PSEG Introduction & Description of the Business The Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is a publicly-traded utility company, incorporated in New Jersey. The company has two subsidiaries, those being PSE&G and Power. The former is a fran Continue Reading...
Banc One wanted to manage its interest rate exposure without using swaps, what could it do? Specifically, how could it move from being asset-sensitive to either neutral or mildly liability-sensitive without using swaps? What are the pros and cons of Continue Reading...
Enron committed financial fraud prior to its collapse in 2001 by overstating its earnings and using mark-to-market accounting essentially to cook its books and dupe third-party auditing firm Arthur Andersen. Enron’s CFO Andy Fastow and it Continue Reading...
Ratio Analysis: Setbacks Ratio Analysis: Potential Pitfalls In basic terms, ratio analysis comes in handy in the evaluation of a firm's current financial position and the direction this position is expected to take in the future" (Besley and Brigha Continue Reading...
Financial Analysis The auditor's opinion letter is a basic form letter that says it conducted the audit according to accepted auditing principles, and that the financial statements of Major Medical Center accurate reflect the financial condition of Continue Reading...
1. The average stock return for Corporation A was 12% during the three-year period from 2011 to 2013. Here the corporation saw mixed results as the stock price increased 16% in 2011 as compared to just 8.2% in 2012. Here, the stock price may not be a Continue Reading...
Accounting One of the most important disciplines in the corporate world is accounting since it is applicable to nearly all job specialties. Accounting is important in the business world because of the significance of effective record keeping in enab Continue Reading...
Financial Analysis of Pepsi and Coca Cola Synopsis of Companies Pepsi and Coca-Cola companies boast of having two of the most recognized and preferred or desired beverages in the whole world. These two establishments are very fierce competitors in Continue Reading...
Financial Accounting JD Wetherspoon is one of the largest pubcos in Britain, with 880 properties, and had annual turnover last year of ?1.409 billion (Yahoo! Finance, 2015). The company competes with a cost leadership strategy, something that should Continue Reading...
Accounting in British Petroleum Scope, Aims, and Objectives The research project proposed herein will examine the role of accounting in the past progression and current situation of British Petroleum, the company that came under intense public scru Continue Reading...
Financial Analysis of Lehman Brother Lehman Brothers The history has been full of financial collapses and financial scandals and one of the biggest financial collapses that a company has ever seen was that of Lehman brother. The collapse of a firm Continue Reading...
As noted, the leverage is deliberate, and probably is designed to deliver these ROEs to shareholders. H&M pays out a large portion of its profits as dividends. Nordstrom's dividend is healthy for an American company, but far less than that of H Continue Reading...
The only observation that could be made here is that one would expect a larger proportion of the total expenses to be allocated to research and development, given the fact that this is such an important part of Microsoft's activity and essential in Continue Reading...
Accounting Operating Leverage, Return on Investment, Economic value added and Net Profit Margin at Yum Brands A firms performance is often measured using ratios. There are many different ratios which are used, all indicating different types of perf Continue Reading...
The company's promotional literature emphasizes the synergistic effects of this corporate structure: "IAG combines the two leading airlines in the UK and Spain, enabling them to enhance their presence in the aviation market while retaining their ind Continue Reading...
25 in 1999, $0.24 in 2000 and $0.23 in 2001. This earning is after deducting cost of sales and operating expenses. The following were the cash flows from 3 activities of Merck and ICN (figures were in dollars): Cash inflow (outflow) Merck & Co Continue Reading...
Financial Reports Pickett Company Balance Sheet Assets Cash Accounts Receivable Equipment (Net Depreciation) Inventory Total Assets Liabilities Accounts Payable Long-term Debt Total Liabilities Stockholder's Equity Common Stock Paid In Continue Reading...
However, with budgeting, management can easily see how much money is available for projects and what the most pressing issues of the company are. Without the budget, the company is doomed as it is unable to account for its cash flow and revenue stre Continue Reading...
Financial Analysis Oracle sells software for database-management and network products, application-development productivity tools, and end-user applications. Its principal product, the Oracle relational database-management system, runs on supercompu Continue Reading...
