Financial Analysis Report
Comprehensive Analysis of Financial Ratios and Share Performance: Google
(2010, 2000 words)
The scope of this report is to analyse the financial health of Google, the pinnacle search engine in the present times. It proceeds by giving a brief introduction of the company Google Inc then heading onto the detailed assessment of financial ratios for 3 financial years such as Profit Margin, Return to Equity, Return to Assets, P/E Ratio and EPS as well as share performance. Lastly, it tells about the overall financial condition of the company with respect to the said analyses and results (ratios and share performance).
Google, Google Inc, P/E ratio, EPS, Profit Margin, Return to Equity, Return to Assets, Share
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Yahoo has been losing market and business rapidly due to Google eating away its market. It has almost taken over the search, email and messenger based application for which Yahoo was very popular once. Today, although Google stands ahead of Yahoo and behind Microsoft it is still faster growing than both its counterparts due to innovation and technology.
Similarly, a rise in Return to Assets ratio can be observed, however, it can be noticed that the ratio falls in the year 2008 and rises again in the year 2009. This shouldn’t be misinterpreted as it happened due to the increasing asset base of the company and not only decreased profits. Although certain unusual expenses (refer Note 1, Table 3) have been presented in the income statements of the firm in year 2008.
The most important measure of profitability is the return on equity as truly gauges the shareholders performance in the year and that is what matters to shareholders the most. We can observe that along with the rise in the profits, there had been a substantial rise in the total equity base as well. Equity base of a company is the total of share capital of stockholders and its retained earnings. Since, Google Inc. reinvests all profits back into the business and does not pay dividends, a consistent rise in the equity base can be observed over the years.
Dividend Ratios: As explained above
Profitability measure earning ratio to the cost incurred and one of the formulas are the profit margin which looks at the net income / net sales. Amazon numbers for 2008 645/19166=3.37% and in 2007 476/14835= 3.21% this looks how sales at Amazons are converted into profit, the bottom line. Another is asset turnover and it deals with how Amazon uses it assets to generate sales and the formula is 19166/8314+6485/2=2.60 times it makes a sales for every dollar it had invested in assets for 2008. In 2007 14835/6485+4363/2=2.74 times these are very good number of asset turnovers. Return on assets deals with how profitable the company is and its formula is: 645/8314+6485/2= 8.71% for 2008 and in 2007 476/6485+4363/2= 8.78 % very profitable numbers. Return on Common Stockholders Equity is how much income is generated for the Stockholders and 645/1197+2675/2=.33 is generated for 2008 and 476/1197+476/2= 58.5 for 2007 and it was an excellent year for Stockholders . Earning per share is the net profit earned on each share of common stock. It reveals the amount the business earned on their stock share investments: 645/428+416/2=1.52 for 2008 and for 2007 476/416+414/2=1.15, is also good. Price ratio is a glimpse into the future of the company. Price Earning
Return on assets ratio declined in 2010. This is due to increased total assets in 2010 due to company's acquisition of assets. In 2011, the company had a higher return on equity, which indicates that Lowe’s was able to generate more profit from the money that shareholder invested. The sales generated relative to total assets decreased in 2010, mainly due to reduced sales in 2009 coupled with increased total assets. Fixed asset turnover has been relatively good for Lowes. The ratio indicates how well the company is able to put fixed assets to use in generating sales. Current ratio has improved over past three years indicating a strong trend for the company in its ability to pay its current liabilities with current assets. The long-term debt forms a major part of company's financing. The company reviews its
The Corporation's performance metrics highlights three significances for raising shareholder value: returns, leverage, and growth. The Corporation's main concern of growth concentrate on sales through similar companies or club sales and unit square feet growth; the importance of leverage incorporates the Corporation's objective to raise its operating income quicker than the growth rate in net sales by increasing its administrative expenses, selling, and operating expenses, at a measured rate than the progression of its net sales; and the importance of returns emphasizes on how proficient the Corporation engage its assets through return on investment also, how efficiently the Corporation achieves working capital and capital expenditures through free cash flow. (See Figure
Google Company is one of the global leaders in technology and in enabling people access information from the internet through their efficient search engines. Google immediately gained the attention of the internet sector for being a better search engine than its competitors (Wheelen, Hunger, Hoffman, & Bamford, 2015). This was after a tremendous effort in marketing their services and capturing a large market worldwide. However, there being so many risks and challenges in this line of business Google has had the urge to come up with new strategies so that they are able to overcome any challenge before them. The major problem that Google has
Equity multiplier is also showing positive trend in 1993 and 1994. It shows that how efficiently shareholders equity is being used to make assets.
