Assignment 7c...Financial Management Paper

1. Ratio analysis A company reports accounting data in its financial statements. This data is used for financial analyses that provide insights into a company's strengths, weaknesses, performance in specific areas, and trends in performance. These analyses are often used to compare a company's performance to that of its competitors or to its past or expected future performance. Such insight helps managers and analysts improve their decision making. Consider the following scenario: You work for a brokerage firm. Your boss asked you to analyze Blue Parrot Manufacturing's performance for the past three years and to write a report that includes a benchmarking of the company's performance. Which of the following components would be best for you to include in your financial statement analysis? A critique of the company's financial statements and a report of any misprints to be sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission A calculation of financial ratios and an evaluation of the…

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select a “start-up” company in an industry of your choice and provide a brief summary description of the start-up company you chose and the goods or services it provides. 1. As a start-up company, identify three Credit Risks the company currently faces today or could face in the future. Explain in detail why these risks are a threat to the company. 2. What advice would you give to the CEO of the company to prevent or minimize these credit risks?

Direction: Answer comprehensively the following questions. 1. Explain the shareholder wealth maximization goal of the firm and how it can be measured. Make an argument for why it is better goal than maximizing profit. 2. What conflicts of interest can arise between managers and stockholders? 3. Name and describe as many stockholders as you can. 4. State the kinds of assurances that investors and creditors seek from a firm. 5. What are the three types of financial management decisions? For each type of decision, give an example of a business transaction that would be relevant.

Most investors and analysts in the financial community pay particular attention to a company's ROE. The ROE can be calculated simply by dividing a firm's net income by the firm's shareholder's equity, and it can be subdivided into the key factors that drive the ROE. Investors and analysts focus on these drivers to develop a clearer picture of what is happening within a company. An analyst gathered the following data and calculated the various terms of the DuPont equation for three companies: Company A Company B Company C ROE 12.0% 15.5% 21.5% Profit Margin 57.3% 58.2% 58.0% X Total Assets Turnover X Equity Multiplier 9.8 10.2 10.3 2.14 2.61 3.60 Referring to these data, which of the following conclusions will be true about the companies' ROES? O The main driver of Company A's inferior ROE, as compared with that of Company B's and Company C's ROE, is its use of higher debt financing. O The main driver of Company C's superior ROE, as compared with that of Company A's and Company B's ROE,…

Case Study: Accounting

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Give three reasons why accountants need to be ethical in their duties in regards to preparation of financial statements. Explain the importance of these ethics to the companycompliance issues for emerging growth companies. Respond to this question: Is SOX so cumbersome that it limits economic growth of new businesses?

Which of the following are examples of financial objectives that a company might choose to pursue?               A         Provision of good wages and salaries             B         Restricting the level of gearing to below a specified target             C         Dealing honestly and fairly with customers on all occasions             D         Producing environmentally friendly products                                      Which of the following is true?               A         Management accounting is highly regulated             B         Financial accounting is highly regulated             C         Management accounting is externally focused             D         Financial accounting is only internally communicated                        Which of the following is NOT a connected stakeholder?               A         Shareholders             B         Customers             C         Competitors             D         Local community…

From a perspective of this argument, expose a opinion of the preceding statement using the following guide questions. A crucial role of financial managers is in making financial decisions and exercising control over finances in the organization. They make use of techniques like ratio analysis, financial forecasting, profit, and loss analysis, among others.Imaging you are the CFO of a multinational corporation and part of your daily tasks are the making of financial decisions, and one specific of those decisions will boost this quarter earnings but will impact stock market value. What should you do? Implement your decision or modify it to halter the potential impact of stock value?  Maximum length and format Four pages,

Part AThe corporate disclosure practice will help all the stakeholders to understand and measure businessoperation. Annual financial statement and particularly income statement is one of the most important ones.However, a company's reported profits will be impacted by different factors, including when particulartransactions and events are recognised and how such transactions and events are measured.Requirement:1) Using earning management concept, discuss why the timing of recognising events that impactincome, revenue or profit or expenses are important for managers?"Maximum 1000 words."Part BABC Ltd has incorporated a bonus plan that rewards the board of directors (executive members) by providinga bonus of 3 per cent of reported profits. This is an Accounting-based incentive that has the advantage whichthe accounting results may be based on subunit or divisional performance."A well-informed labour market will motivate management to work to maximise the value of its…

Problem 1 For each situation, indicate whether it is indicative of poor corporate governance. Explain the reasoning for your assessment. a. The company is in the financial services sector and has a large number of consumer loans, including mortgages, outstanding. b. The CEO's and CFO's compensation is based on three components: (a) assets and profits, and (c) base salary, (b) bonus based on growth significant stock options. c. The audit committee meets semiannually. It is chaired by a retired CFO who knows the company well because she had served as the CFO of a division of the firm. The other two members are local community members - one is the president of the Chamber of Commerce and the other is a retired executive from a successful local manufacturing firm. d. The company has an internal auditor who reports directly to the CFO and makes an annual report to the audit committee. e. The CEO is a dominating personality - not unusual in this environment. He has been on the job for six…

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Question 1 Financial management in business organizations seeks to make financial decisions that would avoid some of the problems that organizations may encounter. Among these problems is the problem of financial hardship, which may lead to the bankruptcy of business organizations. Speak up to 800 words on this topic, supporting your essay with practical examples, results and recommendations