Case Project #1: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.
What can the historical income statements (case Exhibit 1) and balance sheets (case Exhibit 2) tell you about the financial health and condition of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.?
The income statement and balance sheet provides an overview of the company’s expenditures, future debt constraints, and how the company has done in previous years allowing investors and other relevant parties to make future predictions for investment purposes. Details of the income statement provide insight into Krispy Kreme Doughnut’s current state as well as their future as a company and the balance sheet is more like a snapshot of their assets and liabilities. Reviewing the income statement, the
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In January of 2000, Krispy Kreme reported a current ratio of 1.39 or 41,038CA/29,586CL. The current ratio 1.39>1 indicates the company has high liquidity and is able to immediately pay off short-term liabilities. Over the next four years the company’s current ratio continues to increase, as does the company’s quick ratio. The quick ratio allows creditors to compare the current assets minus inventory, which is often the least liquid asset, over current liabilities. As a whole, the company appears to be handling the short-term bills efficiently and maintaining a fairly healthy liquidity of assets. This is likely due to the increase in assets (stores, equipment, inventory, etc). The increased liquidity ratios seem much healthier than the other firms.
|Current Ratios at End of FY2003 |
|Krispy Kreme |McDonald 's |Dominos |Starbucks |Wendy’s |Sonic |
|3.25 |0.76 |0.99 |1.52 |0.88 |0.92 |
The leverage ratios allow for us to better compare Krispy Kreme Doughnut’s performance versus other competitors and through time. Organization’s capital structure is dependent on its industry. Therefore in comparing debt ratios, we must compare to industry averages. Krispy Kreme
As money is spent statements are updated to reflect the accounts affected by the spending. Managers use these financial statements, such as an income statement or balance sheet, to check the progress of plans and programs. Management uses the information provided by financial statements to monitor financial resources and activities. The income statement shows the results of the organization's operations over a specific period, such as revenues, expenses, and profit or loss. The balance sheet shows what the organization is worth (assets) at a particular point and the extent to which those assets were financed through debt (liabilities) or owner's investment (equity) (Bank of America, 2007).
When you’re looking at the income statement, you can get information about profitability for a particular period. This is also called the profit and loss statement. The income statement is composed of both income and expenses. This statement can be used to deduct expenses from income and report either a net profit or net loss for that period. This statement will deduct all expenses from income and then report your net profit or net loss for that period. This will allow the business owner to determine if the business is bringing in a good amount of revenue to make a profit. The cash flow statement shows the movement in cash and balance over period. The cash flow can vary depending on the operating activities, investing and financing activities. This statement provides one business owner with insight to the company’s liquidity which is vital to the growth of the business. Reinvesting in business is very important, looking at the statement of retained earnings will tell a business owner how much were reinvested in the company. After profitable period, every big business has to give some of its profits to stockholders, and keep the rest amount as retained earnings. Out of all statements, retaining statement is important to companies that sells stocks to the public. This statement can also provide you with assets and liabilities information. These informations can be used to assess the financial health of your business. The results of a balance sheet will help the business owners to show the risk of liquidity and credit. Looking at these information you can measure trends and relationships to show where in the areas you can improve. These can also be compared to similar companies to show how the business measures up to leading competitors (Ali, 2010). In summary, the financial statements can provide a business owner
It was a normal early morning Thursday for Ebony Archie (Miss Archie) in Jackson Mississippi. Miss Archie was on her way home with her son and decided to run into her local Kroger grocery store. Leaving her six-year-old in the backseat with the keys in the ignition, Miss Archie entered the grocery store. After being in Kroger for only a few minutes, Miss Archie exited the Kroger to find that her vehicle had been stolen. Immediately after realizing this, Miss Archie called the police who then issued an Amber alert for her six-year-old son Kingston Fraser (Kingston). Police obtained security footage from the local Kroger which showed three young African American men pulling into the Kroger parking lot all in different vehicles. One of these men then
First of which, is the current ratio. It has been rapidly declining since 2000. To me this indicates that there is a liquidity issue. Each year their trade debt increase exceeds the increase of net income for the company. As a result, the working capital has taken a nosedive from $58,650 in 2002 to only $5,466 in 2003.
