Ratios

profitability negatively. From their study, the firms could maximize their profitability by achieving the lowest level of leverage. Previous researches completed by Gill, Biger and Mathur (2010) and Lazaridis and Tryfonidis (2006) used financial debt ratio as a proxy of leverage. Both of their results indicated negative relationship between firm leverage and the dependent variable. This means that the leverage is inversely with the profitability of firms. The reason given by Lazaridis and…

average which was 14.20%. The positive earnings of Intel and the negative earnings for AMD has resulted in better ratios for Intel when it comes to Return on Equity, Return on Assets and P/E ratio. Although Intel’s P/E ratio of 14.25 is in the positive it also showcases that they are expected to grow less than the industry average which has a P/E ratio of 22.10. Based on key ratios Intel has a clear financial advantage over AMD for at least the previous four years starting in 2012. Where Intel…

to evaluate Cango’s performance and current financial position compared to Amazon, one of Cango’s biggest competitors. Bravo consulting decided to use the Ratio Analysis in order to analyze the process of the financial statements by computing ratios, and in this way inform the possible changes in the financial condition of Cango.. This Ratio Analysis will allow Bravo Consulting Inc to evaluate the key performance indicators like liquidity, solvency, and profitability of Cango. Such…

The total amount of money arrived by paying all the expenses and taxes which is usually distributed to shareholders is called profitability. Investors decide their investment keeping in view the profitability. The following are ratios covered in profitability and their brief overview on Tesco. a) Gross profit margin It measures the cost of goods sold as a percentage of sales giving an idea how well a company controls its cost, manufactures its products and subsequently passes…

Staples vs. Office Depot Staples and Office Depot compete against one another by selling similar products such as office and school supplies. The difference between these two companies may not be very noticeable when looking at them through a broad lens. However, after comparing the financial statements of these two companies, I found that the profitability, liquidity, and solvency of each is what distinguishes Staples from Office Depot. When comparing the profitability of these two…

inventory turnover ratio explains how many times a company’s inventory is sold and replaced over a period of time. A lower inventory turnover ratio indicates that Crazy Eddie is selling fewer inventories. Asset turnover also took a pretty big plunge. The asset turnover ratio is the amount of sales generated for every dollar in assets. A low asset turnover ratio indicates that the firm is struggling to use its assets to generate revenue. In relation to this is the return on assets ratio. This…

percent in 2025 to reach $710,699,986. This shows a decreasing influence on the current liability and current asset account balances. The retained earnings are also expected to grow at the same pace since they are tied to sales through dividend payout ratio and profit margin. However, the industry and economy would have an effect on the forecasted figures due to restructuring in the industry may drastically shift the market share among the participants with economic business cycle also playing a…

greater than 5% (cost of debt) with only one unfavorable year for financing in 2013 probably due to the impending lawsuit. By the end of 2013, Starbucks had total assets of $11,517 million and total liabilities of $7037 million produced a debt-to-asset ratio of…

hold only 31.7% of the industry market share, the remaining being held by many small companies, each with less than 5% of the market share. (Hurley) Foot Locker focuses mostly on athletic shoes, which represent 90% of their total sales. (Hurley) It holds the largest market share within the industry and as such its sales were about 2.5 times that of the other three competitors in 2014. (Foot Locker Inc. Form 10-K 2014) Payless ShoeSource, the main brand of Wolverine Worldwide, focuses mainly on…

Health care managers are referred as a health care administrators or even a health care executive. The health care, managing job at common facilities, the health care manager has all parts or some managers part of the description. For instance, at a home for the elderly that the writer worked at in the past had a “Healthcare Administrator” over the entire facility. Working in a hospital, health care managers may work one section, although he or she will team up with other department health care…