Ratio decidendi

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…

Operational Efficiency (Appendices 3) The management activities of operating asset are the most importance factors in the field of profit and loss. The main business activities in the management of asset are total inventory and asset management and so on. Inventory is very important, because it is the fastest flow of assets into cash in a normal business process, and fundamentally affects the cash flow Inventory turnover measures the conversion speed between inventory and sales and is defined by…

Fig. 5 shows the monotonic and cyclic stress-strain responses of selected specimens having all influential parameters considered in this study, such as the volumetric ratio of transverse steel reinforcement, number of CFRP layers, and aspect ratio. In this figure, the axial stress was calculated by dividing the axial load to the column cross-sectional area, and the corresponding axial strain was derived from the average readings of the four LVDTs divided by the central gauge length of each…

Balance Sheet Observation Pinnacle Entertainment INC. (PNK) a) What is the trend, in each company, in total revenues over the three years? Growth has been observed in revenue. It is increased from (2012) 1,002,836 to (2014) 2,210,543 which is 120% growth as compare to base year. Revenue is very sensitive for the survival of company but since growth rate is very high, it is sign that company will grow further in future. PNK need to maintain it through the period, any negative in growth can…

The increase is vaguely from one year to the next, however one may consider this a yo yo effect as CVS proceeds to elevate from 2012 to 2013 then regress once again in 2014. I would like to point out though, during 2011 the ROA was at the lowest point during 2010-2014. The net income did in fact increase from 2010-2011, however, there sales significantly increase during this time period. One would conclude that this reason would indicate why their margins are at a lower point, which is…

Should musicals be made into movies? That is a pivotal question of our generation. There are many reasons why musicals should not be made into movies. There are many justifications of this point including accurately depicting the musical, choosing to use well-known actors over those that have true talent, and the loss of uniqueness of each live performance. There are many reasons why musicals should be made into movies, such as preservation, reaching a broader audience, and convenience. There…