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Financial analysis of a company

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Prepare a report including the following information: (Finding a company to analyze)
What is the history of this company?How did it begin? What differentiates this company from its competitors? Compute the following ratios for this company:

Current ratio; inventory turnover ratio; Accounts receivable turnover ratio; Debt to equity; Return on assets; Return on equity; Gross margin on sales

1-What do these ratios indicate about the company?

2- Who would be interested in each of the ratios listed above? Why?

3- How well is this company doing? If possible, find the industry ratios for comparison.

4- What other information would be useful for investors and creditors in making economic decisions about this company? Would you invest in this company?

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This provides the steps for financial analysis of a company. The current ratio, inventory turnover ratio and account receivable turnover ratio are calculated.

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Prepare a report including the following information: (Finding a company to analyze)
What is the history of this company?How did it begin? What differentiates this company from its compettitors? Compute the ...

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