Part I.c – Summary of Observations Including Assessment of Business Risk
Based on the financial ratios calculated, it appears that Pinnacle Manufacturing (the “Company”) is both using up cash assets and increasing its debt. The Cash Ratio has declined each of the past three years indicating that the Company has a decreasing ability to pay its current liabilities from cash and will be required to liquidate assets to pay off current liabilities. The Current Ratio has also declined each of the last three years. In 2009, it was 218.6% or 2.186. This means that for every dollar of current liabilities the Company had $2.18 in current assets with which to pay those liabilities.
Inventory Turnover has declined from 4.04 times per year
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Return on Assets shows the Company’s ability to generate a profit based on assets and equity. In 2009, the Company’s profit margin was 3.07% and in 2011 it had fallen to 1.91%.
Overall, the Company appears to have slowing sales leading to growing inventory. The Company is increasing its debt burden to help cash flow since sales seem to be declining and inventory is growing. The profitability of the Company is declining steadily. Finally, if the Company finds itself in default of any loan covenants it will have to liquidate assets to pay its debts. Forced asset sales are never beneficial to the seller and would only exacerbate the already declining business trends of the Company. Part I.f – What Data is More Useful in Evaluating the Potential for Misrepresentations?
We believe that each set of data has its strengths and weakness. The balance sheet data available for Pinnacle Manufacturing is extremely helpful in evaluating whether certain income statement items could be misstated. As an example, to know the trend in the asset Accounts Receivable: Trade made evaluating the income statement item Bad Debt expense easier. As a result, the financial data for the parent Pinnacle could be cross-referenced more easily.
However, the subsidiary income statements allow greater detail into the business components that make up Pinnacle. A possible overstatement in one account for one of the
* Return on assets (ROA) – ROA shows how successful a company is in generating profits on the amount of assets they own. Since assets consist of debt and equity, ROA is a measure of how well a company converts investment dollars into profit. The higher the percentage, the more profit a company is generating per dollar of investment. Similar to ROS, this ratio needs to be looked at compared to the industry as different industries have different requirements that can affect ROA. For example, companies in the airline and mining industries need expensive assets to operate so will have lower ROA’s compared to companies in the pharmaceutical or advertising industries.
f) To evaluate the material misstatement in the accounts, I think both of the consolidated income statement and the three financial statements are useful. We need to use the information properly from all the financial statements. However the consolidated income statement is the most useful one. If there is a significant change in an account balance comparing with preceding two years, the auditor will examine whether there a material misstatement exists. For instance, the bad debt expense as a percent of net sales in 2011, 2010 and 2009 are 0.56%, 0.70% and 0.69%, respectively. There should
Recommendations based on the balance sheet are little, since the company is performing so well. Firstly, we can increase cash - meaning, make more sales and have more discounts to attract buyers. Furthermore, increase "service" sales. Introduce a dry-cleaning line or a tailor service. Secondly, increase property - more stores. We see that we are performing well and with more stores, we will increase assets. By doing so, we increase our collateral and gain more financial status. Overall, the company is performing very well
In 2016, the company has 8,970,824 US Dollars in Long Term Assets (Current Assets: 7,036,578), 146,947,000 US Dollars in profits, and 6,959,225 US Dollars in Total Liabilities (Current Liabilities: 2,689,770). The problem with Labilities is that it is debt that has to be paid off over a certain period of time and in this case for current liabilities, it is a year. Labilities are expected to be paid off with cash but that’s a problem for Cabela’s. Cabela’s has a cash flow of -51,241,000 US Dollars and a long term debt value of 3,158,085 US Dollars which means cash is limited for Cabela’s. The current Ratio is at 2.616 which means the company is not managing its assets a properly and in turn could be having financial issues. [2] What is also not a good sign is the debt to equity ratio is 3.460 and this value is a sign that the Cabela’s has a high debt level and is having financial troubles. [3] Then the Return on Sales Ratio is .04 or 4% which terrible because this percent should be over 10%. Another sign that a company is having trouble is that the Acid Test Ratio is 2.30 because the ratio value should never be over 1. These troubling financial records shows that Cabela’s is having troubles but the real certain are in the direction of the
Return on equity measures a company’s profitability by calculating how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested. It is important to consider ROE and not just net income in dollar term because it helps for making comparisons among different investment amounts.
