The higher the ratio the more assurance exists that the retirement of current liabilities can be made. The current ratio measures the margin of safety available to cover any possible shrinkage in the value of current assets. Normally a ratio of 2 to 1 (2.0) or better is considered good. Short-term creditors prefer a high current ratio since it reduces their risk. Shareholders may prefer a lower current ratio so that more of the firm's assets are working to grow the business.
These ratios assess the ability of the company to generate earnings, profits and cash flows relative to some metric, often the amount of money invested. They highlight how effectively the profitability of a company is being managed. Common examples of profitability ratios include return on sales, return on investment, return on equity, return on capital employed, return on capital invested, gross profit margin and net profit margin. All of these rations indicate how well this company is performing at generating profits or revenues relative to a certain metric. Solvency ratios this is one of many ratios used to measure a company’s ability to meet long-term obligations.
(p. 204) The pay-mix component in which benefits is likely to be largest is ______________. A. work-life balance b. security or commitment c. performance driven d. market watch 10. (p. 207) Which of the following is not a consequence of level of competitiveness of total compensation? a. increase probability of union-free status B. increase organization profitability c. reduce voluntary turnover
As the time horizon increases, variable costs rely less on existing factors and restrictions and therefore will begin behaving differently which will in turn affect the cost of production (Wright, 2007). The second way a firm that’s into profit maximization can decide its greatest level of output is by way of the marginal revenue -- marginal cost method. This is done by subtracting the marginal cost from the marginal revenue that a product generates. Using marginal cost and marginal revenue as the bases, profit maximization will be obtained at the point when marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost. If the marginal revenue is greater than marginal cost this would be when a profit maximizing firm would need to increase production until marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost.
C. Define profit. Profit is a financial gain that a company receives when the revenue of products and services are more than the cost to provide the service and / or product. 1. Explain the concept of profit
Cash flow is more vibrant and holds to the true value. Cash flow is concerned with the movement of money in and out of a business. The concept of accounting profit can be somewhat narrow with its results only looking at income and expenses at a certain point in time and is taxable. By comparing the information provided from the two reports the free cash flow information from will provide the company with a much truer understanding how the project will be performed. Comparing the company’s net income to its actual cash generated, an investor can determine whether the company is more aggressive or conservative in accounting for its performance.
These ratios will be calculated from the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows Liquidity Liquidity Ratios measure a company’s ability to meet its short-term debt obligations without disrupting normal operation. The higher the ratio the better a company will be at meeting its short-term obligations as well as have extra cash to cover any unforeseen cash requirements. The liquidity measures we will use are the current ratio, current cash debt ratio, inventory turnover, average days in inventory, receivable turnover ratio and average collection period. The current ratio measures the company’s ability to pay its short-term liabilities (payables and debt) with short-term assets (cash, receivables and inventory). Tootsie Roll exceeds its ability to meet short-term debt obligations with $3.45 in current assets for every $1 in current liabilities.
The profit percentage of assets varies by industry, but in general, the higher the ROA the better. We can see a good trend over years in the company. Comments: Return on equity (ROE) is a measure of profitability that calculates how many dollars of profit a company generates with each dollar of shareholders' equity. The formula for ROE is: ROE is more than a measure of profit; it's a measure of efficiency. A rising ROE suggests that a company is increasing its ability to generate profit without needing as much capital.
Executive Summary The recommendation for Teletech Corporation is to change from a constant hurdle rate to the use of two risk-adjusted hurdle rates, one for each segment. Teletech’s performance is evaluated upon economic profit calculations. Through this performance measure, the risk-adjusted hurdle rates return a higher amount of profit in comparison to a single corporate hurdle rate: Currently, the firm has been using the constant hurdle rate of 9.30%, and as a result the firm’s share prices are stagnant. In comparison, the market and industry indexes such as telecommunications and telecommunication equipment have outperformed Teletech. Their price-to-earnings ratio is also below investor’s expectation in comparison to the company’s risk.
While short term projections logically will allow debt to have higher EPS than equity financing (because of equity issuing shares), debt financing experiences lower net income due to increased expenses. Increased debt increases the leverage factor in a company. During normal or boom times, leverage results in exponential profit returns. During recessions, leverage can result in exponential losses, as well. A large debt burden carries risk because of the reaction of leverage to the prevailing economic conditions.2 Increased debt favors ROE during boom times but hurts ROE during