Financial terminology

Over the past three years, Under Armour’s operating margin has decreased from 11.5% in 2014 to 10.3% in 2015 to 8.7% in 2016. Meanwhile, Nike’s operating margin has stayed somewhat consistent with 13.6% in 2015, 13.9% in 2016, and 13.8% in 2017. Similar to Nike, Lululemon stayed consistent with 20.9% in 2015, 20.5% in 2016, and 23.4% in 2017. This is an indication of the company's profitability from current operations before tax. Each company is looking to improve long-term growth for future…

The biggest problem Reed Supermarket is facing is the loss of their market shares to their competitors who offer similar products for lower prices. The rise of supercentres, warehouses, and dollar stores alike have demonstrated the buying habits of today’s cost-conscious customers. Sales have declined in Reed Supermarkets, the change being -0.05% over five years from 2005-2010 with customers citing high prices as a deterrent. In 2010, a household in Columbus makes an average of 2.1 weekly trips…

The Story Mobile World Investment JSC will expand its business to grocery retailing and international markets. To 2020, the company expects to successfully expand its chain in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, meanwhile, increase mobile market share from 30% to 40%. MWG will expand DienmayXANH chain to become the number one consumer eletronics retailer by the end of 2017. In the wake of dirty food situation, in September, 2015, Mr. Tai and his partners launched a new business model in areas not…

This study attempts to address the issues, securities and circulation of money in pawnshops. What is pawnshop? According to Caskey and Zikmund (1990), ”Pawnshops are one of many financial institutions supplying consumer credit, yet they do not compete directly with other financial institution for customers”. It provides variety services such as credit system between the creditor and debtor, mortgage and even money exchange. There are two parties in pawnshops; the lender and the borrower.…

Ⅲ. Consequences: where do companies save money when labor costs rise to the top? Could that be related on a long-term view? a) Manage making and increasing profits despite high labor costs in car industry, especially Toyota Labor cost is never a small part that influences the total cost in manufacturing industry, nor for all the industries. According to the latest EU labor cost statistic report , the labor cost in France (wage + benefits ) has raised from 31.2 euros in 2008 to 34.6 euros in…

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2.1.3 Company size Several studies have reported a negative link between firm size and short run underpricing (Megginson & Weiss, 1991, Ibbotson, Sindelar & Ritter, 1994; Carter, Dark & Singh, 1998). Younger and smaller companies are more underpriced because they are riskier (Ritter, 1984; Ritter, 1991; Megginson & Weiss, 1991). Michelsen and Klein (2011) argue that company size acts as a primary role when the firm was making decision on whether to go private or not. According to the authors,…

The proper marketing of Bitcoin casinos is becoming an essential part of succeeding in iGaming. In the past, all a casino needed to do to get a piece of the Bitcoin pie was to integrate Bitcoin payment in its infrastructure. That time is long past as more and more gaming sites are recognizing the cryptocurrency’s inherent advantages. Now, casinos should start trying to set themselves apart from their rivals by ensuring their marketing campaign makes their brand look unique and better than the…

1107. 10. Certifying the financial reports a. Fact: Doug and Sam file statements certifying the accompanying financial reports and management report when filing the SEC Form 10K. b. Issue: Did Doug and Sam violate Sarbanes-Oxley Act? c. Answer: Yes d. Rationale: 1. SOX 302 stated that the management has responsibility for financial reports. The CEO and CFO must prepare the financial statements fairly and make full disclosures. Doug and Sam didn’t present the financial statements fairly and…

Financial Analysis Profitability vs. Solvency The charts below show some of the most important aspects of the financial analysis. As you can see, CanGo is around the same ranges as Amazon and iTunes under the profitability and solvency ratios. This means that CanGo’s return on net sales is better than Amazon, however, return on net sales is not when compared to Amazon. The debt ratio is another way to see how well a company is managing their finances. As shown in the Profitability VS. Solvency…