Ratios

to make informed decisions, we will employ a ratio analysis from our annual report. Ratio analysis is an evaluation of a business 's financial standing. We can use our financial analysis to compare our performance towards our financial objective, as well as our standing in comparison to other businesses that are in our activity (Nickels,…

I think the Debt/GDP ratio could be slightly higher as election years have always seen a reduced growth forecast even for nominal GDP. However, at that debt level, even though in practice it is difficult to determine what a “safe” debt level, the macroeconomic environment points to the fact that our fiscal space (maximum debt threshold) is almost running out. Therefore Ghana will be faced with severe debt sustainability risk with the rising debt levels. With the slow real GDP growth, low…

By analysing efficiency ratios, an organisation is able to measure “how effectively certain resources have been utilised by the business” (Atrill, et al., 2015, p. 253). The monitoring of key internal activities, provides organisations with relevant data for comparison purposes, using benchmarks such as a previous financial periods, industry competitors or planned performance for evaluation (Atrill, et al., 2015, p. 254). An analysis of the following four efficiency ratios, using financial data…

Using Finger Digit Ratios (2D:4D) to Determine the Sex Differences in Empathising and Systemising Behaviours Introduction Foetal Testosterone (fT) has been suggested to indicate different sex behaviours and play a large part in shaping the human brain, for example, a ‘male’ systematic brain or even extreme masculine brain conditions such as Autism. Studies have suggested that ‘male foetuses produce 2.5 times more testosterone than females’ (Auyeung et al, 2006), and this testosterone has been…

Ethical Dilemma: Impact of Nurse to Patient Ratios Jamie R. Dupuy University of Louisiana Lafayette  Ethical Dilemma: Impact of Nurse to Patient Ratios On the night shift in an ICU, a nurse finds herself working, the unit assigned to the Code Blue team with one other RN, no ancillary staff support, and six patients. As she is standing between two patient’s rooms, both of which have alarms sounding, a Code Blue is called on the floor. Which patient should she respond to first?…

In order to understand how to manipulate the sex ratio it is crucial to understand its composition. In 1979, China implemented the notorious ‘one child policy’ with the intent of reserving its dwindling resources (CBC News). However, when parents were faced with the dilemma of only having one child…

Analysts rely on three ratios to assess the financial fitness of a company. An investor should look at the debt and equity rates. The debt ratio tells more about the total liabilities over assets. One should invest when a company’s short-term debts are lower than short-term assets since that is an indication of financial fitness (Berk…

Creating a mandatory staffing ratio between nurses and patients will prevent many medical errors. Medical errors account for 98,000 preventable patient deaths each year, these can be caused by distractions, interruptions, ineffective communication, etc (Townsend, 2013). Over working our nurses can create higher nurse burnout and worsening health. We don’t need research to show that fatigue and sleep deprivation causes memory problems, slower reaction time, longer information processing time, and…

important to us at this juncture. First, Amazon’s debt ratio compares total debt to total assets, telling the reader the proportion of assets financed by debt tools. Amazon’s debt ratio increased slightly over the last three years, from 0.76 to 0.80, and is slightly higher than Walmart’s debt ratio, 0.60. Though Amazon is a younger company fervently pursuing growth and is subsequently likely to carry more debt to finance that growth, this ratio should be watched in coming years to determine…

The three main liquidity ratios are the current ratio, the quick ratio and the cash ratio. The current ratio is defined as the current assets divided by the current liabilities. This was 1.04% in 2016, which is essentially unchanged in 2017. The quick ratio is the current assets less the inventories, divided by the current liabilities. For Amazon, this is .74%. Both of these figures are healthy, as is the cash ratio of .59%. Net Working Capital (NWC) is also a measure…