Environmental Scan Paper MGT 498 / Bobby Bates Diego Crisostomo 5/12/2017 The value of a company is what makes shareholders happy. A happy shareholder will continue to invest and bring in more business for the company. There for a company must stay competitive to remain trustworthy to the shareholder, also to remain a successful business. There is no business out there that doesn’t have any competition.
Management has shown their abilities over the years to weather the recent EPA changes and declining wood stove market. While their profit margin for return on assets decreased, they managed to still increase sales enough in their niche market to increase their asset turnover and in the end, increase their return on assets. Even with major deficits in their retained earnings, the company worked through the tough regulations and low cash flow to not only continually grow their business, but turn
The present-day business environment is characterized by increasing competitiveness in different industries. The owner Cy is aware of the increasing competition. The company has leased new production plants in seven southern states and one in Arkansas. This investment has put extra pressure on the company to generate revenue and stay in the competition of the market. Economic factors play a crucial role in any investment decisions that are made for taking a gain and better return to the investor.
I would focus on the current and debt to asset ratio. Boot Barn current ratio was very good, but I would focus on the ability to lower the current liabilities. I would focus on paying the current liabilities off and as often as possible which in turn would improve the current ratio. I would also sell off any unproductive asset that is not bringing value added money which would improve the current ratio. This would allow little more inventory on hand which then we could investigate the sales of that product.
a) Accounting policies and comparison with international accounting standards: Net sales, cost of sales, gross margin, expense, operating income, interest income, taxes, cash, assets, long-term and short-term liabilities, Properties, common stock dividends, total shareholder’s equity are all the accounting policies. All of those and other financial data be used in preparing the Macy’s financial reports. In the section of the common stock. The company’s Board of Directors has the discretion of the declaration and payment of future dividends.
For this project, the class has been asked to evaluate all of the financial statements for the companies CVS and Walgreens. In the previous three parts, we have been asked to do research on the companies and evaluate many different ratios for each company. The following paragraphs will explain why I believe CVS would be the best company to invest in. Competition drives our economy and the growth of companies. If you take a look at the two companies were have been researching, they are fighting for the same client base.
The consolidated 2nd quarter of 2015 highlights: Consolidated Revenue Increased by 11.3%, Operating Cash Flow Increased 8.0%, and Operating Income Increased 7.9% Free Cash Flow Increased 30.0% Earning per Share Increased 10.5% to $0.84; Excluding adjustments, EPS Increased 12.0% Quarterly Dividends and Quarterly Share Repurchases Increased $878 Million, or 65.8%, to $2.2 Billion ($ in Millions) 2014 2015 Growth Revenue $34,252 $36,596 6.8% Operating Cash Flow $11,342 $12,222 7.8% Earnings Per Share $1.47 $1.65 12.2% Free Cash Flow
In this case study I will be discussing the financial state of Lowes. In class we have learned a lot about the different things that can impact a business and ultimately have an impact on the shareholders and the stockholders. Some of those things include how the company does financially at the end of the year. For example if at the end of the year if a business does well they can choose to spend the cash they have at the end of the year in different ways. They can choose to use the money to expand their company.
Comcast has many subsidiaries associated with the company. The company acquired Universal Studios and has merged with Time Warner a multi-billion dollar deal. I became interested in Comcast because of my favorite pass time, which is sitting at home watching television and enjoying a good movie. I conducted a research on Comcast and asked myself If I had 10,000 dollars would I invest it into this corporation? Upon making a decision to invest in the company I conducted a research on the ratio on the profitability, the solvency and the liquidity.
The company should provide information about their products and services
The company segments its market on base of demographics, geographic and behavioral. • Exclusive high quality and green products sold by the company • Exceptional customer service offered by the employees at all the
ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS Financial Analysis Analyzing the competitive landscape is critical to assess the overall standing of Costco in relation to its peers. However, a financial evaluation is essential for investment purposes. A glance at the balance sheet (Exhibit 5), income statement (Exhibit 6) and the cash flow statement (Exhibit 7) will support to analyze and understand the organization’s present implementation and evaluate its sustainability. These three reports allow for measuring the financial ratios which supports to compare Costco with its competitors and also compare its past performance. Liquidity: It is used to evaluate whether the company can clear it’s debts within one year of turning it’s assets into cash.
What do pro forma financial statements show? There are various things Pro forma financial statement shows but first, let’s understand the word pro forma which means a financial statement based on projection and assumption of what the business future would be to determine what should be happening now. Pro forma financial statement can be thought of as a “Projected results for financial statements in the future, given assumptions about what will happen in the meantime” (Siegel & Yacht, 2009, p. 81).
Assignment: Portfolio Income & costs and profit measures of performance Alibaba.com is a China’s B2B e-commerce company which owns a U.S. IPO that worth $25 billion has become the largest B2B e-commerce company in the world in just a few years and barely anyone expect the company can achieve this results so successful. Referring to the Appendix A, the income of Alibaba has been increasing from year 2010 to 2014. This is because of there has a few key factors of success that carried out by the founder of Alibaba.com, Jack Ma to operate the e-commerce business in the global marketplace.
(a) Background information on the companies. (Describe your companies’ profile and core business activities.) In this assignment, the 2 companies selected in a same industry are Hup Seng Industries BHD. and Apollo Food Holdings BHD.
