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ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION You were provided with the following accounting information of Cable &Price Ltd, a hardware store as at 31 March 2014 2013 2014 2012 1,012,000 177,100 67,850 63,250 164,450 66,700 698,050 189,750 253,000 549,700 1,012,000 144,900 36,800 26.450 177.100 92,000 779.700 284,050 253,000 538.200 Sales (credit) Gross Profit Net Profit Bank Accounts Receivable 112,810 82,400 Fixed Assets Accounts Payable Mortgage Equity 502,300 The following ratios have already been calculated using the above information of Cable & Price Ltd 2014 14.3% 3.6% 2013 17.5% 6.7% 1.6:1 1.2:1 12.9% 55.4% 11.2 times Gross profit percentage Net profit percentage Current ratio Liquidity (Quick) Ratio Return on equity Proprietorship percentage Inventory turnover Accounts Receivable turnover 0.7:1 6.8% 50.1% 10.9 times 50 da 62 da DebvEquity ratio 0.8:1 Required 1. Analyse and interpret the ratios/percentages calculated above. Use the headings of Profitability Financial Stability and Asset Utilisation. (Recommendations not required.) [13 marks) 2. Attach a copy of New Zealand share market statistics from the financial pages of a recent Saturday issue of the Dominion Post newspaper. Select a company and highlight the figures for the following: (a) Dividends per Share (b) Dividend Yield (c) Price Earnings ratio Explain what is being measured by each of (a) to (c) inclusive. 3 marks] ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION You were provided with the following accounting information of Cable &Price Ltd, a hardware store as at 31 March 2014 2013 2014 2012 1,012,000 177,100 67,850 63,250 164,450 66,700 698,050 189,750 253,000 549,700 1,012,000 144,900 36,800 26.450 177.100 92,000 779.700 284,050 253,000 538.200 Sales (credit) Gross Profit Net Profit Bank Accounts Receivable 112,810 82,400 Fixed Assets Accounts Payable Mortgage Equity 502,300 The following ratios have already been calculated using the above information of Cable & Price Ltd 2014 14.3% 3.6% 2013 17.5% 6.7% 1.6:1 1.2:1 12.9% 55.4% 11.2 times Gross profit percentage Net profit percentage Current ratio Liquidity (Quick) Ratio Return on equity Proprietorship percentage Inventory turnover Accounts Receivable turnover 0.7:1 6.8% 50.1% 10.9 times 50 da 62 da DebvEquity ratio 0.8:1 Required 1. Analyse and interpret the ratios/percentages calculated above. Use the headings of Profitability Financial Stability and Asset Utilisation. (Recommendations not required.) [13 marks) 2. Attach a copy of New Zealand share market statistics from the financial pages of a recent Saturday issue of the Dominion Post newspaper. Select a company and highlight the figures for the following: (a) Dividends per Share (b) Dividend Yield (c) Price Earnings ratio Explain what is being measured by each of (a) to (c) inclusive. 3 marks]
