Introduction This report is going to use annual report to analyze the Next PLC through multiple point of view for the purpose of advise, and the final user will be the board of NEXT PLC. The report will consist of three parts, firstly, it will illustrate the comparison on performance, financial position and liquidity between year 2010 and 2011, meanwhile compare the same criteria with its competitor - Debenham PLC in 2011. Secondly, Explain and evaluate how the company applies the international accounting standards. In final part, it will have executive summary covering part one and two. PART ONE Compare NEXT PLC Current performance, financial position and liquidity with previous year. Next plc : Next is a UK based retailer company, it has range of product categories include: Clothing, Footwear, accessories and home products. Next offer production through three main distribution channel: Next Retail, Next Directory, and Next International. There is also a increasing capability on online channel.( NEXT PLC, 2011) Performance In 2011, Next PLC did the excellent job on performance, it has record on profit, sales, earning per share and dividends. Although there was challenging environment face retailer industry during recent years.( NEXT PLC, 2011 page 1) According to the data from the Next Annual Report and Account January 2011(NEXT PLC, 2011 page43) , we can calculate that profitability ratio between 2010 and 2011, Gross profit margin: 29.26%, 29.21%, Operating profit margin: 15.55%, 16.64%, Net profit margin: 10.69%, 11.61%. As result showed, except Gross profit margin, Operating profit and Net profit margin increased by 1.09% and 0.92%. There was reasons why gross profit margin had downward figure, the Next PLC had suffered a ... ... middle of paper ... ...eater in 2011 than previous year in perspectives of performance, financial position and liquidity. When compared with its rivalry DEBENHAMS PLC, NEXT gained advantage on performance, in other hand, DEBENHAMS had better condition of finnancial position and liquidity. In part two, the report went through IAS (1,16, 37,18,2), it examined how NEXT PLC applied with these standard and how company recognized and disclosed the firgure in the note to financial statement, in which was followed the accounting policy. Reference List: DEBENHAMS PLC. (2011). DEBENHAMS annual report and account. Page6,45,63-67,84. Available: http://ar11.debenhamsplc.com/media/report/FullReport.pdf. NEXT PLC . (2011). Next annual report and account 2011. Page 1,2,4,41,43-50,52,53,57,64,66,73,80. Available: http://www.nextplc.co.uk/~/media/Files/N/Next-PLC/pdfs/latest-news/2011/ar2011.pdf.
Televisory analysed and compared the results of September 2015 quarter with September 2016 quarter. The EBITDA per square foot decreased by 6.8% from USD 12.56 to USD 11.70 as can be seen from the below EBITDA bridge. This decline was still better than the sharp decline at a CAGR of 8.8% over the past 5 years. However, the EBITDA per square foot decreased, the revenue per square foot increased by USD 9.60. The chart beneath shows that the average number of employees per store has increased. This will result in a better customer experience. The inventory turnover period improved from 103 days to 95 days. The below chart depicts that the average revenue per store has also improved. This shows that Finish Line rightly identified the underperforming stores. This, in turn, also improved the cash conversion cycle from 72.1 days to 57.1 days. The EBITDA margin decreased, however, this decrease would have been more if the underperforming stores were still
This is a report on the operations of J. Sainsbury Plc and Morrisons and will focus on a financial analysis and comparative analysis, from which an evaluation will be drawn on to determine which of the two companies would seem to be a more viable investment to a potential investor. My report is going to focus on using ratio analysis to look at the liquidity, profitability and gearing of Sainsburys and Morrisons. Both companies work in the same industry and are competitors. I will use various ratios to analyse their company accounts and finally comment on the best performing company.
The purpose of this report is to indicate the financial position of British Petroleum as compared to its competitors. British Petroleum is the world’s seven super major valuable oil and Gas Company and is the constituent of FTSE 100. The company operates through 17800 service stations all over the world and produces about 3.2 billion barrels per day. The company conducts in operations in almost 80 countries. By market capitalisation the company is ranked at sixth position and has been ranked as fifth in terms of revenue generation in the oil and gas industry. (British Petroleum , 2006). This report analyses the financial position of British Petroleum by analysing its current performance to its last year performance and by analysing the performance
In 2012 Macy’s had a gross profit margin and net income margin of 11148, and 1335 respectively. In 2013 Macy’s had a gross profit margin and net income margin of 11206, and 1486 respectively. In 2014 Macy’s had a gross profit margin and net income margin of 11242, and 1526 respectively ("Annual Reports/Fact Book -Macy 's Inc."). Gross profit and net income margin both show steady increases year over year, this data indicates Macy 's is continuing to grow at a sustainable rate. In 2013, Macy’s inventory turnover was 3.15, and decreased to 3.03 in 2014. Number of days sales in inventory in 2013 was 115.84 and 120.28 in 2014 ("Annual Reports/Fact Book -Macy 's Inc."). With the decrease in inventory turnover and conversely an increase in number of days sales in inventory Macy 's is showing a decrease in managing inventory, in other words this excess inventory is decreasing
The financial report shows that sainsbury 's equity ratio fell from 38.48% in 2016 to 35.38% in 2014, while tesco was 19.65% in 2016. The data show that Sainsbury is well-run and all aspects of operation are stable. When shareholders run the company, more resources can be used to get a better return. Earnings per share can be directly seen in the financial report, which is an important measure of equity. It can predict the future of the company 's profitability. Sainsbury 's unit profit margin for the past three years averaged 0.3% and the trend is reduced, even negative in 2015. This means that the company is losing money in 2015 and this trend is similar to tesco. Although the downward trend represents a drop in the company 's profitability, Sainsbury 's stock market is optimistic, as the 2014 and 2016 figures indicate that Sainsbury 's shares are blue-chip stocks. The ratio of shareholders ' equity to asset - liability ratio is equal to 1. These two ratios reflect the long-term financial situation. The larger the ratio of shareholders ' equity, the smaller the ratio of assets to liabilities . The smaller the financial risk, the stronger the ability
As Next PLC is a public company it is very important that the executives are experienced in running a FTSE 100 company. They must be aware of how the
This report includes financial analysis of retail company ‘’Sainsbury’s’’, one of the biggest retail companies in the United Kingdom .The report examines the financial health of the business and evaluates the business performance by summarising the financial performance and applying financial ratios to further analyse the business’ financial . The financial analysis is displayed by analysing the information gathered from website ‘‘companies’ house’’. All the taken information contains income statements, cash flow statements and balance sheets. By the end of this report, a clear understanding of ‘Sainsbury’s’ financial analysis will be made, so that viable investment decision could be made accurately.
