Financial ratios

Primarily, while Samsung does not have the financial backing akin to that of SMIC’s, the firm was able to successfully achieve economies of scale. As shown in the Exhibit 3, the company has an average operating margin of 44% relative to Micron or Infineon, with -13% and 6% respectively. In other words…

Section 2: Executive summary 2.1 Background Entity Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad ("KLK"), an organization joined in Malaysia and which is recorded on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad with a market capitalization of around RM23.1 billion toward the end of September 2015. KLK is a well-known plantation company, which is started more than 100 years ago. KLK’s core business activity is plantations (oil palm and rubber). KLK follows its history back to 1906 when The Kuala Lumpur…

The above figure represents the percentage of three elements that effect both Red and Blue Ocean strategies. These elements are business lunches in the new market and existing industry, the revenue impact and how this revenue generated in each ocean; last element is the profit generation. In addition, it seems that the profit gained from the blue ocean which is (61%) is greater than (39%) for the red ocean. However, there are many industry prefer to establish industry using red ocean (86%) as it…

Part A – CSR Practices in Malaysia 1) Introduction of AEON CO. (M) BHD. AEON CO. (M) BHD. is a top retailer in Malaysia which established on 15 September 1984. Under review it has an aggregate income of RM3.51 billion for the financial year. AEON CO. (M) BHD. (AEON or the Company) was set up due to Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir's invitation to help them modernize the retailing business in Malaysia. The ‘AEON’ name today is now common in the daily life of the Malaysians as…

Introduction Victoria Beckham is a relatively new luxury fashion brand, which was founded in 2008. Headquartered in London, the company has approximately 500 stores in 60 countries all over the world (Company profile n.d.). Victoria Beckham has a broad product line, which includes clothes, bags, and eyewear, to mention a few. The company has positioned its brand as modern, bold, and refined, a positioning strategy which is consistent with the wealthy and urban consumer. Being a new business in…

Michael Porter’s 5P model: In order to determine market attractiveness, in 1979 Michael Porter invented 5P model. These 5 forces he thinks are crucial in determining market attractiveness. This help us in doing the competitive analysis of market. This also helps us in MESO analysis of the market. It determines competitive intensity among the market. Competitive intensity depends on certain factors such as lots of/less competition, industry growth potential, product differentiation, exit…

The Current Ratio(A4) for Ford Motor Company is 1.19 as opposed to the 2016 average of 1.20. This ratio shows the liquidity of the company. Whether or not it has the ability to pay long-term and short-term obligations made. The industry average was 1.3, which is higher than what was calculated. All this means that the industry has more current assets than Ford does. Quick ratio(A5) for the company is 0.71 in 2017 and 0.69 in 2016. The company does not have enough liquid current assets to pay its…

Sales Income $2,242,500  Cost of Goods Sold $1,509,874  Operating Expenses $ 81,900  Net Income $ 650,726 Should the expected results be realised, Sun Worship Leisure Wear will have achieved a 29% profit margin, indicating positive financial efficiency and stability. Additionally, it is budgeted that Sun Worship Leisure Wear will have having produced 27,470 units, sold 27,340 units and at the conclusion of 2018, Sun Worship Leisure Wear will have a cash surplus of $499,252, 2.…

Analysis of CPM: Whole Foods CPM shows a small marginal difference between them and their competitors Trader Joe’s and Wegman’s. Competing on price, quality, variety, and brand will enable the company to increase sales and become more competitive than Trader Joe’s and Wegman’s. Shopping at Whole Foods has declined by 19% and with the acquisition of Wild Oats, their long-term debt increased significantly. When compared to Trader Joe’s shoppers who…

Wal-Mart had a high market share but has now decreased for three years. The graph we found including (1) Timeline of the company and its impact on the supply chain. (2) A view of a variety of numbers related to the company And we expect this following situation (1) The larger share Wal-Mart’s has of its vendors' business, the more it will push their supply chains (2) As Wal-Mart expands, if other retailers might real dangerous? (3) At what point, does Wal-Mart simply become too large? The…