Previous Year Reports Samples For Students

- Investment analysis of the Emirate Airline
- The University
- [Instructor’s Name here]
- Table of Contents
- Financial highlights analyses, 2010-2014 .. 02
- Horizontal analyses 02
- Vertical analyses 04
- SWOT analysis .. 04
- Cash flow analyses, 2010-2014 . 06
- Cash flow statements analyses 06
- Profitability position 08
- Liquidity position 08

Horizontal analyses
The four-year revenue growth of Emirates Airlines was 90.4 percent, or an average annual growth of 22.5 percent. This growth performance is moderately high and impressive ...

Introduction

The Grand Formosa is a hotel that prides itself in providing the best atmosphere for its guests. The hotel is designed to provide the best relaxing environment so that guests enjoy their stay. The hotel’s business model looks very promising on paper. However, the previous management ran the hotel down through inefficiencies in its operations. The new management has been instituted and is in the process of turning the hotel’s business around. This paper will analyze the position of the hotel with the help of some performance measures. This is in an effort to determine whether there is ...

The reason for difference in Net Profit from Operations in the Income Statement and Cash Flow from Operations in Cash Flow Statement is because, both the financial statement follows different accounting principle. While the Net Income of the company is calculated by following accrual basis of accounting, the CFO is calculated by strictly following cash basis of accounting. In other words, if the revenue from a unit sold during December is expected to be received in January, the income statement will record revenue in December itself while no such entry would be posted in Cash flow from Operations. Hence, Income ...

The internal analysis of Southwest Company can be made by analyzing the financial statements of the company. The major components of these statements are shown below:

TANGIBLE ASSETS

VALUE (million dollars)
EXPLANATION
Marketable Securities - 2,315
This indicates an increase from the value in the previous year. This attributed to the increased participation of people in the securities market.

Current Assets - 238

This value has increased from 89 million dollars in the previous year.

Non-current Assets - 628

This a 22 million dollar increase from the previous year.

Net income - 178

In 2010, the value was ...

The Australian stock exchange has been established to economically assist the investors by bring to together in one market the investors who have the capital and the companies in need of capital in a highly liquid and well regulated market. In this case the companies are assisted to raise capital while the investors are given the chance to create and accumulate their wealth. Investors have a pool of more than 2000 listed companies to invest in. Amcor ltd, APA ltd, amp ltd, ASX ltd, Asciano ltd and Suncorp ltd are some of the companies listed in the ASX; each operates in ...

Introduction 3

Overall Analysis 3
SWOT Analysis 4
Marketing Mix 7
Financial Position 9
Conclusions 10
Recommendations 11

References 13

Strategic Management at Café de Coral Holdings
Introduction
The food industry is a promising one with growth potential. This is even same in the case of the fast food industry. The concept of eating out has established itself all over. One reason for this is the fast-paced life of the modern world. People are becoming more adventurous in terms of trying out newer cuisines and constantly looking for variety.
The Strategic Management of one such company, the Café de Coral Holdings Limited (Listed ...

Comparing the quick ratio vs. the current ratio, it can be noted that the decrease in quick ratio than the current ratio is higher in the case. This means that the inventory turnover may have not much contribution over the decrease in the liquidity of the company. In fact, it may be that the sales are increasing but there may be other reason on the play for the decrease in the liquidity.
One of the prominent reasons could be due to use of cash from previous year in additional investment or more use of cash to support asset bought ...

The University

[Instructor’s Name here]

References 12

Appendix A . 13
1.0 Starbucks at 20 Percent Net Revenue Growth
1.1 Net Revenue Growth of 20 Percent
1.1.1 Current State
Statista (2016) ranked Starbucks as the 2015 top leading coffeehouse chain globally in terms of revenue with its revenue of $21.095 billion, followed far behind by Costa Coffee ($1.809 billion) and McCafe ($1.462 billion). It also has the largest store chain of 23,043 stores worldwide. As of fiscal year 2015, Starbucks had a total number of 23,043 stores globally, 12,235 (53%) of which are company-operated stores and 10,808 (47%) are ...

