Reference no: EM131187034
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 250-300 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
There are basically 5 categories of financial statement analysis that is employed to assess the health of companies related to their financial performance. They are generally classified as liquidity, efficiency, debt, profitability and market-based ratios.
Select 1 of the categories, and discuss the following:
What does each ratio in the category attempt to measure?
What individual ratios does it employ?
List at least 3.
Discuss each of the ratios that you have identified.
How is each calculated?
What does each measure?
What is the general rule of thumb associated is ratio?
How do you know if a ratio is improving or deteriorating?
And what are some of the weaknesses or limitations of each ratio?
|
Forecast demand for product
: Suppose you have been asked to forecast demand for a product for year 2014 using the exponential smoothing method. In 2013, the forecast demand was 910 and the actual demand was 850. Using a smoothing constant of 0.3, what is the demand forecast for ..
|
|
Estimate turnstars weighted average cost of capital
: Estimate Turnstar's weighted average cost of capital. You can use the income statement information to estimate the tax rate. If Turnstar uses this in the capital budgeting process what assumptions are they making.
|
|
Subject matter of symbolist art diverge radically
: How did the subject matter of Symbolist art diverge radically from Realism? What types of behavior and interests does fin-de-siècle describe? What did Art Nouveau try to synthesize?
|
|
Explain why a weighted competitive strength assessment
: Draw a typical company value chain and briefly explain why the proficiency with which a firm performs the activities comprising its value chain matters. What is benchmarking and why is it a strategically important analytical tool? Explain why a weigh..
|
|
Discuss each of the ratios that you have identified
: What is the general rule of thumb associated is ratio? How do you know if a ratio is improving or deteriorating? And what are some of the weaknesses or limitations of each ratio?
|
|
Homework assignment in electronic format
: Please feel free to submit your homework assignment in electronic Format: WORD (preferred) or PDF documents.
|
|
How much income from the project should hubbard report
: The contract price was $8.4 million. Hubbard estimated that the building would cost $5.4 million.- How much income from the project should Hubbard report in 2016?
|
|
Standards and conventions of the it community
: Ensure that your writing is professional and consistent with the standards and conventions of the IT community.
|
|
What is kindle fire a tablet or something else
: What is Kindle Fire - a tablet or something else? Who should Amazon target with the Kindle Fire - which customer segments are most promising and how would they use the product?
|