S&S Air Case

Return on assets managed is calculated by taking operating profits and dividing it by assets (which could include accounts receivable and inventory). Asset turnover and operating margin are the two main drivers in returns on assets managed.

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.

First of all, return on asset (ROA) is a ratio used to measure how efficient a company generates profit using its assets, which is the invested capital. We noticed that HH’s ROA was increasing from 2006 to 2010. However, HH’s ROA for 2011 dropped dramatically from 18.41%(year

When compared with the industry, the receivables turnover of S&S Air of 43.05 times is well over the industry upper quartile of 14.11 times. This shows that the collection of accounts receivable is a major strength of S&S Air when compared to the rest of the industry.

The Return on Assets ratio is a basic measure of the efficiency with which TCI allocates and manages its resources (assets) to generate earnings. With a 20% projected increase in sales, for 1996, we calculated TCI’s ROA to be 12.95%, and 12.11% for 1997. Although this isn’t an extremely high ROA, TCI will be allocating its resources very wisely with the expansion of its central warehouse. If MidBank lends them the cash they need to complete this project, their central warehouse will be able to hold more tires for their increasing sales, which will then convert into profit. A true test of TCI’s ROA will be after 1998, when the warehouse is complete, so you can see just how well they can convert an investment into profit.

Return on Assets (ROA) of 8.74% and Return on Equity (ROE) of 12.4% are both positive.

J reflects department store chain. This industry is a retail business; therefore, there is a large amount of inventories. This industry also has high accounts receivable because usually customers pay with credit cards which are billed at the end of the month. However, sometimes, customers forget to pay their bills on time, and the bills are brought to next month. Therefore, the collection period is approximately 2 months.

Return on Total Assets was 4.43% which is below five percent. That indicates that the company is not accurately converting its assets into profit. The total for Return on Stockholders’ Equity was 8.89%, however financial analysts prefer ROE to range between 15-20 %. The company’s low ROE indicates that the company is not generating profit with new investments. Lastly, Debt-to-Equity ratio for the company was 1.01 which indicates that investors and creditors are equally sharing assets. In the view of creditors, they see a high ratio as a risk factor because it can indicate that investors are not investing due to the company’s overall performance. The totals of these three ratios demonstrate that the company’s financial state is not as healthy as it should be.

This ratio allows companies to check and see if it can cover the current liabilities without selling the

The graph above shows a current ratio. It is used for measuring an ability of the company to pay off

The quicker the business can turn accounts receivables into cash, the better for the business. Thus, the larger the ratio, the faster accounts receivables are being collected.

The return on equity, ROE, is as high as 20.69% (above 15%). It illustrate that the RL Corporation uses the investors’ money pretty effectively. As of return of assets, equals to 13.10%, which reveals how much profit a company earns for every dollar of its assets. Both ROE and ROA for RL Corporation seems really good and they provide a picture that managers are doing a good job of generating return from shareholders’ investments.

If this ratio is high means company owns too many debts which may decrease their

The receivables collection ratio is also the highest compared to the other companies because of the payments paid by clients for services

Firm’s Inventory Turn over Ratio has decreased from 2005 to 2006 which is a very bad sign for the firm. In 2006 it was lower than the industry average. A lower inventory turnover ratio than industry average indicates that firm’s product are slow moving than the industries other firms. Technological obsolences or preference of cost estimation package which Track Software Ltd. does not have might be the reason.