Private Capital Case Study: Apple Inc.

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ASSIGNMENT UNIT 2

My investment would be in APPLE INC. because is a solid good company in which even government has shares, this company was made from private capital, in this order, it represents a good chance to invest.

Apple is a rapid growing company that supplies its very good products world wide, and it is known for its investment nationwide which reach more than 1 Billion dollars a year and it has a great performance in NYSE and the main Stock markets around the world which is a good warranty that I usually check in order to assure that my investments are well done and are in the proper place.

The main KPI I usually use in order to have information about the company to invest in, are Current Ratio, Acid Test (Liquidity), Receivable turnover ( activity), financial leverage, debt ratio, Degree of indebtness (debt), Gross Profit Ratio, Net profit Margin, Earnings per share, among others.
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It is the most widely used test of liquidity of a business and measures the ability of a business to repay its debts over the period of next 12 months.
Current Ratio = Current Assets Current Liabilities Apple Inc has a Ratio of 1.08 which means that has enough assets to pay debt in short term, and an additional 0.08 cents, when this indicator is below 1 it means that is critically low and represents liquidity problems.
Making a horizontal analysis show that the company has had a good performance in the recent years, but liquidity is decreasing year by year due to large investments which is a good sign.

QUICK RATIO The quick ratio or acid test ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures the ability of a company to pay its current liabilities when they come due with only quick assets. Quick assets are current assets that can be converted to cash within 3 months. Cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments or marketable securities, and current accounts receivable are considered quick

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