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Introduction Organizational stress, commonly known as work stress, is one of the top reasons for stress among people. In a survey conducted by Pleiter, it was found that 64% of the stress can be attributed to financial problems and 60% of the stress can be attributed to organizational issues or work related stress (Pleiter, 2015). Organizational stress and its impact on employee productivity and organization’s profitability has been a topic of research for many decades. Causes of ...

In any type of company, one of the significant challenges for leadership is connecting industry knowledge and business analytics. Bartlett (2013) observes that these two components serve as the primary sources of information for decision makers. Managers generally hold much insight and wisdom in their accumulated experience, but unfortunately, any gaps in the facts are commonly filled with opinions (Bartlett, 2013). Instead of relying on subjective sources, leaders can utilize business analytics to validate new ideas and test industry beliefs (Bartlett, 2013). A starting point for effective business analytics is to recognize that data and information are not ends ...

Chapter 1: Introduction 3

Chapter 2: Financial Performance and Position of TESCO 6 Chapter 3 Financial Management Policy 14 Chapter 4 Investment Strategy 18 Chapter 5 Valuation of TESCO 22 Chapter 6 Conclusion 26 Abstract The present report provides critical analysis of financial positioning of Tesco Plc. For this, the financial data has been gathered for past five years as well as its competitors to critically assess financial positioning of Tesco in the retail industry. The reports highlight the recent issues of Bretix which has significantly impacted economic conditions of the United Kingdom leading to declining the consumer confidence because of triggering inflation. ...

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Berg, B. L., & Lune, H. (2013). Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Pearson New International Edition (8 ed.). New Yolk: Pearson Education Limited.

Journals

Ettredge, M., Huang, Y., & Zhang, W. (2012). Earnings restatements and differential timeliness of accounting conservatism. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 53(1), 489-502. The paper extensively tackles the issue of firms overstating earnings. The paper is targeted to individuals with extensively background in accounting. Additionally, the authors are qualified to deliver on the paper. It reinforces the research question. The study suggests a captured variation in conservatism. The findings depicts that an increase ...

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The Coca-Cola Company has a long history of innovation and development. The company was founded in 1886 by a recipe concoction created by pharmacist John S. Pemberton (Coca-Cola, n.d.). The beverage enjoyed moderate success until Pemberton passed away, and several businessmen worked to ensure the trademark drink would become a world famous flavor. In the early 1900s the product expanded rapidly from its roots in the southeastern United States across the country, and the cause of all of this growth can be traced back to successful leadership in terms of management and innovation. The purpose ...

Business Ethics

Business Ethics

The managers are responsible to the prevalence of ethical misconducts due to their extent of authority. Managers ensure that employees do not incorporate any unethical practices and understand the organization’s ethical conducts. The prevalence of ethical misconducts among the employees is observed by the managers due to which the managers take necessary actions in order to ensure that the occurrence of such misconducts is hindered. The employees are observed in accordance with the organization’s ethical standards and these standards help in the shaping the organizational behavior and hence, ethical conducts are set (Crane & Matten, 2007). ...

Introduction to Convertible Bonds

Convertible bonds consist of the bonds that are easily converted into the stocks. These convertible bonds are issued by the company and like any other normal bonds it has maturity date and face value. The convertible bondholder has all the rights of converting the bond into the predetermined share numbers of the respective company in an identified period. The factors influencing the bondholder converting or not depend on the stock interest rates and prices.

Contract conditions and Payoffs

The convertible bonds market conditions are not standardized and hence making it differ depending on every contract case. The maturity date being one of the ...

External Analysis

The first opportunity was holding a design contest for its first product. In this manner, the company managed to secure the manufacturing and engineering expertise of Lotus cars who brought experience to Tesla Motors. The use of Lotus’ software and tools also ensured that a company that has specialized in the area built the chassis. There were financial challenges that faced the company due to the misleading by the CEO, who lied to the investors about the manufacturing cost of the car. Furthermore, there was a discovery that the technology used was outdated, resulting in safety issues in the ...