Through indicating the profit margin, return on assets and return on equity to measure sales, assets and other factors, shareholders also can know the global profit performance of the firm and indicate that how the condition of company is.
No company can satisfy its owners by just sufficing. They need to show an increasing EPS, increasing dividends and generate return on assets and on equity in order to attract new capital. The following ratios are good indicators of how well the company is performing.
During this period, the Return on Assets increased from 5.7% in 2012 to 34.6% in 2013. This implies the number of cents earned on each dollar of assets increased from 2012 to 2013. This shows that the business has become more profitable. Equally, the Return on Equity also increased from 12.0% in 2012 to 46.5% in 2013. This similarly implies that the company in 2013 was more efficient in generating income from new investment. This, also can be attributed to the sale of the Digital Business Brand which enabled the company appraise its strategic plan.
In 1998, Stanford University graduates Larry Page and Sergey Brin combined their ingenuity and built a search engine called “BackRub” that evolved into what is now known as Google. Google, with over 150 domains, now functions as a search engine that offers many different products and services including web applications, advertising, sports scores, stock quotes, headlines, addresses, videos, etc. Google’s focus is “to provide useful and relevant information to the millions of people around the world as they rely on us (Google) to provide the answers they are seeking.”
Profitability ratio Earnings Per Share Book Value per Share Profit margin on sales Return on assets Return on shareholders’ equity Return on Investment: DuPont Model (ROI) Liquidity Ratio Current ratio Quick ratio (acid test) Working Capital 2009 2008 2007
This is a big increase from 2011, which had $52,758,000 in current assets, a total increase of $7,696,000. The bulk of this increase is due to net receivables, which could be the result from selling advertising space on credit or one of the many products Google offers. Cash and cash equivalents also had a major jump of $4,795,000, which could be the result from selling phones, advertising, apps, and other cash generating assets Google owns. This is a promising sign to investors because if they can sustain the growth hopefully enough cash will be retained and dividends will be offered.
The course project involved developing a great depth of knowledge in analyzing capital structure, theories behind it, and its risks and issues. Before I began this assignment, I knew nothing but a few things about capital structure from previous unit weeks; however, it was not until this course’s final project that came along with opening
The results of the company’s return on assets ratio measuring profitability overall was 7.2% in 2010 and 8.1% in 2011 having an increase of 0.9%. Return of common stock ratio that portrays the
Today, Google, Inc. is worth more than General Motors, McDonald's and Disney combined, and the company continues to model the way in the global technology industry in which it competes. In fact, the company's name has become a verb and it is common practice for consumers to "Google" what they want to find online. To determine how Google, Inc. reached this dazzling level of performance in a relatively short period of time, this paper provides an analysis of the three external environments in which Google competes, the general environment, the industry environment and the competitor environment. Next, a discussion of two specific strategic issues as well as opportunities and threats that are facing Google, Inc. is followed by a summary of the research and important findings in the conclusion.
Google is the most successful information technology and web search company in the world. It was founded in 1998 by two Stanford Ph.D. students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The company name, Google, is a play on the word “googol” which is a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. Larry Page and Sergey Brin chose this name to reflect the large amount of information on the web. The two created this search engine so that people can find anything on the web all in one place. The company’s mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Now, the company is far more than a search engine website, it has grown to be a substantial collection of products and services that are