In question 2 they are asking me to analyse their ability to successfully manage each of their categories of expenses. Is that just gross profit margin, operating profit margin and net profit margin or something else?
1. Go to e-resources on the WSU Library website and from the alphabetical list click on \"D\" and then pick the Ddb'idblrii Premium database. Once you are in the database, go to the search engine on the top righthand side and enter each the following company's ASX code: - Farm Pride Foods Limited (ASX code: FRM) - Select Harvests Limited (ASX code: SHV) For each company, the displayed page summarises general information about the company including the sector and industry in which it operates, total market capitalisation of the rm, latest closing share price, etc. Both rms are operating in the same sector (Consumer Staples), Industry Group (Food, Beverage & Tobacco) and same Industry (Food Products). 2. On the left-hand side, click on \"Financial Data\". The displayed page shows annual and interim information for your assigned companies (in the view bar, make sure you choose annual and not interim data). On the page's control bar at the top, you will see the rst three icons which displays the company's summarised annual nancial statements (income statement (prot & loss statement), balance sheet and the cash flow statement). Additional information, such as the number of shares outstanding at end of period is also given in these statements for different years. 3. The gures shown on the Financial Data page are rounded gures and are not to be used in the calculation of ratios. To access the raw gures, select the relevant time period from the 'year range' drop down bars, and click on 'go'. Once the gures appear, click on download spreadsheet. This will download an Excel le that contains all the relevant nancial statements i.e. Prot & Loss Statement, Balance Sheet, etc. 4. In the downloaded Excel le, you will see a sheet titled \"Revenue Expense\" in which you can locate the Cost of goods sold (COGS) for each company for the different years. N_ote: A company may also have Material and other input costs, which you will need to add to their Cost of goods sold to get the aggregate COGS for the company. 5. For more detailed information about how to obtain the data required for your group assignment, please watch the 'How to Obtain Data for the Group Assignment' video. The video is located in the Assessment Zone under the Assessment 2: Numerical Problem Solving link. QUESTION 2: For each of the two companies, analyse their ability to successfully manage each of their categories of expenses in 2018 as compared to 2017. Use three margin ratios to support your answer and explain any change in the ability of each company to control costs. Note: ensure that you analyie in this question, not just describe the ratio values
