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do you want to improve the qualitative characteristics of your firms financial statements. Which of the following options would most likely improve the timeliness of your company's financial statements? 1. decreasing the useful life of property plant and equipment from 10 years to five 2. increasing the number of disclosures 3. increasing the frequency of statements from annually to quarterly 4. changing the timing of born revenues are recognized

What is the first step in preparing a financial plan? Group of answer choices A forecast of revenue over some future time period Estimate how many additional assets the company will need Estimate the funds needed to implement the strategies Determine the expected level of profits for future periods

A paragraph stating your evaluation of the company’s performance and financial status for the quarter ending March 30, 2022. In your evaluation, state whether: o the business is profitable?o it is able to pay its current obligations/liabilities?o its assets are financed more by debts or equity?o its retained earnings increased or decreased during the quarter and why? You may state any other insights you have on the company’s financial statements. Justify your evaluation and support your discussion with relevant calculations or ratios.

Assignment  1  : Select a company. It is advised to choose the organization  ( if it is listed )  where you are employed for this assignment. If your organization is not listed you may choose any other listed company from your industry or related industry.  ·  Download last  3  years annual report.  ·  Compute the financial ratios for last  3  years and see the trend  [ Profitability ratios, Liquidity ratios, Activity Ratios, Financing Ratios, and Market Ratios ] .  You need to do this exercise on an excel file.  ·  Provide explanation on the strategic implications of these ratios on your company ’ s financial standing and strategy. You may explain in  2 - 3  lines for each category of ratios.  [ Profitability ratios, Liquidity ratios, Activity Ratios, Financing Ratios, and Market Ratios ] .  Use the same company as the one mentioned in Assignment  1 .   •  Part A: Strategic Analysis  •  Conduct a strategic analysis using PESTLE and Porter ’ s  5  forces tools for understanding the…

Calculate the average life, average age, and asset turnover ratios for Exxon Mobil. Discuss what each ratio tells you in the context of your chosen company. Calculate the accounts receivable turnover ratio and convert that ratio into days. Discuss what each ratio tells you in the context of your chosen company. Assets Fiscal year is January-December. All values USD millions. 2018 2019   Cash & Short Term Investments 3.04B 3.09B   Cash Only 3.04B 3.09B   Short-Term Investments - -   Total Accounts Receivable 24.7B 26.97B   Accounts Receivables, Net 19.64B 21.1B   Accounts Receivables, Gross 20.04B 21.51B   Bad Debt/Doubtful Accounts (400M) (405M)   Other Receivables 5.06B 5.87B   Inventories 18.96B 18.53B   Finished Goods 14.8B 14.01B   Work in Progress - -   Raw Materials 4.16B 4.52B   Progress Payments & Other - -   Other Current Assets 1.27B 1.47B…

Required information Skip to question   [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]   You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Lydex Company, a manufacturer of safety helmets. Your boss has asked you to perform a comprehensive analysis of the company’s financial statements, including comparing Lydex’s performance to its major competitors. The company’s financial statements for the last two years are as follows:   Lydex CompanyComparative Balance Sheet   This Year Last Year Assets         Current assets:         Cash $ 1,020,000 $ 1,260,000 Marketable securities   0   300,000 Accounts receivable, net   2,940,000   2,040,000 Inventory   3,660,000   2,100,000 Prepaid expenses   270,000   210,000 Total current assets   7,890,000   5,910,000 Plant and equipment, net   9,640,000   9,110,000 Total assets $ 17,530,000 $ 15,020,000 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity         Liabilities:         Current liabilities $ 4,070,000…

Required information Skip to question   [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]   You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Lydex Company, a manufacturer of safety helmets. Your boss has asked you to perform a comprehensive analysis of the company’s financial statements, including comparing Lydex’s performance to its major competitors. The company’s financial statements for the last two years are as follows:   Lydex CompanyComparative Balance Sheet   This Year Last Year Assets         Current assets:         Cash $ 860,000 $ 1,100,000 Marketable securities   0   300,000 Accounts receivable, net   2,300,000   1,400,000 Inventory   3,500,000   2,000,000 Prepaid expenses   240,000   180,000 Total current assets   6,900,000   4,980,000 Plant and equipment, net   9,320,000   8,950,000 Total assets $ 16,220,000 $ 13,930,000 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity         Liabilities:         Current liabilities $ 3,910,000 $…