Evaluation of Corporate Performance

Evaluation of Corporate Performance
Apple Inc. is one of the most innovative and the famous corporations in the world today. Apple Inc. is the leading manufacturers of mobile phones, tablets, laptops and other electronic devices. However, their product ‘iPhone’ is the leading smart phone brand as compared to their other products. Apple Inc. was founded in the year 1976 and incorporated in the year 1977. The main aim of the company was to make and produce the personal computer for their clients. Apple Inc. is the second largest company in the smart phone industry on the basis of ...

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located south west corner of Asia and at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, has approximately one fifth of the world’s proven oil reserves and is the largest oil producer and exporter of total petroleum liquids in the world (EIA, 2011). It is also world’s second largest crude oil producer behind Russia (Appendix 1a) (Williams and Martins, 2012).
Despite disturbance in the neighboring region Saudi Arabia has been able to maintain the growth in 2012 for two reasons: first, government executing expansionary budget to support public spending has been accelerated ...

Procter & Gamble is a Multinational consumer goods company which was incorporated in 1905 in Ohio, United States. It manufactures several consumer products and offers around 65 different brands under several product categories such as “Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care” (The Procter & Gamble Company, 2016). The company sells its products in almost 200 countries and conducts on-the-ground operations in almost 100 countries.

Balance sheet

P&G follows generally accepted accounting principles applicable in the Unites States for presentation and preparation of its financial statements. Much like other publically traded companies, P&G also electronically files its annual, ...

Introduction

The performance of the business is critical for the investors as well as stakeholders. The discipline of corporate finance offers a variety of the techniques for reviewing the financial performance of the business. In the modern competitive world, a financial performance of the business is not enough for the success. Instead, it is critical to have success in multiple dimensions that ensures sustainability. The underlying report is a comparative assessment of the two brewing companies from UK FTSE 250 listing from the Travel & Leisure sectors and Restaurants & Bars subsectors.

Introduction of Greene King Plc and the Marston’s PLC

The selected companies include Greene King Plc and the Marston’ ...

Distinguishing Two Forest Communities in North Jersey by Tree Density, Species, Dominance, Importance, Diversity and Richness

Abstract
This is a study undertaken to compare and contrast richness, dominance and importance of sixteen tree species between two tree communities. The sixteen tree species have been listed in the appendix at the end of this paper. This study is a continuation of what was done earlier by ecology students in their previous year of study. The methods applied are absolutely the same, in order to make collected data comparable with each other. The three specific factors studies are relative dominance, relative density, and relative importance of the species occurring in these two forest areas.

Introduction

There are many advantages ...

Egypt is located is the northeastern part of Africa, and the majority of the country’s economic activities is concentrated in the Nile valley, a highly fertile area that bisects the country. The economy of Egypt is mainly represented by agriculture, industry, and services sectors, which comprise approximately 14.5%, 37.5%, and 48% of the country’s GDP respectively (CIA World Factbook, 2014). Key economic sectors include tourism, construction and manufacturing. Governmental actions and political uncertainty negatively impact the country’s economic condition for the past several years. As a result, Egypt shows a declining economic growth and rising unemployment rates. This paper ...

Introduction

The political factor by which an organization is most affected is the prescribed rules & regulations by the Government. FedEx is an international company working worldwide. There are certain nations where the rules & regulations are not being implemented in true letter and spirit. Being a company working internationally, the FedEx should interact with these nations and let them to use international services in a better way. Other than rules & regulation, there are many other factors which affect the business; these include the industrial limitations, political stability, and the business standards. The adherence of the pre-requisite laws is the key of success of a ...

Abstract

Since its founding in 1886 by three brothers, Robert, James, and Edward Johnson, Johnsons & Johnsons has reached more than 275 operating companies around the world to include Asia, Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. Its goal of creating new and better products for customers and healthcare professionals pushed it to expand into three product segments: Pharmaceuticals, Consumers, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD). In 2013, it stood as one of the top 10 companies in the United States in its Pharmaceutical segment. It has driven growth through a concerted effort to restore reliability in providing products to its consumers with a focused ...

