Capital adequacy ratio

Weekly Review on Coca-Cola Amatil (15/8-21/8) Coca-Cola Amatil released its first half financial result on the 21st of August. Its share price, which has fallen 2.951% since 14th of August, rose as much as 8.070% in the morning before closing up 2.690% at $8.780. Although the result was not extraordinary, Coca-Cola Amatil net profit increased 0.9% to $183.9 million when compared with the same period last year. Furthermore, its trading revenue rose 4.9% to $2.450 billion and the earnings per…

A weakness of Quintiles is the company’s high level of indebtedness. As of December 31, 2014, the company has about $2 billion indebtedness, which means that the company will need to use a portion of the money to pay back the debt before all the interest rates accumulate and increase the amount of debt, thereby affecting the financial flexibility of Quintiles. Quintiles can continue to thrive in research and develop their Web to attract customers through easy access to the website. The company…

Cinemark Holdings was founded in 1987 by Lee Roy Mitchell, who served as CEO from 1987 to 2006. Today, the Chief Executive Officer of Cinemark is Mark Zoradi. Currently, Cinemark has 526 theaters and 5,903 screens across the United States and multiple countries in Latin America, including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, and many more. It is the most geographically diverse circuit in Latin America. Cinemark has locations in 13 of the top 15 metropolitan areas in South America. Their…

In the period of two years, the number of shoppers in Central Plaza have been diminishing. According to the arguer, this is the result of the increase number of skateboard users. The arguer has also stated that there has also been a dramatic increase in the amount of litter and vandalism. The arguer predicts that if the city prohibits skateboarding in Central Plaza, business would return. This recommendation seems like plausible, but fallacious at the same time. First and foremost, what…

quick ratios, with a current ratio of 5.39 and a quick ratio of 4.53 it is pretty clear that CanGo could easily pay of their debt if need be and still be able to keep running. CanGo has a working capital of 164,820,000 on again this shows that CanGo is more than capable of paying off its debts. When looking at CanGo’s level of solvency they seem to be doing very well in this area as well with a current debt ratio is40.23%. According to the Risk Management Association the average debt ratio for…

In the most recent quarter ending January 31, Staples reported a drop in sales for the eighth quarter in a row. Staples attributed the low sales to a decreased demand for computers and computer accessories. Staples did report an increase in online sales for both this recent quarter as well as the 2014 fiscal year. The rise in online sales were attributed to Staples’ increased online presence, which include improvements to its desktop and mobile platforms. Q4 financials: Sales down 3.7% to…

Introduction Merlin Entertainments is a British company based in Poole, Dorset. The company was founded by Nick Varney in the year 1998. Today Merlin Entertainments have over a dozen of attractions including theme parks, Midway attractions and Legoland. As of 2016, the revenue of the company is £1,457 million with an operating income of £320 million with 27000 employees working for the company. (Merlin Entertainments, public reports, 2016). The main aim of this report is to identify and solve…

High-end perfume and cologne companies want to sell their expensive products to everyone they can, even if it means portraying a ridiculously unrealistic, yet lavish, lifestyle. They want people to think, “Hey, this could be me!” Michael Kors, Gucci, and Dolce & Gabbana are a few of the companies that are pushing an exciting lifestyle. What’s the likeliness of receiving this wonderful lifestyle after buying their product? The likeliness doesn’t exist. If anything, the only thing that’ll happen…

Over the years, the industries of structural, mechanical, aerospace engineering, materials science, medicine, prosthetics, and many more have called for stronger, lightweight, low maintenance materials to withhold the stresses and loads that come with everyday usage of materials. Material scientists and engineers have studied and manufactured composite materials to cater to the needs of these various industries; however, composites have limitations as well. Many composites need repairs after…

 3.3 Short- term Solvency: The Short term solvency ratio computes whether the income of an organization is adequate to deal with the fleeting commitments (Droms & Wright 2015). It incorporates current ratio, Acid Test ratio and Cash Flow from Operations to Liabilities. I have computed all the three proportions for the organization. Firstly, Current Assets measure the liquidity which is truly imperative to manage liabilities inside a year (Droms & Wright 2015). The standard is 2:1; lower than…