Financial Analysis:
Since 2014, CVS stock has grown exponentially well making a return of close to 80%. CVS is currently trading at $101.95 dollars. Their market cap roughly $111 billion dollars. The company’s 52 week high is $113.65 dollars and the 52 week low is $81.32 dollars. The company has been experiencing constant growth due to their increase in retail sales, minuteclinic services, and specialty drug offerings. The above graph illustrates the CVS Health’s stock performance on yearly bases over the last twenty years. This growth in the stock price between 2011 and present is due to a few factors. CVS early strategic acquisitions positioned them to expand their reach across the Midwest and Southeast areas which increase their revenue.
(c) Hydrogenics Corporation financed its assets mostly through debt. In 2013, it had 84.6% debt and 15.4% equity. Similarly in 2012, it had 89.7% debt and 10.3% equity. Its debt to equity ratio was 5.50 times and 8.72 times in 2013 and 2012 respectively. The debt to equity ratio of Hydrogenics Corporation is a concern to creditors. Potential creditors might be reluctant to extend credit to the company.
NVE Corporation was founded in 1989 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Originally called Nonvolatile Electronics, the company changed its name to NVE Corporation after going public on the Nasdaq stock exchange in 2000; their ticker symbol is NVEC. The word “nonvolatile” refers to memory that retains information after a power source has been removed. Since their founding, NVEC has been granted over $50 million in government research contracts, especially for their research in the nonvolatile memory called MRAM or magnetoresistive random access memory. These contracts helped NVEC develop an intellectual property portfolio and accumulate over 50 patents regarding spintronic and MRAM technology. Recently the company has reduced their dependence on research contracts and has grown tremendously through product sales, averaging an increase of 25% top-line growth the past three years.
Target, the nation's #2 discount chain, now operates more than 1,500 Target and Super Target stores in 47 states, as well as an online business called Target.com. Target and its larger grocery-carrying stores, Super Target, have carved out a niche by offering more upscale, fashion-forward merchandise than rivals Wal-Mart and Kmart. After years of struggling to turn around its Marshall Fields and Mervyns departments stores divisions, the discounter sold them both in 2004. Target also owns apparel supplier The Associated Merchandising Corp. and issues Target Visa and its proprietary Target Card (www.Answers.com/topic/target-corporation).
Last year, the company recorded revenues of C$45,394 million, an increase of 6.53% over FY2014.The operating profit of the company was C$1,601 million in FY2015, a increase of 142% compared with FY2014, year in which the company had a decrease of 49.9% on the operating profit, and the net profit of the company was C$623 million in FY2015, an increase the total of FY2014, C$53 million (Loblaw, 2016). Loblaw’s stock price (L.TO) ended the year priced at C$65.34, 6.5% higher than price at the begining of the year C$61.35 (Yahoo Finances,
Target Corporation has indicated a significant increase in the number of years it has been operational. The company experienced important changes in growth when it transformed from a regional store to a national retailer.
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Assuming that you've just been hired as a financial analyst of ABC Inc., a Texas company specializing in mid-sized to create high fashion clothing. Since no one in this company is familiar with the basics of a financial plan, you have been asked to prepare a brief report that the CEO of the company can use to achieve at least a rudimentary understanding of the topic.
Kimberly-Clark (KMB) was founded in 1972 and manufactures and operates in the personal & health care paper products industry. They are a multi-billion dollar corporation, which is well-known for brands such as Huggies, Kleenex, and Scott paper towels. Kimberly Clark currently operates worldwide and services more than 140 countries. KMB two biggest competitors are consumer giants Procter & Gamble (PG) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). The financial evaluation of the personal care product industry and the competition within the industry allows Kimberly Clark to evaluate their competiveness. Utilizing the financial statement and ratios creates both short-term and long-term evaluation of risks and returns. Effectively using these Ratio analyses and comparisons will provide a business strategy to leverage efficient use of capital maximize return on investment, assets and equity and the ability to pay debt.
...rs, setting a good trend for the corporation. They also have a very low debt-to-equity ratio, indicating that they have enough equity to easily pay off any funds acquired from creditors. As a creditor I would feel safe in lending them funds for any future projects or endeavors.
over 900% since. This growth is related to the management style operated by Kevin Plank and the top management.
...including their expiring patents and inefficiencies in their research and development practices. In the end, Novartis has a very strong internal environment. Their strategic direction, value chain, strengths, resources, and capabilities have allowed them to grow, develop, and truly become a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry.
Ulta’s stock performance from 2010 to the present has been positive. According to Yahoo Finance (n.d.), in Jan 2010 Ulta’ stock was around $19.40 per share and in January of 2015 the price per share was around $126.84. The company has experienced an increase of $137.88 from 2010 to 2015 which is a 610% percent increase. Ulta’s stocks have increased steadily over the past five and a half years, based on the highest closing price per year. The price per share was $34.95 in 2010 which increased to $69.63 in 2011. Then 2012 Ulta share prices rose to $100.28, the increase continued in 2013 with stocks reaching $128.85 and a slight decline in prices in 2014 with shares at $127.84. Presently, the highest close for 2015 thus far has been July with shares at $157.23. (Yahoo Finance, n.d.). Shareholders in 2012 received a cash dividend from Ulta totaling $63 million dollars another indicator of positive stock growth (MarketLine, 2014). In 2014, the company approved a $300 million share repurchase plan where they bought back 321,113 shares valued at about $40 million dollars (Ulta 2014 Annual Report, 2014). The success of a company and its stock is evident in Ulta’s ability and desire to repurchase their stock.
Apple Inc.’s Financial Analysis case study will cover the nine-step assessment process to evaluate the company’s future financial health. The nine-step evaluation process will entail the following: 1) Fundamental analysis covers objectives, plan of action, market, competing technology, and governing and operational traits, 2) Fundamental analysis-revenue direction, 3) Investments to support the firm’s entities action plan, 4) Forthcoming profit and competitive accomplishment, 5) Forthcoming external financial requirements, 6) Accessibility to direct at sources of external finance, 7) Sustainability of the 3-5 year plan, 8) Strain examination beneath scenarios of calamity, and 9) Present financial plan (State University, 2013). The fundamental analysis will be explained primarily in the next section.
Choosing two profitable stocks amongst a myriad of potential alternatives is a daunting task to say the least. In order to narrow my choices from thousands to two, I examined several aspects of companies I was interested in. Among these were, company overview, alpha and beta ratings, price ratios, price charts, and company headlines. After evaluating this information, I chose Intuit INC (INTU) listed on the NASDAQ and Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) listed on the NYSE.
Since the company has a strong focus on innovation the company may see lower growth in sales when they release a new product. The company as a whole is in the maturity stage. The company has remained strong and steady so there has not been much fluctuation.