Krispy Kreme’s Financial Health Looking at the financial reports of a company for the first time can be overwhelming if not intimidating. Analyzing the financial reports to determine the health of a company is much that same but different aspect must be looked at properly in order to predict and assess the health and wellness of a company. The different aspect in assessing the health of a company include the depreciation analysis, stock analysis, cash flow statement analysis, income statement trend analysis, management analysis, significant changes and possible reasons for the changes and implications of change. To begin the analysis on Krispy Kreme, the first analysis is that of the depreciation analysis. There are three different methods to calculate depreciation and they are straight-line, units-of-production and double-declining-balance (Larson, Wild, & Chiappetta, 2005). The Krispy Kreme Company uses the straight-line method to calculate their depreciation on building, machinery, equipment and leasehold improvements. The breakdown of the depreciation on property and equipment consist of land, buildings, machinery and equipment, leasehold improvements and construction in process (Larson, Wild, & Chiappetta, 2005). Krispy Kreme’s total gross property and equipment in 2002 was a total of $156,484,000 and in 2003, it was a total of $252,770,000. The accumulated depreciation for the year 2002 was a total of $43,907,000 and for the year 2003, the total was $50,212,000. To find the net property and equipment amount, taking the gross property and equipment and subtracting the accumulated depreciation is the equation used. The net property and equipment for the year 2002 would be $112,577,000 and 2003 would be $202,558,000. Once b... ... middle of paper ... ...nd expectations, including anticipated store and market openings, planned capital expenditures and trends in or expectations regarding the Company's operations and financing abilities that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. (Krispy Kreme Doughnut, May 07, 2002) All financial information and notes are used to asses a company’s health and predict what the coming year may hold. The information found on the financials contains a large amount of information and once one understands how to interpret it then one has a visual of the company’s health. References Larson, K. D., Wild, J.J. & Chiappetta B. (2005). Fundamental accounting principles (17th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin. Krispy Kreme Doughnut (May 07, 2002). Form 10-K. Retrieved on August 11, 2008 from www.10KWizard.com
The forecasted balance sheets, income statements and assumption provided to Goldengate Capital by Ernst and Anderson are shown in Exhibits. All dollar figures quoted are in thousands. The financial forecasts are conservative case sales estimates from Dr. Martinez. The three main factors considered in the estimates were case sales trends & demand, inflation and real price increases reflecting Calaveras' strengthening brand recognition.
In order to review the historical health of the firm I will calculate different ratios and gross margins and would try to see the trend. I will use Gordon Growth Model to find out the sustainable growth rate for the firm using historical data and then would compare it with its actual growth rate.
Kmart filed for reorganization under the U.S Bankruptcy code and announced they are going to develop a intend to manage the financial needs of their stakeholders. There plans were to cut back in size and restructure the organization. However, even with annuall...
Krispy Kreme is a doughnut company founded, in New Orleans in 1937 the owner, Vernon Rudolph bought the recipe and did not discover the recipe himself they started selling there doughnuts in local grocery stores in the earlier years of the brand. And then expanded nationally by selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the biggest grocery store Wal-Mart which promoted the brand on a national scale as it branched out to other states in America such as Chicago and became big franchisers’. Krispy Kreme had an Economic boom during the 1990’s as they expand out of America to Canada and to United Kingdom, as Tesco gained rights to sell Krispy Kreme’s throughout all their branches in the UK and Ireland during 2006 Krispy Kreme began to show adverts in February advertising more sales for valentine’s day, Krispy has had such a boom that there a stores all around the world such as Colombia and Japan the strategy they used was new product development which involved bringing out new valentine’s day doughnuts which boosted sales during this time period which showed how they tried to expand their business...
The financial health of a publicly traded company is used by potential investors looking to add value and profit to his or her portfolio. One may obtain this data from many different sources such as those used in this paper. The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, was founded to help protect investors by requiring by law publicly traded companies provide credible and relevant financial data for the public to access. There are also many online sites such as YahooFinance.com that anyone with access to the internet can use to research companies. Access to this financial data is the easy part, interpreting it is another matter. There are numerous ways to compile this data such as the common-size analysis (hor...
To enter in other countries is affected by a lot of factors. To make the decision of enter in new countries, we consider, first, it should be in countries that are closeness to other countries which already Krispy Kreme is, and has be successful. For example, Krispy Kreme today is present in countries that are named in the case, and has be successful, as Mexico, Britain, Australia and Japan, so is very logical to think that open new stores in closeness countries, with similar culture, would be successful to. Another reason could be that if they are closeness o neighbour, probably a lot of people from the new country have been there before and tried Krispy Kreme and already know the brand.
