Its Instagram unit has more than 300 million users, while mobile messaging app WhatsApp, which it purchased for $19 billion in cash and stock in 2014, has 700 million users and is growing. (“Forbes Mag.”) Zuckerberg made two major life changes in May 2012. Facebook had its initial public offering, which raised $16 billion, making it the biggest internet IPO in history. How Zuckerberg's company will handle this influx of cash remains to be seen (Williams 56). But Zuckerberg may be looking at more acquisitions.
To calculate ROE divide Net Profit after Taxes by Stockholder‟s Equity. The calculation determined in 2008 that Berry‟s Bug Blasters had a 3.7% return on Stockholder‟s equity. Calculations Asset Turnovers: Asset turnovers= sales revenue/total assets Asset turnovers= 3,249,580.53/1,932,041.17 Asset Turnovers= 1.68 Profit Margin: = Profitability (net income)/revenue. =493,139.75/ 3,249,580.53 = 6.58% Return on Assets: ROA= Net Income/Total Assets ROA= 493.139.75/1,932,041.17 ROA= 25.52% ROE = Net Profit After Taxes / Stockholders' Equity ROE= 431,811.49/1,625,235.46 ROE=
Prepare a partial income statement for Stacy beginning with income before income taxes. The corporation had 4,954,000 shares of common stock outstanding during 2014. Brief Exercise 4-7 Your answer is correct. Vandross Company has recorded bad debt expense in the past at a rate of 1.5% of net sales. In 2014, Vandross decides to increase its estimate to 2%.
During the year of 2012, cash used for investing activities of Wendy’s totaled $189 million, increased $131 million from 2011. The two largest investing activities appeared in Wendy’s statement of cash flow are capital expenditures and acquisitions. Cash capital expenditures of Wendy’s in 2012 totaling $197.6 million, including $71.9 million for reimaged and new Image Activation restaurants, $13.5 million for new restaurants, $28.0 million for point-of-sale equipment, $23.2 million for the construction of a new building at its corporate headquarters and $61.0 million for various capital projects. In 2012, Wendy’s acquired 56 franchised restaurants. The purchase price was $38.1 million in cash.
Citigroup was ranked 20th by Fortune 500 ranking of America largest corporations. In 2012 the company has profits of over $11 billion, which was up from $10.6 billion in 2010 (Citigroup, n.d.). The company is traded on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) under the symbol C and in 2012 celebrated its 200th anniversary (Citigroup, n.d.). Citigroup is a the world leader when it comes to financial services and has over 260,000 employees, 16,000 offices worldwide and does business in over 140 countries (Citigroup, n.d.). The company is still recovering from the hit it took during the financial
• $2,667,904 • $5,233,442 • $1,745,600 • $3,594,524 25. Turnbull Corp. had an EBIT of $247 million in the last fiscal year. Its depreciation and amortization expenses amounted to $84 million. The firm has 135 million shares outstanding and a share price of $12.80. A competing firm that is very similar to Turnbull has an enterprise value/EBITDA multiple of 5.40.
(Xtreme Labs, 2011). This goes to show that the business was immensely successful during the span of three years by creating a suboptimal solution. Furthermore, the revenue for the company in 2009 was just over 3 million dollars which was a growth rate of over 380% from 2007. (Profit Magazine, 2012) This seems quite understandable due to the rate at which the mobile sector and technologies have been increasing with the recent introduction of tablets in the last few years. Industry Size/Structure The development of mobile apps within its industry is relatively new.
Amazon Corporate Social Responsibility JJT2 Task 1 Amazon was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1995 (originally “Cadabra” in 1994) by Jeff Bezos. Amazon began as an online book store. Within its first two months, Amazon had sales in all 50 states and 45 countries, and sales were over $20,000/week (Spiro, 2009). Amazon has since become the largest online retailer and sells virtually everything from books to sporting goods equipment and clothes. Amazon has only recently begun to implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) plans into its overall business strategy.
Assessment Task 1: Identify marketing opportunities PART A 1. Market and business needs 1. Market share and competitors’ information Recent years have witnessed a fundamental shift in the structure and dynamic of the global smart phone landscape. Apple is a notable exception to this dynamic, but has nonetheless created an ecosystem in which its strength in content and services is helping to create industry-leading profit margins for its hardware. A third of the value of the smart phone market today is captured by Apple, which had a 28 percent operating margin in 2013, while the majority of other first- and second-tier manufacturers — with the exception of Samsung — hovered around the zero profit line.
In another, an Indian science teacher explains an experiment to students, then snaps, "Why are you standing simply there?" But the scene that seems to get audiences worked up most shows Brittany and friends watching Grey's Anatomy as they study. "For most people, it is eye-opening," says Marc Lampkin, executive director of Strong American Schools, an advocacy group pushing to make education part of the 2008 presidential election. The group's Ed in '08 campaign has screened Two Million Minutes for educators and lawmakers, hoping to get them worked up about global competitiveness. Compton says the film is a surprise hit among high school teachers, who see in it a clear message for students: Work harder.