5% of assets to 24.6%, with a corresponding reduction in liabilities. This has been achieved with a slight reduction in the company's borrowings from 42.65% of assets to 42.03%. While deferred taxes have increased, the company has seen its post-retir Continue Reading...
Capital Structure Soliciting funding for a company investment is normally an uphill task for the company. The ideal company must convince the investors that it can repay the money. For this reason, there is a necessity to determine the company's cap Continue Reading...
Apple Industry Analysis Apple competes in the consumer electronics industry, predominantly on the hardware side, but also on the software side. The most significant product that the company makes is the iPhone, which accounts for $155 billion in re Continue Reading...
Introduction Distribution policy is a set of principle stipulating the guidelines for cash dividends payout to the shareholders and stock repurchases. Dividends mean the company's earnings distributed to the stockholders declared during the year Continue Reading...
Forming a Bank Holding Company - Structure, Governance, and Regulations Understanding Banks Forming and Expanding a Bank Holding Company Financial Holding Company Requirements BHC Regulations Capital Building Options for Bank Holding Companies Continue Reading...
Introduction Financial and legal experts concur that one of the strongest anti- takeover defense approaches is a shareholder rights strategy (or, in more informal terms, a poison pill)[footnoteRef:1],[footnoteRef:2]. Though the particulars differ bas Continue Reading...
Company Performance One of the most important aspects for determining the success, performance, and profitability of a company is performance measurement. Performance measurement is basically described as a system that improves individual performan Continue Reading...
Mattel Corporation specializes in creating lasting memories for every child the corporation is able to touch through the purchase of their toys. Therefore, the Mattel does not sell toys rather a child's imagination and memories are forged and created Continue Reading...
Apple Financials Major Line of Business Apple designs and markets consumer electronics. The company has a strategy of integration that sees it as a designer of both software and hardware, which is unique in the industry. Apple competes as a differe Continue Reading...
State Domination and Financial Markets The Chinese government has characterized its involvement in economic development as "serving rather than supervising the private economy" since 2008 (Xinhua, 2009). With this shift in focus a number of change Continue Reading...
Apple: Borrower Analysis The size of the loan that Apple (AAPL) is procuring is $6.5 billion dollars in corporate bonds (Colt, 2015) with the intention of raising another $1.6 billion through the sale of Australian currency bonds in the form of seve Continue Reading...
Sturm Ruger Introduction Sturm Ruger is one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the United States. The company is solid financially, despite some steep revenue declines. That said, the industry is still slated for growth, albeit slow growth. Thi Continue Reading...
Nike Should Move Production to the US and Make America Great Again Introduction Nike is a global sport, clothing and shoe supplier and retailer with over 1000 retail outlets in the US and with global brand recognition. Since its founding in the 1960s Continue Reading...
This is a poor use of the company's capital, since the global economy remains weak and since Qantas faces intense competition on numerous fronts. While increasing the debt component of the capital structure would lower the overall cost of capital, i Continue Reading...
4 billion goodwill writedown in 2009. The long-term debt ratio is 39.7%, compared with 32.7% in 2008 and 26.7% in 2006, again indicating that while the level of long-term debt has remained roughly unchanged, the company has become much smaller. Overa Continue Reading...
Financial Statements McDonalds is a fast food restaurant chain that operates globally. The company is the leader in the industry, and is one of the most recognized brands in the world. The income statement can reveal a number of things about a comp Continue Reading...
Aflac, Inc. Case StudyThe purpose of this paper is to provide a review of a case study concerning the total rewards strategy at the American Family Life Assurance Company, Inc. (Aflac) and how it aligns with the companys guiding values and principles Continue Reading...
Corona Modelo needs to chart a course for the company's future. The longstanding objective is to move Modelo into the top five of brewers in the world. As of 2005, Modelo remained outside of the top six. The company has 52 of the domestic market and Continue Reading...
However, often those steps are performed well and the failure results as a failure of leadership. Leadership was a major issue at Xerox. When the company was collapsing, the managers responsible for leading the company were putting out fires instea Continue Reading...
Tesla AnalysisSWOT AnalysisStrengths Strong brand equity around the world Strong culture of innovation Strong and dynamic leadership team Economies of scale Access to low cost capital sources in both the debt and equity markets. Government policies c Continue Reading...
Regulation on Financial InstitutionsIntroductionThe regulation of financial institutions in the US is a controversial subject, as there are arguments both for and against regulation. However, regulation for the most part is an accepted way of life an Continue Reading...
Apple Inc. Company Analysis Current situation Currently, Apple Inc. focuses on designing, manufacturing, and marketing media and mobile devices, digital portable music players and personal computers. The company sells varied related services, softw Continue Reading...
Phillip Morris Part II Phillip Morris International as discussed in part one of this paper series is "the leading international tobacco company with products sold in over 180 countries" (Phillip Morris International. About Us. 2011). The organizatio Continue Reading...
