Financial ratios

America: Riveting Prospects, the article written by Ed Crooks, discusses the issues within the United States lack of exporting goods. He briefly touches on five reasons why our economy is not quick to jump at the opportunity that trade can bring. Here within I will discuss those five areas along with my opinion on international commerce. 1. The United States are not custom to selling internationally. Mr. Crooks speaks about there only being 1% of goods exported to other countries at the time…

According to Marisa Warford, “switching from a traditional leave program (sick time and vacation) to a paid-time-off system can have multiply advantageous for employees” (2014, para. 1). For instance, employees can use their PTO for taking a vacation, going to doctor appointments, for a sick leave, or for personal days off from work. Another reason why having a PTO system in effect, is that it can make a significant difference in the amount of unscheduled absence (Warford, 2014). In other words,…

b. When measuring the resistance value with the Avo 8, possible reasons for varience include a parallax error (not looking at the reading from directly above the meter), a reading error due to less divisions when measuring resistance, or the device not being properly zeroed. When measuring current, there are also fewer division, parallax is still a potential issue, and finally, incorrect zeroing of the meter. Voltage has an additional error, the loading of the meter itself. Alongside this issue,…

The current ratio for Costco is at 0.99 for the year 2015. The current assets for Costco are $17,317. The current liabilities for Costco are $17,495. The current ratio for Kroger is 0.873 for this year. The current ratio for Kroger has been back on the rise. The company’s ability to pay short-term debts and other current liabilities speaks volume. The ratio helps a company ability to remain solvent. The current ratio are not balanced out because they both tend to…

The main goal of PLOAX is to provide long-term capital appreciation to its investors. This fund invest mainly in stock that is almost entirely in small-cap companies. Small-cap stock tends to be more volatile so this stock has an unusually high turnover rate resulting in higher fees. PLOAX has an expense fee of 1.2%, which is below the average, PLOAX is also a up front loaded fund with a sales fee of 5.5%, which is average for this type of fund. The type of stocks PLOAX invested in usually…

The financial performance of MBS is not in a good shape at the time of 2011. The sales revenue peaked in 2007 and has been sliding since then. In 2011, the adjusted gross profit from MBS sales only takes up 1/8 of donations amount. Berger and Symons have been constantly optimizing their product structure and distribution channels, the problems like low-quality and high costs are still bothering MBS. Berger proved his ability when putting all his efforts into MBS, their revenue skyrocketed over…

Armstrong World Industries’ primary range of operation is the design and manufacture of floors and ceiling systems. Operating in the following segments: Building Products, Resilient Flooring, and Wood Flooring, Armstrong has been developing its expertise as an incorporated firm over one hundred twenty four years and is conservative in its range of operation. As stated in investor presentation, Armstrong’s business priority is to “Build core competency of driving specifications in the architect…

a consensus of $58.95. The company had revenue of $3501000.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts expectations of $3431223.32 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $68.91 EPS. Several Stock Research Financial Advisors from Investment Banking firms have advised their client and investors on the stock.Honda Motor Co Ltd (ADR) was Upgraded by Macquarie to Outperform on Feb 3,…

Cummins (CMI) Continues To Fall; Investors’ Returns Are Still Safe Cummins Inc (NYSE:CMI) extended its downward trend in the second quarter amid low global demand for off-highway engines, negative currency translations, lower truck production in the US, and volatility in the power generation equipment markets. In the second quarter, the company sales declined by 10% to $4.5B, compared with the same quarter of last year. Excluding the distribution segment, all remaining three segments fell at…

that our financial health is great by revealing the proportion of money left we have.…