The ratios that derive from the financial accounting statements are used frequently in finance to determine the health of a company (Russo, n.d). When a lender wants to know what interest rate to charge a borrower, it looks at the liquidity and sol Continue Reading...
Financial Management for Nurses The modern healthcare industry is extremely labor intensive. To be effective, a modern nurse manager must balance patient care vs. staffing, procedures vs. patient load, and fiscal budgets in line with appropriate lev Continue Reading...
46. So far the firm looks to be a good potential candidate for a loan. 3. Solvency The current and quick ratio looks at the short-term ability of a firm to meet its obligations. A lender will also want to look at the longer term position and the a Continue Reading...
Conduct a benchmarking analysis As explained by Prasnikar, Debeljak and Ahcan (2005) benchmarking depends on comparing between two activities of an organization and another. In our case, we shall compare McDonald's activities and those of its comp Continue Reading...
Accounting The trend in Netflix's contribution margin ratio over the past three years is as follows. The costs are the COGS plus 30% of other expenses. The remaining 70% of expenses are assumed to be fixed. Netflix Revenue Costs Contribution Co Continue Reading...
Leverage permits superior possible returns to the investor than otherwise would have been obtainable but the probable for loss is in addition superior, since the investment becomes valueless, the loan principal and all accumulated interest on the lo Continue Reading...
Financial Environment A non-for-profit entity has a financial structure based on assets and liabilities solely. Such an entity does not have equity. The main source of financing for a non-profit entity is donations. A non-profit entity is, other tha Continue Reading...
The report reflects the actual figures. Variance columns are presented in comparing the actual with the revised budget. There is reconciliation between the budgetary basis and GAAP are presented on the comparison schedule. The major differences are Continue Reading...
Relevance Materiality Quantitative The Financial Year/Accounting Period Concept Application of Literature Review into practice for IKEA's 3-year (2009-2010-2011) financial reports What is missing and ok in the reports? The good and bad points o Continue Reading...
That was the year that significant changes were made in the Securities Act and the rules for bringing class action lawsuits were adjusted and modified. Because of those changes, it became more important from a litigation standpoint to ensure that co Continue Reading...
roles of forensic accountants in preventing and detecting fraud within a business community. The paper highlights the requisites and basic responsibilities of a forensic accountant. The paper also makes references on the special cases where forensic Continue Reading...
alternative accounting methods that have become increasingly popular. There are various merits and demerits of obtaining each of the accounting method for a firm however a company must choose the accounting method carefully as it proves to be a vita Continue Reading...
The balance sheet includes two main categories, assets and liabilities and shareholders' equity. Both of these are in turn split into current assets and other assets. In terms of current assets, all three companies include inventory, cash and cash Continue Reading...
Dole and Nestle Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) When it comes to the preparation as well as presentation of financial statements in the United States, there are a number of accounting procedures and rules used by entities in an Continue Reading...
Income Statement Vertical2011 Vertical 2010 Horizontal Sales Other Revenue Total Less Cost of Goods Sold Operation & Admin Expenses Income Tax Interest Expense Total Net Income Because of economic decline and uncertainties of unemp Continue Reading...
Since 2010 the organization has demonstrated a decline in revenue of 11.08%. However, one would expect some decline as a result of the divestments took place in 2011. The gross profit for the year ending 2012 was $8,019, which equates to a gross pr Continue Reading...
" (Camfferman & Zeff, 2) Indeed, the purpose which seems to stand above many others as specific Standards are examined is the improvement of financial reports as informative documents inbuilt with the capacity to educate users as to the financial Continue Reading...
The examples cited by Thomas and Smith (1997) are the political concern with discrimination in insurance pricing, leading to numerous papers on underwriting; and proposals to change accounting standards for pension costs, leading to a flurry of effo Continue Reading...
Assets in the investment portfolio were overvalued. Financial transactions were structured to report smaller amounts of debt and create the appearance of greater cash flow. Financial results were represented in a false and misleading manner. Forens Continue Reading...