In other words, financial risk plays a significant role in determining an investor’s required rate of return. Therefore, any changes to the financial risk will impact the required rate of return in a similar fashion. If Home Depot increases its rate from 8% to 10%, the investor’s required rate of return increases. In addition, the company’s present value will decrease due to the increase in risk. “This happens beause the higher the discount rate, the lower the investment needs to be in order to achieve the target yield” (Schmidt 2013). For example, Home Depot has a 2015 free cash flows future value of $113 million. By increasing the risk discount rate from 8% to 10%, Home Depot’s present value decreases by $1.9 million from ($104.63) million to ($102.73) million. The higher discount rate enables Home Depot to invest its available $1.9 million in free cash flows into other capital leases or other growth-related opportunities. If Home Depot decreases its discounting rate to 6%, the present value for 2015 increases to ($106.60). In addition, the required rate of return decreases and the net present value increases by $88.59 million. Home Depot needs to increase its free cash flows to meet desired future value (Schmidt 2013) (The Home Depot, Inc. Form 10-K 2015) (Financial Risk
To become a Krispy Kreme franchisee, an entrepreneur must have the dream of one day owning their own business, have a willingness to take risks, be able to recognize opportunities when they occur and be a naturally optimistic thinker who can use their time, capital, and talent to achieve success. To be considered for a Krispy Kreme franchise, entrepreneurs must have demonstrated a time standing history of success as a businessperson, to be willing to work as part of and to foster a team environment, as well as have a large financial base in which to invest in the Krispy Kreme franchise. Although these characteristics are a solid base to be considered for any franchise, there is always risk of failure. In the words of General Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State, "A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work". (Boone & Kurtz p.12) Krispy Kreme uses these characteristics to choose the right persons to run their businesses, and in doing so, they promote a high quality team oriented atmosphere that adheres to the highest customer service.
The purpose of this paper is to explain the importance of net present value along with other investment criteria used in determining the value of business decisions regarding today’s investments for future returns. The paper will define what is meant by net present value and show how managers can use it as an analysis tool to decide if an investment is worth the calculated risk. Also, there will be three methods discussed that managers can use to propose the best financial projects to invest in to increase revenue for its owners. The methods discussed will include: the net present rule, the payback rule, and the internal rate of return. With each method there will be an explanation of their advantages and disadvantages for managers to consider in their analysis. In conclusion there will be a brief summary of important points regarding the benefits in calculating present values of cash assets toward investing for future corporate profits.
clients as much as possible with one stop is a sure draw for modern American consumers. Aside from breakfast there are not many who consider doughnuts as a full meal, it is generally considered a desert or at most a snack. Thus Krispy Kreme is faced with the problem of offering a greater variety of meals to suite lunch and dinner, or changing the way America perceives doughnuts to increase sales in existing markets.
Krispy Kreme doughnuts have been around for approximately seventy-five years. All properly made doughnuts glazed or jelly filled are good and in my opinion they have the best glazed doughnut in the market. Their mission is to “touch and enhance lives through the joy of Krispy Kreme “( http://www.krispykreme.com ). The vision is to “be the worldwide leader in sharing delicious tastes and creating joyful memories” ( http://www.krispykreme.com ).
Krispy Kreme Case Study Question 1. The chief element of Krispy Kreme's strategy is to deliver a better doughnut and to appeal to customers in new ways. They have taken great steps to insure customer satisfaction from the use of their proprietary flour recipe to their automated doughnut making machines. They have chosen to target mainly markets with 100,000 households. They also were exploring smaller-sized stores for secondary markets.
bottom line is that Krispy Kreme must revamp sales in order to increase cash flow or they
Competitively Krispy Kreme have remained successful in maintaining their strategy. On an ongoing basis strategies are implemented to be ahead of competing firms. In the event Krispy Kreme is able to reach their targeted progress in their earnings, the continuous demand for their donuts will increase. During 1998 and 2002 there was an increase in donut sale, company wide by 23.5% with an increase in revenue during this same time averaging 20%. Krispy Kreme effort to maintain effective marketing have propelled their customers experience and the word of mouth promotion strategy which also lends itself well to increase returning customers. With word of mouth promotion plus aggressive advertising measures through the media and the internet the potential of penetrating the market effectively and Krispy Kreme will continue to maintain their competitive
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to issue my recommendations to the CEO and Board of directions of Krispy Kreme. This corporation is on a downward spiral and changes must be made at a rapid pace in order for any hopes of survival. It is struggling financially and struggling to remain a valued member of the New York Stock Exchange.