Company Analysis: Woolworths Limited

About the paper The paper is targeted to perform the qualitative and quantitative analysis of Australia’ largest retailer, Woolworths Limited. In this paper, we will be discussing the past five year performance of the company from qualitative as well as quantitative perspectives. As part of the qualitative part, we will be commenting on the company’s position in the industry and recent stock price movement. On the other hand, quantitative part of the report will deal with the discussion of the trends in the financial statements of the company followed by ratio analysis. The report will further proceed with ...

Executive summary

The stock price of Southern Cross Media Group Limited did not show any reaction to the announcement of the 2015 financial results. The stock price increased days before the announcement and the day after the event but declined two days after the announcement. Financial analysis of firm indicates that it has a strong liquidity, and this has improved over the last five years. Its debt to equity ratio has increased due to the capital reduction in accordance with the relevant statute. The year 2015 saw a decline in the profitability of the company although this did not affect the ...

Chief executive officers (CEOs) are among the most important members of any business organization. CEOs plan and direct company policies to make a company more profitable for its shareholders. Their personality traits can directly influence the potential of the business, and affect how people working for the CEO interact with him/her to complete their jobs. Indeed, the leadership attributes of those at the top set the business culture that is projected to the world. Therefore, it is the duty of the CEO to maintain high standards of ethics, thought, and leadership; Wal-Mart’s CEO, Douglas McMillon, has done just ...

Danone, founded in 1919, is a leading French multinational foods and beverage company. Headquartered in French capital of Paris, the company is departmentalized according to its products i.e. medical nutrition, early life nutrition, waters and fresh dairy products. The company operates in more than 120 markets with most of them being in developing countries. Being a multinational corporation, the company is listed on numerous stock exchanges including; the Euronext Paris and the OTCQX market through the American Depository Receipt (ADR) program. Since most stock exchanges have different trading procedures, this may lead to complications in the financial management of ...

Financing and Accounting Comparison

The way how a company spends their financial resources can spell the difference between failure and continuous operational expansion. This is why it is important to compare the financing and accounting methods of a startup firm to one that is already established and continuously earning like UPS.

Accounting Methods

A more sensible accounting method-related variable would be the use of resources or the cash flow statement. The cash flow statement shows how a company is making use of the financial resources that it obtains from its operations (if the company managed to earn a profit for that period), financing activities, and ...

Financial Analysis: Microsoft.

1. Revenue goes up, why? Revenue increases are explained in Microsoft financial statements for FY 2014 and 2015. Revenue growth of 12% or $9 Billion in 2014 compared to 2013 was due to “higher revenue from server products, Xbox Platform, Commercial Cloud, and Surface. Revenue also increased due to the acquisition of NDS. Commercial Cloud revenue doubled, reflecting continued subscriber growth from our cloud-based offerings” (Microsoft, 2014). Revenue growth of 8% or $6.7 Billion in 2015 compared to 2013 was mainly due to “a full year of Phone Hardware sales and growth in revenue from our Commercial Cloud, Surface, ...

About the report

The report is based on our assistance given to Wheel Industries where we have analyzed the long term investment opportunities available with the company using the techniques of capital budgeting. To facilitate better understanding for our readers, we have included all the calculations within this report while every calculation is explained comprehensively.

Project Details

Wheel Industries is considering a three-year expansion project, Project A. The project requires an initial investment of $1.5 million. The project will use the straight-line depreciation method. The project has no salvage value. It is estimated that the project will generate additional revenues of $1.2 million per ...

Value of Financial Instrument

Value of Financial Instrument It can be noticed from the above-provided table that Microsoft (AAA) has less yield to maturity as compared to others. The negative relationship is observed between rating and yield to maturity. The B-rated company that is Goldman Sachs has higher yield to maturity as compared to others. The highest yield-to-maturity rate is of Rolta that is 6.9 as the company is rated the lowest in the market regarding bonds . The coupon rates and yield-to-maturity are determined by comparing it with other bonds available in the market. The bonds are traded at par value that is ...

