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RATIO ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
OF
YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY
FOR THE YEAR 2012, 2013 AND 2014
And a comparative study with Suzuki.

An assignment submitted for the partial fulfillment of the course subject, Business Finance.

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Place: M. Mulak

Date: / 08/2014

CONTENTS

1. Introduction…………………………………………………………….………..1
2. Objective and scope of the study………………………………………….….…2
3. Company overview…………………………………………………………..…..3
4. Ratio analysis of Yamaha Company with graphical interpretation,
Historical and Competitor analysis …………………………………….…...…4
5. Share price of Yamaha and recommendations to investors……………..…..14
6. Findings and suggestions…………………………………………………….…16
7. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………....….18 …show more content…

RATIO ANALYSIS ON YAMAHA

a. Current ratio
The current ratio is also called the working capital ratio, as working capital is the difference between current assets and current liabilities. This ratio measures the ability of a company to pay its current obligations using current assets. The current ratio is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.

Interpretation and comparative analysis
Since the current ratio of Yamaha is (2.93, 2.77, 2.59) increasing in the respective years, it is capable to pay its obligations. Company’s ability to pay its debt increases year by year. Comparing to Suzuki, Yamaha’s ability to pay its debt is high and has enough resource to pay its debt over the next business cycle.

b. Cash Ratio
Cash Ratio is an indicator of company's short-term liquidity. It measures the ability to use its cash and cash equivalents to pay its current financial obligations. Cash ratio measures the immediate amount of cash available to satisfy short-term liabilities. Interpretation and comparison
A cash ratio of Yamaha shows that the business will not be able to pay all its current liabilities in immediate short term. But the graph says that businesses usually do not plan to keep their cash and cash equivalent at level with their current liabilities because they can use a portion of idle cash to generate …show more content…

Suzuki’s Return on Assets ratio shows that they are not efficiently using its assets to generate profit and their returns are better than Yamaha.

g. Return on Equity
Return on Equity (ROE) is an indicator of company's profitability by measuring how much profit the company generates with the money invested by common stock owners.

Interpretation and comparison
Return on equity for Yamaha is decreasing and in 2014 it is -0.14. The profit company generates with the money invested by common stock owners is comparatively less with Suzuki.

h. Asset Turnover Ratio

The Asset Turnover ratio is an indicator of the efficiency with which a company is deploying its assets. Generally speaking, the higher the ratio, the better it is, since it implies the company is generating more revenues per dollar of assets.

Interpretation and comparison
The Asset Turnover ratio of Yamaha shows that the efficiency with which a company is deploying its assets is decreasing yearly and shown a high rate of decrease in 2013 and 2014.
Suzuki maintains a good ratio in 2013 and

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