The article by Jose Pagliery reports on the changing fortunes at Hewlett-Packard in the last quarter of the financial year. In the financial year ending, Hewlett-Packard finished with a very strong fiscal quarter marked by an increase in its shares. This remarkable increase was reported at 6%. This was higher than the specialists in Wall Street had expected with the revenue generated soaring above twenty nine billion dollars. This had a cascading effect on the share price index, with the prices beating specialist expectations. The technology company reported earnings of above one dollar (1.01) for every share for its investors. These results ...

Section A: Strategic Case Analysis

In this section, the current business and corporate implemented strategies of Willie’s Wraps will be analyzed and defined. Just a brief background about the company, Willie’s Wrap was founded by brothers Richard and Fred Willie who were both machine operators in a components factory in 1981. After the said factory was closed, the Willie brothers used their redundancy pay to purchase machines to star-up their own wrapping business. They generally acquire their market from start-up companies looking for affordable wrapping solutions. The business grew in volume and range as the Willie brothers have learned more and more about their ...

Waste Management

Introduction
Dealing with waste has become an increasing concern nowadays, since it affects people’s life quality by impacting the health, it affects the aesthetics, it jeopardizes the ecosystems and in general, it negatively impacts the environmental sustainability. Domestic waste (generated by individuals) and commercial and industrial waste represent a quotidian aspect that authorities are aiming to handle, either through applying laws and guidelines for maintaining healthy and clean cities and villages, either by applying various technologies for actually managing the waste disposals. And the processes and technologies used to manage the various types of waste differ depending on ...

- Introduction
In order to perform an annual report analysis we will choose Apple Inc. as our target company. Apple Inc. is an American based company, with headquarters in Cupertino, California. It designs and manufactures mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, digital music players, computer software, and various digital applications. Apple’s major brands and trademarks include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, iTunes and iCloud.Company operates in all major geographical regions: North and South Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific. Apple Inc. is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. It was first incorporated on ...

Analyzing Financial Statements 2013

Ratio analysis makes it possible to compare performance within the current year against performance in previous year. A trend can be established to determine areas which are expanding and the ones contracting.
The profit margin ratio is one of the profitability ratios and indicates the extent to which costs of goods sold are being controlled in relation to sales income.
The inventory turnover ratio is one of the efficiency rations and measures the efficiency of the business in keeping its inventory as low as possible in relation to sales; the more time the inventory is turned over, ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Starbucks, a premium coffee house, is recognized as the leader in its category in many aspects such as marketing strategy, quality of services and most importantly from financial perspective. Exploring certain objectives of the financial perspectives has been adopted as the objective of this report.
Starbucks with listed symbol of SBUX on Nasdeq 100 is categorized within Specialty Eateries of the service sector on finance section of yahoo. Starbuck is the leader (on many aspects within its sector) mainly with respect to market capitalization of $. 38.01 Bn (88%) out of $. 43.0 Bn of the industry (Yahoo! b, 2012). The other ...

INDUSTRY/COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

COMPETITOR #1: Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. operates in the computer industry with the total market capitalization of 16 billion and the net profit margin of 16.2%. Apple Inc. is the biggest player in the market according to its market capitalization ($611.7 B), while its closest competitors is Dell Inc. has the market value of only $17.0 B . and it occupies the 17th position in the Fortune 500 list for 2012 (Cable News Network, 2012). The company focuses on design, manufacturing and selling of personal computers, software, media players, mobile communication devices as well the services related to them. ...

Sydney Mardi Gras is one of the largest festivals of the world related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex. The two week festival is celebrated in Sydney every year and attracts a large crowd from across the Australia and other parts of the world. The festival has emerged over a long period of time which was initially started as a remembrance of New York’s Stonewall’s Riots of 1969. This paper discusses the Sydney Mardi Gras and other related aspects of the event.
This event was organised for the first time in the year 1979 when a protest march ...

Executive Summary

Financial management is one of the crucial success tools for any organization. A good financial management must include the use of the required accounting standards when presenting the financial reports. A company that is financially viable is most likely to compete favorably with its peers. In this paper, I have analysed the financial performance of Persimmon Plc in the last four years. The company’s current success lies in its ability to treat the global competition as an opportunity in building capabilities, and adopting strategies that result into competitive advantage. The analysis includes a brief introduction of the company and ...