“Detective Olson! Thank goodness you’re here. My necklace is missing! You have to find the person who took it!” Detective Monica Olson had just reached the door when Anita Ray burst it open in terror. Monica followed Mrs. Ray into a beautifully decorated room where two professionally dressed men stood. On the table next to them was an empty jewelry box. Through a large‚ opened window behind the table‚ Olson could see someone out back cutting the grass and a small child playing with her dolls.
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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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The Financial Detective‚ 2005 proportion Financial characteristics of companies vary for many reasons. The two most promi_ nent drivers are industry economics and firm sfategy. Each industry has a financial norm around which companies within the industry tend to operate. An airline‚ for example‚ wourd naturary be expected to have a high of fixed assets (airplanes)‚ manufacturer would be expected to have a lower gross margin than a pharmaceutical manufacturer because commodities such as
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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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Tazrin Hossain UGC 112 Brian Campbell Detective Notes # 1 Arana Xajilá‚ Plague in Central America (1519-1560) The document‚ written by Arana Xajilá in 1519‚ illustrates for the reader the lasting impact and implications the plague had to the Cakchiquels tribe and the reader can then infer how the plague paved for the Spanish conquest of what is now present day South America. Arana Xajilá‚ Plague in Central America is a first person account of Arana Xajilá (also known as Francisco Hernàndez)
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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 liquidity ratios show that both companies A and B might not face liquidity problem. Current ratio and quick ratio of company A are higher than company B. Company A holds more current asset in term of cash and short term investments. These cash and short term investments can be used to invest in the future. In terms of asset management‚ company A has a higher inventory turnover than company B. This is probably due to the mass-market-oriented strategy adopted by company A. In this strategy‚
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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 Ratio 0 0.46 Inventory Turnover 13.56 2.42 Paper
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First we will analyze the first industry presented in our case‚ the health products. Company A and B of the health products industry have a different scope in terms of their customer and market base. Company A is the world’s largest prescription-pharmaceutical company and obviously has more market share than 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
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Case 6 The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Health Products Company A has a much higher ratio of Cash & Short Term Investments‚ Receivables‚ and Inventories (24.2%‚ 12.8%‚ 7.0%) as compared to Company B (16.1%‚ 8.1%‚ 5.4%) which is lower in every asset category ratio besides Intangibles and Investments & Advances‚ 46.1% to 22.2% and 3.1% to .1%. This proves that Company A has cash on hand from the sale of side divisions and that they have a large production facility. Company B is a more diverse company
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