Industry Background

The company chosen to be the focus of the discussion in this paper is Arcelik AS. It is a publicly listed firm in Turkey, under the Istanbul Bourse (formerly the Istanbul Stock Exchange). For the industry, analysis, two industries will be focused on since Arcelik AS markets a wide range of products in more than 100 countries. Its two biggest departments would be the consumer electronics and home appliances department. The company is a known manufacturer or white goods or large electrical products. Some of the best examples would include refrigerators, washing machines, freezers, dishwashers, coffee makers, food processors, ...

Virtual money of $100,000 was invested in diversified stocks during the stock trading simulation. The portfolio consisted of stocks from twelve companies all belonging to different industries. An overall profit of 0.41% was achieved in one month through the virtual simulation exercise. Stocks of all the companies are either listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ. One hundred shares of General Electric Company were purchased on 4th April when the stock price was $31.69. These shares were sold on 7th April when the stock price decreased to $30.64. The stock of General Electric was sold ...

What purpose do financial ratios serve? Why would anyone look at a ratio when analyzing a company? After all, it’s just a number. Actually, financial ratios do serve a purpose. A big purpose actually. By themselves, they don’t tell us much. But when compared against other companies and the industry as a whole, they are very valuable. But we have to remember not all industries are the same. Capital intensive industries like energy are much different than healthcare. What may be a good ratio in one may not be in another. So what can a ration tell ...

Answer Questions

1)Table 1 shows correlations of clothing retailer positioning questions to the two dimensions of a positioning map. Based on the correlations, name the two dimensions. Show the process and discuss your reasoning. Organizations make use of positioning map to help them identify a perfect position in the market with respect to their products or services. Positioning is a good way to let the organizations understand where they stand in the eyes of customers. Perceptions of customers are very important in defining the positioning of products and services. Positioning maps reveal where and how certain brands are placed in ...

1. Rationale for Selection Investors require financial analysis of a company to make decisions. A financial report is significant for the purpose of providing information regarding the financial position of a company along with the risk factors associated with it. A report is prepared to provide clear and complete information about Apple Inc. that includes all relevant sections that are crucial for an investor. Apple Inc. is an American multinational company that follows GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to prepare financial statements and annual report for its stakeholders. Its financial analysis includes financial ratio analysis, stock price analysis, associated ...

Five Below, Inc. is a retail chain belonging to the specialty retail industry which was incorporated in Pennsylvania, USA in 2002. It offers “dynamic, edited assortment of exciting products, all priced at $5 and below, including select brands and licensed merchandise” ("Overview | Fivebelow"). Five Below’s products range from sports equipments, styling merchandise, small décor items, craft works to candies and party items. It largely targets customers who are teenagers or pre-teens. Since the company’s inception, it has expanded its business to almost all regions of the United States and has been successful in opening more than ...

In the case study, it is pointed out that all through the late 1990s, Enron Corporation was nearly universally regarded as being among the country’s most innovative corporations (Li 37). The company went on building power plants and operating gas lines; however, it turned out to be well known for its exceptional trading business. Apart from buying, as well as selling, electricity and gas futures, it engaged in the creation of entirely fresh markets for such eccentric ‘products’ “as broadcast time for advertisers, weather futures, and internet bandwidth” (Li 37). Enron Corporation was established in 1985, and being ...

Introduction

Since the landmark case of Enron Corporation controversy in 2001 involving the company’s bankruptcy, the public’s view of structured finance and derivatives has been tainted with suspicion of unethical exploitation. Although the legalities involving the abuse of structured finance by market participants for economic gains is still being explored, recommendations are necessary in order to minimize the impact of a market meltdown.

Defining Structured Finance and Derivatives

The term structured finance is rarely defined, but to give an example, a structured financial transaction often uses an SPE or a special purposes entity. A larger corporation uses an SPE as a subsidiary in ...

Total cash flow for a company during a year can be from three sources, namely operating cash flow, investing cash flow and financing cash flow. Operating cash flow is related to cash flow from normal business operations, investing cash flow is related to income and expenditure related to investments and financing cash flow is from issue/ retirement of capital. Negative net income may or may not result in negative operating cash flow. But even if the net income is negative and the operating cash flow is negative, the overall cash flow can be positive. This could be due to ...

