1. Calculate EVERGREEN CORP.’s annual growth rate for sales, assets and operating profit in 2018 and 2019. What are the underlying drivers of these growth rates?

2. Calculate EVERGREEN CORP.’s financial ratios for 2018 and 2019, including a full Du Pont analysis.

3. Calculate EVERGREEN CORP.’s Z-score for 2018 and 2019.

4. Based on your calculations, what are EVERGREEN CORP.’s key strengths and weaknesses?

5. What recommendations would you make to the management of EVERGREEN CORP. to improve its performance? (be specific and make use of all the data available)

  

4:28 PM Mon May 31 Exhibits Balance Sheet ASSETS Fixed assets FNN 5200 Assignment 1.pdf Property, plant and equipment Current assets Inventory Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents Total assets LIABILITIES Long-term liabilities Long term debt (8% bonds maturing in 2027) Current liabilities Bank overdrafts and borrowings Trade and other payables Total liabilities EQUITY Share capital (1 million shares outstanding) Total liabilities + equity Market price per share 2017 m 180.0 90.0 30.0 60.0 360.0 75.0 87.3 36.0 198.3 2018 m 93.6 216.0 108.0 36.0 72.0 432.0 75.0 142.0 43.2 260.2 161.7 171.8 360.0 432.0 61 2019 m 259.2 129.6 43.2 86.4 518.4 75.0 214.4 51.8 341.2 177.2 518.4 21 62% i ...