Required information Skip to question   [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]   You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Lydex Company, a manufacturer of safety helmets. Your boss has asked you to perform a comprehensive analysis of the company’s financial statements, including comparing Lydex’s performance to its major competitors. The company’s financial statements for the last two years are as follows:   Lydex CompanyComparative Balance Sheet   This Year Last Year Assets         Current assets:         Cash $ 1,020,000 $ 1,260,000 Marketable securities   0   300,000 Accounts receivable, net   2,940,000   2,040,000 Inventory   3,660,000   2,100,000 Prepaid expenses   270,000   210,000 Total current assets   7,890,000   5,910,000 Plant and equipment, net   9,640,000   9,110,000 Total assets $ 17,530,000 $ 15,020,000 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity         Liabilities:         Current liabilities $ 4,070,000…

Required information Skip to question   [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]   You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Lydex Company, a manufacturer of safety helmets. Your boss has asked you to perform a comprehensive analysis of the company’s financial statements, including comparing Lydex’s performance to its major competitors. The company’s financial statements for the last two years are as follows:   Lydex CompanyComparative Balance Sheet   This Year Last Year Assets         Current assets:         Cash $ 1,020,000 $ 1,260,000 Marketable securities   0   300,000 Accounts receivable, net   2,940,000   2,040,000 Inventory   3,660,000   2,100,000 Prepaid expenses   270,000   210,000 Total current assets   7,890,000   5,910,000 Plant and equipment, net   9,640,000   9,110,000 Total assets $ 17,530,000 $ 15,020,000 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity         Liabilities:         Current liabilities $ 4,070,000…

What does the below financial statement tell you about Nealon, Inc?  This analysis uses accounting reports for an understanding of a company’s current economic condition and project into the future.   A financial analysis allows management and owners to plan, correct and proceed properly for the best success. Review and analyze the following Financial Statement using horizontal analysis and ratios.  Please be as descriptive as possible.

Required: Match each term with its related definition by selecting the appropriate letter from the definition list that follows. There should be only one definition per term (that is, there are more definitions than terms). Definition A. Economic resources to be used or turned into cash within one year. B. Reports assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity. C. Decrease assets; increase liabilities and stockholders' equity. D. Increase assets; decrease liabilities and stockholders' equity. E. An exchange or event that has a direct and measurable financial effect. F. Accounts for a business separate from its owners. G. The principle that assets should be recorded at their original cost to the company. H. A standardized format used to accumulate data about each item reported on financial statements. I. The basic accounting equation. J. The idea that accounts can both increase and decrease. K. The account credited when money is borrowed from a bank using a promissory note. L. Cumulative…

"Choose from the following list of terms and phrases to best complete the statements below. Fiscal year Timeliness Accrual basis accounting Annual financial statements Cash basis accounting Time period assumption 1. presumes that an organization's activities can be divided into specific time periods. 2.Financial reports covering a one-year period are known as 3.A(n) consists of any 12 consecutive months. 4. records revenues when services are provided and records expenses when incurred. 5. The value of information is often linked to its

Requirement Referring to the qualitative characteristics of accounting information, indicate the fundamental characteristic (relevance or representationally faithful) and its related attribute (confirmatory value, completeness, materiality, neutrality, or predictive value) for each of the following uses of accounting information. Use of Accounting Information This year's reported earnings per share is a. $.50 below analysts' forecasts Potential creditors review a company's long- term liabilities footnote to determine that b. entity's ability to assume additional debt. A corporation discloses both favorable and unfavorable tax settlements. C. A company discloses the write-off of an accounts receivable. The receivable due from a major customer accounts for 35% of the d. company's current assets. A financial analyst computes a company's five-year average cost of goods sold in order e. to forecast next year's profit margin. ***** Fundamental Characteristic Attribute

https://massygroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MASSY-DIGITAL-ANNUAL- REPORT-2022-updated.pdf  a. Conduct a horizontal and vertical analysis of the company’s financial statements to identify trends and patterns over the past two years. (8 marks) b.  Provide an analysis of the company’s financial performance, for shareholders and potential investors, using the trends identified in (a) above and in the context of market and other trends and expectations mentioned in the MDA section of the Annual Report.  c.  Briefly explain how the analysis at (b) would be modified if it was prepared for stakeholders other than shareholders and investors.