The objective of this report is to give an overall view on research and analysis to regards of two companies, Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc and Tesco Plc that I have chosen for. In this report, I will be comparing two companies’ financial analysis based on their comprehensive income and balance sheet for one year; and also will be comparing their generating cash ability, cash management and financial adaptability based on statement of cash flows for the past two year and also determine whether the two companies have the ability to repay their debts to their creditors, generating into cash and going concern which related to finance.
The main contributing factor to the decline in the return on stockholders’ equity (25.37% to 8.73%) was the decline in the profit margin (11.79% vs. 5.08%). The decrease in asset turnover (1.11 to 1.00) made a small contribution to the decline, as did the decline in the debt ratio (48.4% to 41.8%).
1. Context: In early September’08 Giant Consumer Products, Inc. (GCP) realized that Frozen food division, which had been growing at 2.8% (compounded annual growth) rate since 2003 to 2007 and accounted for almost 33% of GCP’s overall business volume, is not doing well now. The sales as well revenue volume is around 3.9% behind the target. Most specifically marketing margin (key parameter for GCP business) was also under plan by 4.1%. GCP had been doing well in wall-street but performance of past couple of quarters has increased the worries of GCP i.e. whether GCP will able to maintain its profitable growth.
Analyzing the company’s gross profit margin over the last three to five years, not much has changed. In 2010, the gross profit margin reached its height in the fourth quarter, with 41.56%. In 2011, the
Introduction The purpose of this report is to undertake financial analysis of the position of the three major supermarket chains (Tesco plc, Morrison plc and Sainsbury plc) in the UK, using the financial tools such as Horizontal and Vertical Analysis and Ratio Analysis. The calculations done are considering the figures from the income statement and balance sheet of these three companies for the last 2 years (2008 & 2007). Doing these calculations is an effort to find out the current position and if any forecast on their performance. Tesco Plc *Interpreting the Horizontal and Vertical *Analysis The balance sheet’s horizontal analysis reveals the first worrying statistics about the company- the fact that stock level has increased by 25.84% in the year, even though net assets have increased by only 12.59%. The vertical analysis of the balance sheet again highlights the increase in amount of stock held by the company at the end of 2008 and increase in current assets. Interpreting the Ratio Analysis By looking at the ROCE* ratio it is clear that the business has not generated any higher return in the period 2007-2008. Though there is a marginal decrease in the returns (0.14% from 0.16%), however when compared with returns of other competitors Tesco plc has performed much better. Drop in asset utilisation ratio in the year 2008 indicates that the company did not use its assets efficiently to generate sales. As a result profit margin dropped down to 5.91% in 2008 from 6.21% in the year 2007. The Acid test ratio also doesn’t meet the ‘ideal’ ratio of 1:1. In other words Tesco had only 38p of quickly realisable assets to meet each £1 of current liabilities. Stock turn shows the effect of increased stock at the end of 2008 as it s...
Evaluating a company’s financial condition can be done by looking at its profitability or its ability to satisfy long-term commitments. These measures can be viewed through an analysis of a company’s financial statements, including the balance sheet and income statement. This paper will look at the status of Scholastic Company’s (Scholastic) ability to satisfy its long-term commitments and at the profitability of Daktronics, Inc. (Daktronics). This paper will include various financial ratio calculations and an analysis of the notable trends. It will also discuss the profitability and long-term borrowing positions of the firms discussed.
The first analysis will be on Verizon. The current ratio and the debt to equity ratio both improved in 2006 when compared to 2005. However, the net profit margin dropped from 9.8% to 7.0%. What does this tell us as investors...
68 Net Profit Margin 2.02% 2.09% 1.87% Amazon Revenue 2045 1902 1745 Net Income 207 167 145 Net Profit Margin 0.27% 0.56% 1.74% Wal-Mart Revenue 1550 1450 1250 Net Income 1920 1810 1327 Net Profit Margin 3.07% 3.39% 3.39% Source: Nasdaq (2017) The financial data of a company is often an indication of the From the financial data, the sustainability and profitability of the company can be established.