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Analyst Report: NordStorm About the company and overview Founded in the year 1901, Nordstorm is a fashion retailer and one of the top rated operators in the departmental store industry. The company has successfully enhanced its brand equity by developing differentiated curated products, increasing storing count and targeting niche customer base. Most recently, the company is in news for investing in omni-channel capabilities as part of which, a heavy expenditure is made on store improvement, expansion and improvement of IT infrastructure.

Competitive Advantage

a) Investment in technology Nordstrom thrives of providing fabulous shopping experience to its customers and this has remained ...

Introduction

The paper is commissioned to perform financial analysis for Nike Inc. As part of this analysis, we will extensively discuss the current position of the company in the industry and how well it is forecasted to survive in the future amid the ongoing developments in the industry. However, the main focus of this paper will be to unearth the financial standing of the company over the recent past two years using the tool of financial ratios. In order to incorporate cross-section analysis in our analysis, we will also compare the ratio multiples with the competitor firm, Under Armour.

About the company

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About the paper

The paper is commissioned to discuss the utility of the Balance Score Card, which is turning out to be a revolutionary management tool over the past 25 years of its establishment. A one of a kind management tool that balances the organizational objectives within the spectrum of financial as well as non-financial considerations, has been adopted by organizations around the world. However, the adoption of balanced scorecard does not guarantee success as it depends upon the characteristics and organizational architecture of the company that is adopting it. In this paper, we will discuss two real life scenarios citing the ...

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Stock Research: Oneok Limited About the company Founded in the year 1906, ONEOK Inc. is a diversifed entity that is engaged in gathering, processing, storage and transportation of Natural Gas in the mid-continent areas of the United States. The company operates through natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas liquids and natural gas pipeline segment. The company is a mid-stream energy pure play company that owns 32% in Oneok Partners and thus, the effective control over the partner company and its cash The company is also one of the largest limited partnership involved with natural gas industry.

Oneok Limited is headquartered in Oklahoma and is listed on NYSE under the ticker symbol of ‘OKE’.

Alarming Financials ...

Introduction

Portfolio construction requires effective market analysis that can be done with use of different methods. In that respect, an investor of short term trader can rely on technical or fundamental analysis or even depend on recommendations by the financial market analysts. In that view, this portfolio report presents a summary of the strategies and the sources used in making short trades; mainly targeting one to two day trades. The report begins by providing a summary of the strategies applied and the sources used followed by a comprehensive explanation of the individual trades whose gains are calculated in a separate ...

Regression Analysis

Using the regression analysis, we are willing to reveal the real trend behind the growth multiples of the company, i.e. whether the trend in the financial multiples posted by the company is real or just inflated numbers. Stated otherwise, regression analysis is performed to understand how sustainable are the financial numbers and how can these historical trends help us in forecasting the future performance of the company. The first two multiple analyzed were sales per share and EPS as these multiples reveals the amount of money the entity is making. Analyzing the trend, we witnessed that while the sales ...

**Business 4465**

Be sure to put your name and student number at the top of the email attachment. Your document must be less than 10 typed pages. Please read the questions carefully. Write all you answers in a word document, label all questions carefully. The best answers are those that answer the questions well and concisely using material within the scope of the course and not irrelevant material from other sources or from the internet. Answers that are beyond the scope of the course will receive no marks. Answers that are not written in the own words of a ...

Part One

Risk There is no standard way to define risks. However, one of the definitions of risk is the probability that the return on an investment will be lower than the expected return (Business Dictionary, n.d.). Examples of risk include business risk, transactional risks and exchange rate risk.

Beta

Beta is a measure of systematic risk of a stock. The value measures the volatility of the stock compared to the volatility of the market (Forbes, n.d.). The value of Beta can be either positive or negative while the beta value of the market is always one. As such, in interpreting the ...

Linear technology

1. Linear Technologies Payout Policy Linear Technologies is a technology company that designs and manufactures integrated circuits since 1981 to the computers market. The company took the approach of the Personal Computer development in the 1980's assuring a constant growth in all those years, having participation in computers, automotive and communications. The company starts listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1986 when the company was available to the public investors to trade its common stocks. The company, thanks to the high availability of cash in its balance sheets, the company decided to start paying dividends to its shareholders, ...

