University of Bedfordshire
Individual Report
Financial Analysis (AAF001-6)
Assignment 1-B
Prof. Mohammed El Daly
Prepared by
Moin Ul Haq Jan
Msc. International business and Management
November 13 2010
CONTENTS
Introduction
Background
Analysing Financial and Profitability Ratios
Current Ratio Liquidity Ratio Solvency Ratio Assets turnover Ratio Profit Margin Debtor Days Creditor Days Gearing Ratio Stock Turnover Ratio Return on Capital Employed Return on Shareholders’ Funds
Conclusion and Recommendation
Appendix
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Analysis of the Financial and the Profitability Ratios
1. Current Ratio helps us measure the ability of a company to pay off its short term debts using its most liquid assets. 1.5 is the benchmark. If it’s less than 1 that means the company is not able to meet its current liabilities using its liquid assets.
In th GBP
31/03/2010
31/03/2009
31/03/2008
31/03/2007
Current assets 278,200 326,100 348,200 217,000
Current Liabilities (386,800) (310,300) (271,100)
(252,900)
Current Ratio 0.90 1.05 1.03 0.86
Interpretation and Explanation
In case of BBC, we can observe a positive trend. There has been a significant increase in the ratio. However in 2007, the company’s current liabilities were higher than the current assets.But over the next two consecutive years 2008 and 2009, the company’s assets were enough to pay off the short term debts, and this is a positive sign. Talking about the current year 2010, the current ratio is below the benchmark, but the cash reserves are more. we can see a constant change in the values of current assets in a positive trend for last three years, however, not for the year 2010. Again there has been increase in current liabilities substantially. This can be one of the reasons for a funding cut of £340m this year by BBC as George Osborne confirms the news on Oct 20th 2010.
The current cash debt ratio only measures the ability of a firm 's cash, along with investments easily converted into cash, to pay its short-term obligations. In 2007, the company has a current cash debt ratio greater than 1 and is in better financial shape than in 2006, when the ratio was less than 1.
A. Current Ratio: The ability for a company to pay short term obligations is measured by this ratio. In 2011 Company G moved from 1.86 to 1.77. Compared to the 1.9 Home Center Retail Benchmarks industry ratio, the numbers are below standards. Current Ratio represents values above 2 quartile industry benchmarks data (1.4 to 2.1). Current Ratio represents a weakness for Company G.
Current Ratio: Current ratio measures the capability of the company in paying current liability. Higher the current ratio, better the liquidity position of the company. Generally, a current
The current ratio shows the short-term debt-paying ability of the company also known as liquidity ratio. Components of the current ratio are current assets and current liabilities. To find the current ratio, divide current assets by current liabilities. For example if a current ratio was 2:1, then that company would be able to pay off its short term debt easily. But you should also look at the types of debt the company has because some assets might be larger. For the current ratio a rule of thumb is the ratio should be around 2:1. The company wants to at least make sure that the value of the current assets covers at least the amount of the short-term obligations. In 2013 the current ratio is 1.75 and in 2014 the current ratio is 1.8. This is showing a favorable
This ratio indicates a company’s liquidity. It depicts how many dollars of current assets exist for every dollar in current liabilities. The ratio is the higher, the better. Home Depot and Lowe’s has increasing current ratio while Home Depot has a slightly higher one.
Life insurance is meant to provide funds to replace a breadwinner's to protect and support dependents. Chad and Haley are dependents, not income providers. Therefore, the purchase of life insurance is unnecessary and not recommended. The Dumonts should use the money they would spend on policies for the children to increase their own coverage.
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 graph above shows a current ratio. It is used for measuring an ability of the company to pay off
The current ratio measures the company’s ability to pay its short term obligations with its short term assets. Between Coca Cola and PepsiCo, PepsiCo has a higher current ratio implying that is more capable of paying its obligations. The debt management policies of Coca-Cola in conjunction with share repurchase program and investment activity resulted in current liabilities exceeding current assets. From the ratio Pepsi Co suddenly had to pay all its short-term
The current ratio directly relates the company’s current assets against its current liabilities. A good current ratio will be over 1. For example if the current ratio were 2.0 this would mean that the company’s current assets are twice as large as its current liabilities. For Tesla Motors the current ratio drops significantly over the years. It starts at 2.76 in 2010, then drops to 1.95 in 2011, and finally reaches 0.97 in 2012. As you can see the current ratio in 2012 is below one. The current ratio of 0.97 means that as of December 2012, Tesla Motors has more current liabilities than current assets.
Current Ratio is the measure of short-term liquidity. It indicates that the ability of an entity to meet its
As the creditors’ view, they prefer the high current ratio. The current ratio provides the best single indicator of the extent, which assets that are expected to be converted to cash fairly quickly cover the claims of short-term creditors. However, consider the current ratio from the perspective of a shareholder. A high current ratio could mean that the company has a lot of money tied up in nonproductive assets.
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.