at in this tutorial are the liquidity ratios. Liquidity ratios attempt to measure a company’s ability to pay off its short-term debt obligations. This is done by comparing a company’s most liquid assets (or‚ those that can be easily converted to cash)‚ its short-term liabilities. In general‚ the greater the coverage of liquid assets to short-term liabilities the

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    JANUARY 2011 1 Coursework cover sheet – be sure to keep a copy of all work submitted Submit via the coursework at Room No. 20 Administration Building Section A - To be completed by the student – PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Family Name(s) ANTON Module Code ARUM62EKM First name(s) JAMES IAA Student Registration Number MBA-PLM/0028/ T.2010 Lecturer DR ANTHONY OLOMOLAIYE & MS HELLEN MESHACK Module Code and Title ARUM62EKM: Organization Behaviour and HRM Assignment No. / Title Due date: 10th JANUARY 2011 at

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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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    FINANCIAL RATIOS Financial ratios are indicators of a company’s performance as discernable from the company’s Balance Sheet and income Statement. We will discuss some of the simple ratios of a company and talk about their significance. Liquidity Ratios: Show the company’s ability to pay of its current liabilities from its current assets. 1. Current Ratio Current assets should be significantly higher than current liabilities so that the current ratio is higher than 2:1. 2. Quick Ratio

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    Part A After-TAX Cost Debt O’Grandy Apparel Company can calculate the after tax debt cost using YTM (CP + (FV-Nd /n) / FV +Nd /2) *2. Cp is (0.12/2) * 1000= 60 Semi-annually Fv is 1000 Nd is 995 – (0.025* 1000) = 970 N is 20*2 because it is semi-annually then you have to use Kdt= Kd+ (i-T) .The tax bracket is 40 percent. Now we can have the after tax debt when it is equal or smaller than $700000 Kd ( 1-T) = 0.1249 (1-0.4)= 0.07494. If it is more than $700000 it will be KD (1-t) = 0.18(1-0.4)

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