Cash flow was negative by $4 million. The used cash was an outflow of $31 million in payments for plant and equipment. Therefore they had to borrow $70 million to fill the gap and pay a $35 million dividend. Clearly another reason for Dick Smith
After an analysis of both Metro Inc., and Loblaws Companies Limited, we have come to the conclusion that Metro poses the better investment opportunity. Metro, Inc., is one of the leading retailers and distributors of food and pharmaceutical products in Quebec and Ontario. It currently pays a quarterly dividend of $0.1625 per share, equating to $0.65 per share on an annualized basis. Its dividend yield is only 1.26%, but Metro is consistent with its payout as it hasn’t fallen below 1.20% in the past five years. Although it’s yield is lower than Loblaws, Metro has raised its annual dividend payment for 22 consecutive years.
Back in 1984, GameStop was not initially a video game retailer. The original name was called Babbage Inc. from Dallas, Texas. With the rise of video games becoming a popular past time hobby for Americans, the company grew financially well. The name GameStop did not appear until 1996, where they expanded across the United States and even have a few stores in Buffalo, New York.
The problem in 2014 was mainly due to a coal ash spill that Duke Energy agreed to pay for costing over $6 million. (New York Times) However, with Duke being the largest corporation it has since been able to recover and is continuing to grow. By looking at the trend analysis in A.6 and A.7 it is noted that the ROA is growing fast, but the total revenue is growing very slowly compared to the prior year. Clearly, Duke Energy is a going concern as was able to survive a disaster that could have destroyed a company.
For the Huffman Trucking Company, strategic planning has been an important part of their functions for over 60 years. For a company like Huffman Trucking, financial planning is extremely important to maintain their continued growth and their overall health in the long term. When analyzing the financial statements for the last three years we looked and three separate types of financial statements: the income statement, balance sheets, and the cash flow budget, we will also try and make assumptions to identify the various risks involved in a business like Huffman Trucking. When looking at the various financial statements we attempt also review the cash flow statements and attempt to make recommendations on the implementation of various short-term working capital strategies on the long term cash flows, try and find an explanation of different corporate risk mitigation techniques capital budgeting, and make an analysis of what effect capital structure on strategic financial planning, and how it works to affect risks.
Unit 8- M1 Promoting E-Commerce Search engines Search engines are really important as they are a vital way of prompting business, as search engines help the customers narrow down what they are looking for specifically, an example can be if a customer’s wants to look for a specific watch they want to purchase but don’t know where to look then they can use search engines such as msn, google, yahoo etc. these search engines would narrow down what they are looking for as these search engine will give the user millions of results. Dial and chain can also promote their business by paying money so they can be at the top of search results in web browsers, this is a really good and effective way of advertisement and its simple the more money you pay
Cool Kicks is a sneaker company that has several stores around the country. The Headquarter office located in New York City oversees the retail stores and needs a database system to keep track of the following: 1- Total number of stores with each store uniquely identified with an ID number. Additional information such as address, state, and phone number are also collected. Each store has three sections (kids, men, and women).
After the US subprime lending crisis in 2008, that took a toll on the earnings of CAT from heavy equipment, CAT still relies on the construction industry as one of its main revenue streams, as seen in fig. 2. A point can be made that if Caterpillar doesn’t rely more on other revenue streams such as its financial products, a downturn in the real estate market can damage CAT’s earnings
marginal compared to that of shopping first hand because people generally don't want second hand electronics. This is because as technology ages it becomes obsolete. Threat of new entry (Low): The threat of new entry is classified as low for the retailers in the electronic industry. Joining the market to compete with developed retailers takes not only a large investment, in which most people don't have the resources to obtain, but also it takes time for consumers to become devoted to your company. Bargaining Power of Suppliers (High): With having the top manufactures like Sony, Apple and Samsung providing the public with the latest and greatest invention.
Question 2: To do a resource-based analysis of any organization, it needs to go through different steps, first identify the three categories of the resources , the tangible ,intangible, and the human resources , second identify the capacity of the organization to put its resources for a desired end and in good use, third to decide on suitable strategy for the organization we need to do SWOT analysis to determine the organization strength and weakness compared to the competitors, third what are the key successful factors of the organization that can be determine by identifying the customers of the organization and their needs, and what the organization will do to survive the competition ( Hall&Keynes,2015) also audit analysis to Ford resources , and value chain analysis to Ford activities . In the next section, there will a brief explanation about the steps mentioned above , followed by an application to each step to, Ford motor which was incorporated in Delawae in 1919, it is a global automotive industry leader in Dearborn and Michigan, distributed vehicles across six continents the core business of Ford , designing and manufacturing cars, marketing , financing and servicing a full line of Fords cars, trucks, SUVs, and electrified cars, and Lincoln luxury car (Ford annual report,2015). Resource-based view (RBV) is an essential theory for strategic managers , considering the organization resources the assets , capabilities organization
Pivot Assignment My assignment will be based around the company Starbucks. The main objective of this assignment is to become familiar with a specific business model innovation (pivot) that is well known in the public domain and to show clear analysis and presentation of the key factors of success (or failure) but in this case was a success. What does pivot mean in Business?
ECONOMICS PROJECT Name: Saatwic Malhotra Course: BBA.LLB (H) Section: A Enrollment Number: 7058 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I express my sincere thanks to Mrs. Tanu Sachdeva, my economics teacher who guided me throughout the project and also gave me valuable suggestions and guidance for completing the project. She helped me to understand the issues involved in the project making besides effectively presenting it. My project has been a success because of her. PEPSICO • PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York. PepsiCo has interests in the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products.
A financial analysis gives investors a transparent review of how the corporation is performing across the board. Furthermore, in the coffeehouse industry, Starbuck appears to be a strong leader in the marketplace. With the consistent growth, it is highly critical to be aware of how the financial strength of the company reflects especially if you want an investor to consider investing in the business. Like any other company, the coffee industry has its own risks of running a successful coffee shop.
3.0 Concepts 3.1 Resources and Capabilities In order to achieve and sustain competitive advantage, a business needs both resources and capabilities. Resources are assets that are owned or employed by an organization. The organization utilizes and uses these assets to carry out their business operations. Resources can be grouped either tangible assets or intangible assets.
Internal Analysis When conducting an internal analysis you must know the firm’s resources and capabilities. Nike’s resources are assets from succeeding in their industry. These resources include financial resources, physical resources, human resources and organizational capabilities. Firms Resources & Capabilities: Human Resources-. The company displays a strong workforce of over 30,000+ employees.
