Financial Statement and Cash Flow Analysis

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) is a report used by cities, and local governments to provide the public with their financial records each year, while adhering to government accounting standards board (GASB) guidelines. The report presents a comprehensive picture of the reporting entity’s financial condition, it provides how funds are spent and allocated throughout the year.

Wells Fargo shows a much higher profitability ratio than Samsung, with over 8X that of Samsung. This is to be expected as services are typically more profitable than hardware sales which operate on leaner margins. Wells Fargo also outperforms Samsung significantly on return on sales with over 25X better performance. This again is attributable to better margins on services than hardware. Wells Fargo has a much stronger return on equity than Samsung with a Dupont ratio over 5X higher than Samsung's. Samsung has a stronger financial leverage ratio than Wells Fargo with almost 20% lower ratio for Samsung. Samsung also has a much lower total asset turnover than Wells Fargo. This is attributable to the quick turnover of assets in the manufacturing industry compared to the slow turnover of assets in the financial services sector.

1996 Current Assets: Cash & Equivalents Marketable Securities AFS Accounts Receivable Inventory Other Current Assets Total Current Assets Property & Equipment, net Goodwill, net Other Total Assets Current Liabilities: Short-Term Borrowings Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses Income Taxes Payable Current Maturities of LT Debt Total Current

Two traditional approaches to fund programs are grants and donations. Grant funding is typically the largest revenue source for a human service organization. Vast arrays of different grants are available for funding purposes. The XYZ Corporation can utilize these funds from government private foundations. The second traditional fundraising method to fund programs is donations. Building a relationship with the community and having a confident CEO that will reach out for donations can impact the amount of donations your organization receives annually. The XYZ Corporation has a large clientele and therefore should be able to gain recognition within the community and gain donations.

Account Cash Accounts receivable Inventory Supplies Computer equipment Accumulated depreciation Accounts payable Note payable, long-term Jerry Mobile, capital Jerry Mobile, withdrawals Sales revenue Cost of goods sold Depreciation expense

It is easy to forget that pouring money into a problem will not fix it unless revenue flows continue or are increased and expenses are controlled. Some of the easiest computations can be made with information retrieved from balance sheets and income statements provided by accountants. Ratios such as the current ratio, long-term solvency ratio, contribution ratio, programs and expense ratio, general and management expense ratio, fund-raising and expense ratio, and revenue and expense ratio can provide a picture of where a company stands now compared to where it was in past years and what may need to be done in the future.

Profit available less Dividends Retained profits Capital Owners' equity Loan from Carter Other liabilities Accum depreciation

External users (shareholders, lenders, directors, customers, suppliers, regulators, lawyers, brokers, and the press) rely on financial statement analysis to make decisions in pursuing their own goals.

The above figure is the comparative balance sheet of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. for the year 2009 to 2010. In the assets section, though current assets decreased by 3.7%, the total assets decreased only by 1.2% because the net capital assets increased by 2.3%. The similar trend appeared in the liabilities section, too. The current liabilities decreased by 20.2% while the long-term liabilities increased by 1.9%. As a result, the total liabilities decreased by 9.4%. In the shareholders’ equity section, there was a 0.1% decrease in the common shares but 12.6% increase for the retained earnings which made the total shareholders’ equity

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1. Compute the following ratios for 2007 using the financial statements prepared using Mexican FRS and expressed in pesos. [Assume the weighted average number of shares outstanding is 17,891,000]

class he had missed had been devoted to a lecture and discussion of the statement of cash flows, and

Landry’s Debt to Asset ratio also increased from year 2002 to 2003. In 2002 Landry had a debt to asset ratio of 0.39. In 2003 Landry’s debt to asset ratio increased to 0.45. While both numbers are acceptable and considerably low, the increase from 2002 to 2003 could influence potential investors to not invest in Landry’s stock. This increase also suggests that Landry’s debt also increased from 2002 to 2003. Overall, while there was a slight increase from 2002 to 2003 Landry’s still had a good debt to asset ratio. We think that a contributing factor to the debt

      The Statement of Cash flows is a very useful financial statement that can benefit investors, managers and even auditors. The statement of cash flows has not been around as long as the other financial statements such as the balance sheet or income statement. It basically “illustrates the way accounting evolves to meet the requirements of users of financial statements.” (Marshall, 2003) The statement of cash flows is designed to provide important information about the cash that a company has received or has paid out during a certain time period. It provides a reason for the changes of cash received and paid by a company by taking into

The project proposal will be critical analysed before it will established in South Korea. In the first assignment will looked in depth in political, country risk, FDI theories and motive for the project. In the second assignment, the cost of capital for the project was calculated, stating the risk for both the parent and subsidiaries.