MacDonald’s earnings for the quarter of 2012 were beyond the expectation of many but the company was well aware that it will continue to face challenges in the coming years. In the year 2012, the world’s largest restaurant chain reported the greatest in nine years as a result of the turbulent global economy. This slide in performance was a big surprise to money investors who had keenly noted the firm’s robust performance for nine years from the year 2003 with the net effect being an increase in profitability as well as the stock price for the ...

Tesla stock has continued to rise steadily as from February. However, significant changes in its stock prices were evident from February 20th to April 4th. The performance of the company’s stock has been influenced by its electric model 3 unveiling. This is a mass-market automobile that is expected to pose stiff competition to other automobiles such as Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, which are gas-powered and similarly priced as the model 3. The only company that is producing an electric automobile similar to Tesla’s is General Motors. In just these two months, the company stocks jumped with over 100 ...

Stock Analysis: PepsiCo

Summary: Current Price of stock: $103.78 Projected Price of stock: $159.98 Recommendation: Buy About the company Founded in the year 1898, PepsiCo is an American multinational company that manufacture and process food snacks and beverages. Headquartered in New York, Pepsico is the the behemoth of food and beverage industry in the United States with annual revenue of $63.05 billion. The company owns a series of brands such as Frito Lays, Tropicana, Mountain Dew, Quaker Oats, Gatorade, et cetera. By the end of 2015, the company had employed 263,000 employees and was selling its products in more than 200 ...

Question 1: Olter’s Beta coefficient

Olter’s Beta can be determined using the Capital Asset Pricing Model. The required return on the average stock is the market return while the average return on Olter’s stock is Olter’s required rate of return. Beta = (Expected return – Risk-free rate)/ (Market return – Risk free rate) = (13-6)(13-6) = 1.0

Question 2: Effect of Beta coefficient on stock price

Beta is a measure of risk and gives the variability of a stock’s return (price changes) in relation to the variability of the overall market. Since it represents the stock’s risk, Beta influences the prices of stocks. Under the Capital Asset Pricing Model, Beta is ...

b1. Information contained in non-GAAP earnings numbers that GAAP earnings numbers do not give. According to Harvard (2013), the non-GAAP earnings numbers normally include values that may have either been included or excluded from the GAAP earnings numbers that are comparable directly in terms of the income statement, balance sheet and the statement of cash flows. These numbers include the expected future financial position and performance of an entity. b2. Merits and demerits of using non-GAAP earnings The main advantage of non-GAAP measures is that it enables the reporting entity to give more information relating to metrics that are ...

Analysis of LaSalle Hotel Properties

Introduction: Importance of ratio analysis Financial ratios are important in analysing the financial performance of an organization. The financial performance is a key factor in the management of the organization. Financial ratios simplify the financial statements such as the income statement hence managers can easily determine whether the organization is profitable or not. For instance, profitability ratios such as the net profit margin indicate whether the organization is profitable or not. Managers can then identify areas of weaknesses and take corrective actions to improve the profitability of the organization. They are also used to assess the liquidity of an ...

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.: Financial Ratio Analysis

Introduction Financial ratios divulge valuable information to the management of a firm that guides them in making significant operational and strategic decisions for their organizations. Financial ratio analysis is a significant technique that is used to analyze financial statements. Accounting ratios are a source of valuable information that helps the management of a firm to understand the financial state of their companies and be able to formulate strategies that will help them achieve the desired financial goals. Activity ratios, for instance, are used to judge the efficiency of the firm in using various assets that it has to generate ...

INTRODUCTION

Financial ratio analysis is one of the key techniques for evaluating a company’s financial position. Financial ratios help getting additional information about financial performance of a company that might not be obvious from its financial statements (Erhardt and Brigham 89). They enable the management to evaluate the operating performance of the company in dynamics. Besides, the managers may track their financial goals achievement with the help of this type of analysis as ratios are widely used in planning and setting future performance goals (1). Moreover, the ratios are used to compare performance of companies within one industry, including ...