Users are likely interested in information that will assess the company's liquidity, solvency, risk and return, etc. Therefore, they can know more about how is the company financed and the availability of cash to pay debt from the balance sheet. They can know exactly about allocation of the use of cash for different activities from the statement of cash flows. Income statement will provide the information about the revenues and expenses of the company. They can also access information associated with dividend paid and retained earnings.
The liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios reveal some interesting points about Kudler Fine Food’s financial position. The liquidity ratios revealed that during 2002 and 2003, Kudler was having no trouble paying short-term debt. However, the current and acid-test (quick) ratios showed that during 2003 Kudler had an excess amount of cash that they were not investing properly. These ratios also showed that Kudler was collecting receivables and selling average inventory very quickly. The profitability ratios revealed that during 2002 and 2003, Kudler was using assets efficiently and making a decent profit. The profit margin 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
Liquidity ratio. The firm’s liquidity shows a downward trend through time. The current ratio is decreasing because the growth in current liabilities outpaces the growth of current assets. The quick ratio is also declining but not as fast as the current ratio. From 1991 to 1992, it only decreased 0.35 units while the current ratio decreased 0.93 units. Looking at the common size balance sheet, we also see that the percentage of inventory is growing from 33% to 48% indicating Mark X could not convert its inventory to cash.
The liquidity ratios of the firm are slightly below the industry averages. This is due to inventory and accounts receivable making up a significantly larger portion of the current assets than cash and marketable securities. This may be indicative of a problem with inventory management and/or collection on accounts.
The historical financial statements can tell us a lot about the financial health and condition about Krispy Kreme or any other company. By utilizing some key financial ratios we can determine how the company compares year over year as well as against competitors in many ?different dimensions. These dimensions include short term solvency, or its ability to meet its immediate obligations, long term solvency, or its ability to manage debt leverage, asset management, or its ability to
Liquidity In analyzing liquidity of the company, the current ratio is not very telling of a falling company. The company increased its ratio throughout the period of the income statement thus building upon its company assets and allowing for a 6-1 ratio of assets over its liabilities. This implies the company is still able to operate sufficiently even though it did not make its optimum current ratio of about 8-1. However, when one takes the inventory out of the equation with the quick ratio, the numbers show the true strength of short term liquidity. The numbers are still good, and do not indicate failure – but are
Net income is total revenues minus total expenses incurred to generate those revenues all within the same reporting period. Net income is calculated by the accrual accounting methodology meaning that the expenses incurred to generate revenues are reported at the same time the related revenues are reported. Both revenue recognition and expenses paid may not coincide with actual cash transactions. Net cash from operating activities, on the other hand, is not determined by accrual but by
Leverage and liquidity ratios in respect to the O.M Scott & Sons Company vary widely. The overall liquidity of the company does not indicate that lack of cash will impede their operational ability. Although the current ratio increases to a high of 4.2999 in 1960, their ability to meet short-term obligations should not be affected. However, it may indicate that there is too much inventory or cash could be better spent in other areas of the business. The financial leverage ratio increases from a low of .5335 in 1957, to a high of 1.3928 in 1961. This change shows that the company is becoming more dependent on using debt to finance its assets.
Balance sheets and income statements are a snapshot of a company’s stability and financial situation. Combined the statements show the income, expenses, and stockholder’s equity in the company. These statements are often analyzed by financial institutions when a company comes to them needing a loan. Stockholders and other investors also look at these statements to make sure their investment will return a profit for them. This paper will look at four different companies and their balance sheets and income statements. The companies are Eastman Chemical Company, Covenant Transportation
In the consumer goods industry, liquidity ratios are paramount (Tarver, 2017) as they determine the company’s immediate revenue-generating activities and consequent ability to meet short-term liabilities. This is measured using Current and Quick Ratios (Appendix 1, a). The industry has an average Current Ratio of 0.86 TTM (Morningstar, 2017). RB’s Current Ratios seem to have increased from 2015’s 0.57 to 0.63 in 2016 (Appendix 1, a). This means that if RB liquidates all its Current Assets, they will only be able to cover 57% and 63% of its liabilities and not the full amount. While there has been an increase in percentage coverage between the years, RB is still below the industry average and therefore needs to collect back money owed to them quicker, stop selling inventory on credit or sell-off unproductive current assets. For a holistic view of the RB’s liquidity, the Quick Ratio was calculated (Appendix 1, a). By removing Inventory from the equation, the ratio doesn’t take into