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    Help with Ratios and Accounting practice please?

    Hello! I am having some trouble understanding ratios and coming up with an explanation for it. If you could please help me understand it and how to come up with a valid reason it would be wonderful. I hoping to ace this practice so next week I can do well on my exam. I have attached the balance sheet and the income statement. I can figure out ratios but I cant really explain as why it would be good or bad. Any help or guides would be greatly appreciated.

    Practice #2 Commentary:in 5yrs this company nearly doubled their assets.it would appear that we would want to include something about that in our analysis, wouldn't you agree?

    another observation from the balance sheet is that equity starts out at just under double total liabilities and ends up almost 4x total liabilities. This is a fact, but what does it mean to the health of the company? is it a good result or a bad result that equity is now much higher as a percentage of liabilities.

    interestingly, sales increase, but not very significantly and the same is true for profit after tax. In fact, profit actually deteriorates as the sales increase. What is causing that?

    Remember, you "job" here is to use ratio analysis to determine where you must improve performance. THink about the relationships among various accounts. In other words, what accounts on the balance sheet are affected with a sale? Whats happening with gross margin? with receivables and inventory levels? If sales are increasing, are receivables increasing proportionately? DSO increased almost 9days; Avg Days in Inventory increased approx. 1.5 days.

    This company isn't easy to analyze. There are some good things happening but also we see significant deterioration in other areas. There are many areas that require attention. Review the financial statements and notice what is going on.

    Determine where the most significant improvement, change, deterioration exists and choose your ratio calculations accordingly.

    Put yourself as CEO of the company, what would you do? where would you begin? based on the info what do you believe needs attention more than anything. Answer the following Questions.

    1. were you able to pinpoint the areas that are of greatest concern to the company? explain

    2. with excel did you accurately calculate the ratios that support your position? explain

    3. finally, are your recommendations valid? explain

    *your recommendation must be valid and support your ratios result for all three questions.

    1 AnswerOther - Business & Finance8 years ago
  • can someone please check to see if I did my accounting financial statements correctly. I DID THE WORK.?

    I have already done the work but I am not 100% sure if I did all of it correctly. I would greatly appreciate it if you could look over my work and give me any advice on what I did right or wrong. This is my first accounting class and I am hoping to fully understand my mistakes so I can continue onto the next chapters. I had to create an Income Statement, Balance sheet, and Retained Earnings. Also, is there a way for me to check to see if my numbers add up to make sure I am doing it correctly? Thanks again in advance for any help that I can get it.

    Info given:

    Sally Company

    (credits shown in brackets)

    Accounts Payable (35,000.00)

    Accounts Receivable 55,000.00

    Accumulated Depr: Equipment (15,000.00)

    Accrued Wages (10,000.00)

    Advertising Expense 8,525.00

    Cash 19,025.00

    Common Stock (40,000.00)

    Cost of Goods Sold 329,700.00

    Depreciation Expense 18,000.00

    Delivery Expense 3,500.00

    Equipment 95,000.00

    Inventory 41,000.00

    Notes Payable (120 day note) (35,000.00)

    Notes Receivable (90 day note) 15,000.00

    Prepaid Insurance 10,000.00

    Retained Earnings (57,000.00)

    Salaries Expense 97,500.00

    Sales (Revenue) (602,000.00)

    Supplies 65,000.00

    Supplies Expense 3,750.00

    Travel Expense 17,500.00

    Utilities Expense 15,500.00

    MY WORK:

    Sally Company

    Income Statement

    For Month Ended October 31, 2013

    Revenues

    Sales revenue $(602,000.00)

    Cost of goods sold 327,700.00

    Gross profit (274,300.00)

    Expense

    Salaries Expense $97,500.00

    Depreciation Expense 18,000.00

    Travel Expense 17,500.00

    Utilities Expense 15,500.00

    Advertising Expense 8,525.00

    Supplies Expense 3,750.00

    Delivery Expense 3,500.00

    Total Expense $164,275.00

    Net Income $(110,025.00)

    Sally Company

    Balance Sheet

    October 31 ,2013

    Assets

    Cash $19,025.00

    Accounts Receivable 55,000.00

    Notes Receivable 15,000.00

    Supplies 65,000.00

    Accumulated Depr: Equipment (15,000.00)

    Prepaid Insurance 10,000.00

    Equipment 95,000.00

    Inventory 41,000.00

    Total Assets $285,025.00

    Liabilities and Owner's Equity

    Liabilities

    Notes Payable $(35,000.00)

    Accounts Payable (35,000.00)

    Accrued Wages (10,000.00)

    Total liabilities $(80,000.00)

    Stockholder's equity

    Common stock $(40,000.00)

    Retained Earnings (57,000.00)

    Total Stockholders Equity $(97,000.00)

    Sally Company

    Statement of Retained Earnings

    For the Year Ending October 31, 2013

    Retained Earnings, October 1, 2013 0

    Plus: Net Income $(110,025.00)

    $(110,025.00)

    Less: Dividends (40,000.00)

    Retained Earnings- October 31, 2013 $(70,025.00)

    1 AnswerPersonal Finance8 years ago
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