Part I: The Purpose of the Report and the Research Experience
The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the financial statements of Jakks Pacific, Inc. during the past five years to assess the future profitability of the company. The long-term success of Jakks is essential to enhancing the lives of people worldwide through employment opportunities, the innovation of top quality products for consumers and shareholders so they can continue to benefit financially. Economic progression and heavy competition are a major factor surrounding their success or demise. The company has some highs and lows, nonetheless are not quite ready to throw in the towel.
I received support from Professor Eckhart, who gave me positive criticism necessary to complete the assignment. The search engines I used to conduct my research were Google, Google Scholar, Yahoo Finance and Bing. I found only three out of the four to be extremely helpful in providing links to company news, interviews and etc. The least helpful was Google Scholar which is a surprise. It only provided me with patent information and case law information. Google, Yahoo Finance and Bing, search engines permitted me to accumulate and sort through proficient data which aided me in writing this paper. I used the information gathered to highlight the past and present financial ups and downs of a toy company fighting to maintain its lead in this competitive industry. The company’s direct website was also extremely helpful given that they
The impact of a company’s financial statement depends mainly on the company’s business strategy; both transactional and operational, its industry profile and the nature of its competitive environment. This report analyses 15 ratios of JB Hi-Fi’s financial performance and suggests a recommendation for investors.
Abstract : Analysis of financial statement of a company is an important because it is useful to obtain Information
Toys R Us is the world's largest children's specialty retailer. The company operates toy stores throughout the world and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. In this paper I will give a brief company history, cite where the competitive environment is coming from, strategies that were attempted, and where they stand today.
The objective of this paper is to analyze some of the information concerning one of the Singapore companies, including the brief history, PESTEL and SWOT analysis, the Porter’s Five Forces analysis, together with the recommendations that can assist the company to overcome the challenges it might be facing.
The company is weakened mainly by its lack of technological advancement in every area of production. For example, if the company chose to modify their equipment to produce their “Atherley” model as well, it would be able to lower production costs of this model, in turn increasing the profits of this model further. In addition, the Atherley Furniture Company greatest threat is the decreased market for their “Parkdale” model. The “Parkdale” model has the most time consuming and costly production. With lack of a market for this model, the company stands to continue to lose profits. In conclusion, if the company wishes to continue to operate their chair division profitably as well as efficiently, the above issues need to be addressed and corrected.
| * OrotonGroup’s has moderate level of informativeness compared to Pacific Brands Group (PBG). In Oroton’s Chairman and CEO statement, they disclose the management commentary on the current performance and provide strategy for improvement. They also stated their business strategic analysis. In the notes, they justify the key accounting analysis, financial instruments, critical accounting judgements, estimations and assumptions and so forth. Furthermore, they also disclose several key ratios and critical shareholders information which indicates transparency to investors. * However, OrotonGroup’s financial statement is too aggregated compared to PBG since there is no segregation in each of Oroton’s business segment. PBG gives more information regarding its division of their products and its corporate and social responsibility (CSR) while Oroton does not.
This is the assessment of the historical and future performances of the two companies in order to fully project internal and external factors that will affect the forecasts. The purpose is to identify trends, year to year changes, in order to assess whether the two companies’ performance are stable or sporadic and highly volatile.
1. From early 1990s to 2004, the Lego Group, a long successful toymaker with a world-renowned brand, fell into the edge of bankruptcy. Compared with the highest revenue in 1999, the revenue in 2014 decreased by 35.6% while the net profit was negative, seven times less than that in 1999, the lowest in the past ten years. Its net profit margin and ROE were also the lowest. The gross margin and inventory turnover were all lower than its competitors. The strategic moves in the two main periods “growth period that wasn’t” (1993-1998) and the “fix that wasn’t” (1999-2004) lead to its poor performance.
In this report, we are going to analyse the financial performance of JB Hi-Fi Limited (JBH), over the past three years (2012 to 2014), by calculating a series of ratios, using different historical data provided by audited financial reports. A period of three years has been selected for the financial analysis of the company as trend results generated over several periods are much more meaningful than that from a single year balance sheet and income statements. Moreover, after having calculated the ratios, we will then draw conclusions on the past performance of the company and finally benchmark with of one its main competitors, Harvey Norman.
As the financial analyst of the company, this report is written in respect to how the financial position of the company can be improved. This report is aimed for the senior management team.
Review of Financial Research Report: This assignment is an analysis of a US publicly-traded company; its common stock could be a prospective investment. The report is due in Week 10, in needs to be at least 5 pages, and it needs to cover the following topics:
This memorandum is based on the findings of my review of Big Time Publishing & Printing Inc and its’ current year financials. The overview of my assignment was to identify areas of concern by looking at ratios, trend analysis, and reasonable analysis. My main goal was to find areas which would take up additional time and/or require further investigation when we conduct the actual audit. I also compared Big Time’s financials with the industry’s current average to give me a better understanding of what the norm is.
The purpose of this report is to research and examine Toys "R" Us, the world's largiest toy chain store, so as to provide the company with strategic recommendations for future success. To throughly understand the company, the analysis is divided into multiple focus points: industry analysis, firm strategy analysis and firm financial analysis. The analysis concludes with rating that we give the company's stock as well as our strategic recommendations for the company to increase it's overall preformance.
This paper will seek to analyze the financial statements of the O.M Scott & Sons Company during the years 1957-1961, in order to provide readers with a thorough understanding of the various factors that may influence the future success of this business. Additionally, recommendations based on an analysis of their financial
This paper researched the fact that the Toys “R” Us Company was displaying a weakness in financial related issues due to the lack of proper strategic planning. This made the company susceptible to many threats in the industry’s competitive environment. The research has shown that its main competitors Walmart, Target, and Amazon are functioning successfully in the industry while Toys R Us heads for bankruptcy. This research emphasizes the fact that Toys R Us has not taken steps to strategize its operations properly which resulted in a loss of revenue and opportunities in their environment. If the company does not take steps to better its strategic planning, the company will not