Annual Report Analysis of Franklin Covey and Standard Register Yolanda Bell Colorado Technical University Abstract An Annual Report is a visible look at the activities of a corporation the can give shareholders and any other individual who may need to look at company finances, a comprehensive understanding of the company performance. This report will take a look at the different information found in an annual report. The Annual Report is customized by companies, but there are components that must be shown in the report which cannot be deviated against. The following are the components that will be discussed in this report, and two companies discussed are Franklin Covey, and The Standard Register Company. RATIO …show more content…
The current assets consist of cash equity, and marketable securities that can be used for cash. While large amounts of assets can be used for current liabilities preventing companies to use their long term revenue (NA, 2017). The current ratio is calculated by using current assets/current liabilities it will give the company an idea of how much assets they have to pay their liabilities. If the current ratio is favorable than lower, current debts can be paid; if the company has to sell any assets there can be a problem with accounts receivable. If this occurs, the company will not be able to pay its debts, and go out of business. Franklin Covey’s has 1.8% of its assets to use, and The Standard Register has 2.1% in current ratio; therefore, they both have basically the same amount of assets to use for liabilities. The Acid Test which is also referred to as quick ratio, because it enable a company to pay off current debts with quick assets; quick assets are short term assets that can be used as cash, and current receivables (NA, 2017). It can also enable the company to maintain short term assets to remain stable and grow to venture into other projects in the future. The Acid test for Franklin Covey is 1.81% which means they can cover their assets over 1.8 times over, and the Standard Register has 2.51% available paying 2.5 times over still make a profit. The debt ratio gives the company an idea of
B. Acid Test Ratio: Determining the volume of short-term assets to cover immediate liabilities without selling inventory is the purpose for the Acid Test Ratio. Numbers below 1 could mean liabilities cannot be paid. A dive from 0.64
Current assets - Cash and other resources that companies reasonably expect to convert to cash or use up within one year or the operating cycle, whichever is longer. Current liabilities - Obligations that a company reasonably expects to pay within the next year or operating cycle, whichever is longer. Current ratio - A measure used to evaluate a company's liquidity and short-term debt-paying ability; computed as current assets divided by current liabilities. Debt to total assets ratio - Measures the percentage of total financing provided by creditors; computed as total debt divided by total assets. Earnings per share (EPS) - A measure of the net income earned on each share of common stock; computed as net income minus preferred stock dividends divided by the average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Economic entity assumption - An assumption that every economic entity can be separately identified and accounted for. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) - The primary accounting standard-setting body in the United States.
An organization’s current ratio shows how liquid the assets of the agency are by comparison to the short term debts that the agency must pay to continue its operations. This ratio is calculated by taking the assets that can be converted to cash within a year (current assets) and dividing it by the liabilities that are either currently due or will become due within a year (current liabilities). The current ratio, ideally, should be at
This ratio indicates whether it can respond to the current liabilities by using current assets. As many times, we can cover short-term obligations, as better for the company. This indicates that significant and high improvement in the liquidity. The increase in the current ratio 11.5 % will result in an increase in current assets where the current liabilities increased by 2.1%.
39. The acid-test ratio, or quick ratio, is similar to the current ratio but is based on a more conservative measure
Current Ratio: Current ratio helps the company assess its ability to use assets like cash, accounts receivable, inventory and the ability to pay short term liabilities as the accounts payable and wages. The ratio can be found by dividing the current assets /the current liabilities. Year 12 shows a ratio of 1.78 with year 11 a ratio of 1.86. Year 12 is down from year 11. The industry is 2.1 so year 12 has declined from the previous year and is near the lower quartile which means there is a weakness. There is a showing of declining trending.
Current ratio shows how well the company can pay off its short-term liability obligations. Short-term liabilities are debt due within the next year. Companies that have larger amounts of current assets are better able to pay off their current liabilities. The higher the ratio, the better able the company is to pay current obligations. A low ratio indicates the company is weighted down with current debt and the cash flow will suffer. The equation for current ratio
To calculate the current ratio, which is one of the most popular liquidity ratios you divide all of firms current assets by all of its current liabilities. McDonalds has $1,819.3 (*everything is in millions for McDonalds) of current assets and $2,248.3 in current liabilities making the firms current ratio .81. In 2005 Wendys has current assets of $266,353 and current liabilities of $296,687 making their current ratio .90. Current ratios are used to represent good liquidity and financial health. Since current ratios vary from industry to industry, the industry average determines if a firms current ratio is up to par, strength or a weakness. In any event if the current ratio is less than the industry average than an analyst or individual interested in investing might wonder why the firm isn't
The Quick Ratio also known as Acid Ratio is used by firms to determine liquidity position. It explains if the firm is able to pay all of their current debt liabilities. (Dyson, 2010) The graph above illustrates that over the period from 2007 to 2011 quick ratio was not more that 1, which means that their debts might not be covered all. The graph also indicates that a peak was in 2011.
The current ratio lets one know what is exactly happening in the business at the present time. The current ratio is defined as current assets such as accounts receivables, inventories any type of work in progress or cash that are divided by the business current liabilities. Business liabilities can consist of many things such as insurance on building, employee insurance these liabilities way heavy on any type of business especially one that is large as Landry’s Restaurant.
CURRENT RATIO show a company’s ability to pay its current obligations that is company’s liquidity. The current ratio position is lower for Honda at 0.33 than for Toyota at 1.22 in 2010. Honda has a large portion of receivables in assets both in trade, notes receivables and finance receivables. It has a huge portion of cash as well. This indicates the company has no problem in terms of generating a positive influx of assets. But in terms of liabilities it has a large portion of short term debt which makes almost 1/3rd of total Current liabilities. Also there is a significant portion of Long Term debt. The higher level of liabilities in the denominator reduces the overall ratio.
Current Ratio is the relationship between a company’s current assets and current liabilities. This form of liquidity ratio also shows if the company can pay its current liabilities. A company’s current ratio can be formulated by dividing the current assets by the current liabilities. In 2016, Starbucks had a ratio of 1.05, which shows that the company has 5% cash and assets that could cover all current liabilities, thus it should not have any problems paying its current liabilities.
The Quick ratio also is known as the acid test and measures a company’s capacity to pay its short-term debts. Sibanye-Stillwater has shown an increase in their quick ratio from 0.44:1 to 1.13:1 and Anglo Gold Ashanti has shown a decline from 1.01:1 to 0.65:1 during 2015 to 2016. The increase for Sibanye-Stillwater was mainly due to an increase in Inventories and Trade and other receivables. Anglo Gold Ashanti`s decrease in the quick ratio was mainly due to an increase in current liabilities and a decrease in cash and cash equivalents (Cashflow).
All listed companies must prepare and publish their annual report for each end of every financial year. Bursa Malaysia Berhad and Central Bank of Malaysia require business entities to submit annual report. Annual reports are intended to give shareholders and other interested people information about the company’s activities and financial performance. It is general documents that give shareholders an idea of the condition of the company as a whole. The Securities Commission makes public companies disclose certain information to the shareholders of the company. It will create a standardized method that investors can use to evaluate the potential of a company.