Financial ratios

On October 18th, 2017, former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, came to Western Kentucky University to speak on the state of our economy. Reich began by discussing how the unemployment rate is down, the stock market is up, and there appears to be economic growth; yet, people are still unhappy (Reich, 2017). The reason for this unhappiness, Reich claims, is because we are paying attention to the wrong indicators. For one, the labor participation rate is very low. This indicator takes into account…

management loyalty seems to be a common theme. The CEO, President and Chairman of the Board Timothy Wallace has been employed since 1976 but in this role since 1998. He took over from his father who held the leader rank for forty years. The Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President James Perry has been employed with Trinity Industries since 2004 and in his present role since 2011. Mary Henderson who is the companies Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer has been with the…

Desktop users 35 to 54 years of age account for almost 10% of all users to the site (9.35%). They also bring in over 10% of all revenue for the U.S. users between October 4, 2016 and February 4, 2017 at $45,830.60. Even so, they have a mid Ecommerce Conversion Rate of 4.05%. This suggests that even though many people purchase through the desktop (as seen from revenue amount) many more don't complete any transaction on the site. Most of the 35 to 54 customer base use the desktop, both as a means…

In the article, “As Rivals Rise, Pandora May Consider Plan to Sell Itself,” Leslie Picker and Ben Sisario argue that Pandora is suffering due to the rise of competition. Pandora is “the largest Internet radio service,” (Picker, Sisario B1) but because they are spending on advertisement and promotions, their profits are greatly decreasing by the year. According to the authors, “the company had $336 million in revenue in the fourth quarter, but spent $143 million in ‘content acquisition costs,’…

Palmyra / Glass / Polyester composite. The similar results are observed for Sisal / Glass / Polypropylene [20], Roselle / Sisal / polyester [14], Banana / sisal / polyester [25], Jute roving / polyester [26], Hemp / Glass / Epoxy[27] composite. From table 7 show that PPLSF / Glass / Polyester [16], PPLSF/Jute/ Polyester [23] composite have higher flexural strength 173 Mpa, 164 Mpa respectively. This hybrid composite 30 wt%, 55 wt% fibers. In case of reason flexural strength improved. From the…

Athlete Warehouse Case Study The evaluation of this case study has identified that the two brothers are the stakeholders. They planned to start selling athletic equipment again after the closure of their initial store. The reason to put a new store may be that they have acquired ideas from their initial trial. The study of their case has revealed many Strengths- Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats having the acronym (SWOT) as existed in every organization. The Strengths (a) They have already…

Financial Prospects Proforma Income Statement Forecasted 2016 Pro Forma 2017 Pro Forma 2018 Pro Forma 2019 Sales 3,751,350.00 4,210,050.00 4,668,609.00 5,127,300.00 COGS 2,518,656.39 2,826,627.57 3,134,498.04 3,442,469.22 Gross Profit 1,232,693.61 1,383,422.43 1,534,110.96 1,684,830.78 Operating Expense 599,814.00 599,814.00 599,814.00 599,814.00 Net Income before taxes 632,879.61 783,608.43 934,296.96 1,085,016.78 Table 6.1 Average Growth Rate 2017: 783,608.43 – 632,879.61/ 632,879.61 =…

The industry has a variation of products and services offered by the top communication providers, mainly Verizon, At&t, Sprint and T-Mobile. After economic reviews and ratings in the industry the main areas of performance and prices, family plans and metro area coverage were reviewed. According to the Tom’s Guide (2016) carriers review, the basis of this survey was to rank the top industry performers in Quality, Customer Service, Performance and Plans. The strategic group map was created by…

Timber Investments. Not disclosed is the reason for the proposed sale. Another non addressed issue is the poor performance of Timbervest versus other timber related investment comparisons. At the Timbervest investment promotional meeting at Mesirow Financial in Highland Park, IL. in July 2005 given by you and William Boden, I inquired how a Timbervest investment would compare to the Timberland Index. I was told that comparisons would not be precise due to the active nature of Timbervest, but…

Loan number 1 has an interest rate of 5%, a time of 5 years, a down payment of $2,500, a monthly payment of $481.83, and an overall cost of the car after the loan is paid of $28,910.08. Though this option has the lowest interest rate and monthly payment, the length in the years is the highest out of all the loans, so this chocie was elmiated. Also, actual cost of the vehicle after loan is paid is decent since it is the thrid lowest and highest of out of all the choices. Option number 2 has an…