ASSIGNMENT: REVIEW QUESTIONS Direction: Answer comprehensively the following questions. 1. Explain the following statement, "While the statement of financial position can be thought of as a snapshot of a firm's financial position at a point in time, the income statement reports on operations over a period of time." 2. Financial statements are based on financial reporting standards and are audited by CPA firms. Do investors need to worry about the validity of those statements? Explain your answer. 3. How is income statement related to the statement of financial position? 4. Comment on why inflation may restrict the usefulness of the statement of financial position as normally presented.

Visit the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html Search for the latest Form 10-K for a company you would like to analyze.  Submit a short memo that A. Includes the name of the company you have chosen.B. Review the company’s end-of-period Balance Sheet to determine the following: Total assets Total liabilities Total equity C. Compare beginning and ending Assets totals and discuss the amount of change.D. Compare beginning and ending Liabilities totals and discuss the amount of change.E. Compare beginning and ending Equity totals and discuss the amount of change. Please provide a link to the company’s Form 10-K to allow accurate verification of your answers.

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Question 1 The following table reports IBEX Company's Return on Net Operating Assets (RNOA) ratios for the years 2020 and 2021, and an industry average RNOA Ratio 2020 RNOA 17.83% 2021 16.92% Industry average 19.21% Required: (a) Based on the provided financial statements, calculate IBEX Company's RNOA ratio for the year 2022. (b) Evaluate the company's profitability performance over 2020-2022 periods and compared to the industry average.

"Financial statement users should focus attention on each item showing a large percentage change from one year to the next."  Is this statement correct?  Why?

Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Lydex Company, a manufacturer of safety helmets. Your boss has asked you to perform a comprehensive analysis of the company's financial statements, including comparing Lydex's performance to its major competitors. The company's financial statements for the last two years are as follows: Lydex Company Comparative Balance Sheet This Year Last Year Assets Current assets: Cash Marketable securities Accounts receivable, net Inventory Prepaid expense Total current assets Plant and equipment, net Total assets Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Liabilities: Current liabilities Note payable, 10% Total liabilities Stockholders' equity: Common stock, $70 par value Retained earnings Total stockholders' equity Total liabilities and stockholders' equity Lydex Company $ 910,000 0 2,500,000 3,550,000 250,000 7,210,000 9,420,000 $ 16,630,000 $ 1,150,000…

Conduct a report and explain at least 4  horizontal and vertical analysis each of the company’s financial statements to identify trends and patterns over the past two years. b) Clearly explain all the analysis a of the company’s financial performance, for shareholders and potential investors, using the trends identified in (a) above and in the context of market and other trends and expectations mentioned in the MDA section of the Annual Report. c) Briefly explain how the analysis at (b) would be modified if it was prepared for stakeholders other than shareholders and investors.

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A. Select a publicly-traded company that is traded on U.S. exchange. Locate the annual report for at least the last three fiscal years. Analyze the financial statements for the company and review for large movements in specific accounts from one year to the next. In addition, review the notes to the financial statements as these are an integral part of the financial reporting package. Evaluate the balance sheet to determine if there are large changes in the company's assets, liabilities, or equity accounts. In addition, analyze the income statement and statement of cash flows.B.  At a minimum, calculate the following ratios for two years, the debt-to-equity ratio, current ratio, quick ratio, return on equity, and net profit margin. For each ratio, explain what the ratio tells you about the company.

Required:a)Analyseand evaluatethe financial performance over the twoyear period by using appropriate ratios: Liquidity, Profitability, Efficiency, and Investment. b)Based on findings in (a), providerecommendations how the firm can improve its financial position.