First of which, is the current ratio. It has been rapidly declining since 2000. To me this indicates that there is a liquidity issue. Each year their trade debt increase exceeds the increase of net income for the company. As a result, the working capital has taken a nosedive from $58,650 in 2002 to only $5,466 in 2003.
A vertical and horizontal analysis of each company's balance sheet and income statement in this particular case will be enlightening. A vertical analysis will for instance shed some light on how revenue is being used. In this case, each component of the companies' financial statements will be converted into a percentage of a key component of either the balance sheet or the income statement. A special common size balance sheet and income statement will be utilized to ease comparison. The
Income statements and balance sheets were reviewed to summarize the following key points that could
Increase in current liabilities Substantial increase in current liabilities weakened the company’s liquidity position. Its current liabilities were US$2,063.94 million at the end of FY2010, a 48.09% increase compared to the previous year. However, its current assets recorded a marginal increase of 25.07% - from US$1,770.02 million at the end of FY2009 to US$2,213.72 million at the end of FY2010. Following this, the company’s current ratio declined from 1.27 at the end of the FY2009 to 1.07 at the end of FY2010. A lower current ratio indicates that the company is in a weak financial position, and it may find it difficult to meet its day-to-day obligations.
The company’s debt ratios are 54.5% in 1988, 58.69% in 1989, 62.7% in 1990, and 67.37% in 1991. What this means is that the company is increasing its financial risk by taking on more leverage. The company has been taking an extensive amount of purchasing over the past couple of years, which could be the reason as to why net income has not grown much beyond several thousands of dollars. One could argue that the company is trying to expand its inventory to help accumulate future sales. But another problem is that the company’s
During this period, the Return on Assets increased from 5.7% in 2012 to 34.6% in 2013. This implies the number of cents earned on each dollar of assets increased from 2012 to 2013. This shows that the business has become more profitable. Equally, the Return on Equity also increased from 12.0% in 2012 to 46.5% in 2013. This similarly implies that the company in 2013 was more efficient in generating income from new investment. This, also can be attributed to the sale of the Digital Business Brand which enabled the company appraise its strategic plan.
The debt-to-capital ratio gives users an idea of a company's financial structure, or how it is financing its operations, along with some insight into its financial strength. The higher the debt-to-capital ratio, the more debt the company has compared to its equity. Star River has always depended much on debt for its financing and the trend shows this ratio may get higher in future. Star River, with high debt-to-capital ratios, compared to a general or industry average, may show weak financial strength because the cost of these debts may weigh on the company and
When a company goes bankrupt, intangible assets depreciate at a much faster rate than regular assets; therefore, most pharmaceutical companies already tend to avoid debt. Therefore, in this case a high current ratio does not indicate unsatisfactory business condition, but a rather favorable and smart condition for the company.
It’s noticeable how the company’s operations have been deteriorating as they are having a more difficult time translating sales into cash. Their A/R turnover is not where it needs to be, and in line with that, their liabilities are increasing as well. The company has also been inefficient with the use of their assets as their current activity ratios are not up to par with the industry standards.
Furthermore, if an organisation does not have enough cash resources in order to settle its current liabilities, this will highlight great inefficiency with stock turnover not being sold. A good company such as Sainsbury’s we see is healthy because revenue is recognised from inventories sold – this revenue allows cash to flow in order to pay for short term and long-term liabilities. It is evident that there are insufficient cash flowing into the company from investing activities and financing activities, which are shown by the brackets.