Taking a further look, an analyst might have some concerns when looking over Kodak’s account payables and liabilities. There was a high increase in Kodak’s liabilities which pose concern for how well and willing is Kodak able in paying back its debt. Although Kodak’s total assets could cover its liabilities, the high increase in liabilities alone would cause some concern with analyst. Another important point analyst might use when they are assessing the profitability of Eastman Kodak is the substantial decrease in the company’s net income between 2002 and 2003. This alone will cause some concern and would pose analyst to research further the reasons for such decrease.
One suggestion is that the company reposition its water as a premium product, justifying a higher price. If successful, the company believes that it could charge 20% more for its water than it does now. 1. What is the maximum sales loss (in % and units) that Healthy Spring could tolerate before a 20% price increase would fail to make a positive contribution to its profitability? The maximum sales loss would be 25% before they can tolerate before a 20% price increase, which amount to 1,500 bottles per day instead of 2,000.
Cash flow Growth: 8%. Dividend Yield: 2.90%. Dividend Growth: 9% (Alden, 2011). Coca-Cola has additionally grown offering 14 brands to the company making a profit of $1 billion or more in annual sales, the company sold $25.5 billion unit case and had revenue of $35.119 billion in 2010 (Alden, 2011). Coca-Cola has grown its’ revenue rapidly over 5 years, this brought about an important highlight for the company in between 5 years, so the company earned about 8.5% in annual revenue growth.
a) What are the consequences of telling the president of your gross miscalculation? In order to determine the sales and income projection, it is useful to forecast the budget based on prior performance of the company. The business performance of the current year will shows how the company is actually performed and this is a good indication to expect the company will perform better in future. As to obtain an accurate sales projection, we collected all the information from the company because each area of business operation might have a separate budget. For example, Fernetti Conductor has a specific budget for advertising, purchasing, sales production and cash budget.
This would be important for accounts receivable - money that is owed by a customer for products/services. Representing a company in small claims court requires one to be familiar with the law and how it relates to accounting practices. In the Mack v. Edenwold Fertilizer Services Ltd. case, if Mack had a knowledgeable accountant that was familiar with the law, he may have been advised not to sue as the illegality of the situation would have resulted in a loss. In turn, this advise would have saved Mack both time and
The CPA or CPA firm would at least have reputational interest in the financial report that it “managed”. This human nature will impair the CPA or CPA firm’s independence, and will decrease the reliability of the audit report. Second, self-interest focuses on the interest of decision makers. The CPA or the individual partner of the CPA firm would probably increase his own compensation by serving as both the entity’s consultant and auditor. On the other side, for the entity, hiring the same firm as both consultant and auditor can save it audit expense, since the CPA or CPA firm has already known a lot about it when performing consulting, thus decreasing its audit hours.
During deliberations to determine if there was enough evidence to continue with the trial, Schlichtmann had a second opportunity to accept a $20 million offer from Beatrice Foods, again non market forces (his emotions) influenced his decision to decline the offer. In the end Schlichtmann settles for $8 million after much debate with his partners, who had competing interests. Schlichtmann’s partners wanted to make sure they could settle for enough to cover their expenses, otherwise they would lose all of their assets. Schlichtmann want more than the $8 million but ultimately accepted it because of the pressures he faced from his partners. The stakeholder model of the BGS relationship, in my opinion, is not depicted in this film.
We cannot afford and will not be approved for extra advertising without research that proves that this advertising will increase revenues more than the cost. The option of raising discounts for the Skyline Buffet and gift shop is not being recommended because it increases our loss to the 20% discount. It will decrease our revenue from the gift shop and Skyline Buffet. This 5% increase has to be offset by a 5% or higher increase in spending through the current members or new members. Further research should be done to the members to see if this change would allow them to purchase more.
TRX represents a smaller lesser known company that faces significant challenges in becoming known and attractive to investors. The case looks at the company from its incorporation in 1999 through the IPO decision in 2005. In addition to raising capital the case includes consideration of another motivation for going public. When the company was incorporated in 1999 they had attempted to go public but this attempt failed because of the dot com collapse. Because of the failed IPO TRX’s president and CEO Trip Davis found strategic investors to raise $20 million in a note convertible into equity at $11 per share.
1. Should the Pepsi brand team continue to fund the Pepsi Refresh Project? Why or why not? More analysis need to be done from a ROI perspective. In the case, it was mentioned that the $20 million project generated $66 million worth of media value, despite a drop in sales linked to the increasing health consciousness of consumers which also affects Coca-Cola.