Sunpose you are conducting an analysis of the financial performance of Fuzzy Button Clothing Company over the past three years. The company did not issue new shares during these Ratios Calculated three years, and has faced some operational difficulties. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 The company has thus pilot tested some new forecasting Price to cash flow 5.60 7.28 8.15 strategies for better operations management. You have Inventory turnover 11.20 13.44 15.05 collected the company's relevant financial data, made Debt to equity 0.60 0.64 0.77 reasonable assumptions based on the information available, and calculated the following ratios. Based on the preceding information, your calculations, and your assumptions, which of the following statements can be included in your analysis report? Check all that apply. A plausible reason why Fuzzy Button Clothing Company's price-to-cash-flow ratio has increased is that investors expect higher cash flow per share in the future D The company's creditworthiness has improved over these three years as evidenced by the increase in its debt-to-equity ratio over time. D Fuzzy Button Clothing Company's ability to meet its debt obligations has worsened since its debt-to-equity ratio increased from 0.60 to O.77. An improvement in the inventory turnover ratio could likely be explained by the new sales-forecasting strategies that led to better inventory management neof the most important applications of ratio analysis is to compare a company's performance with that of other layens in the industry or to compare its own performance over a period of time. Such analyses are referred to as a comparative analysis and trend analysis, respectively. A common size analysis requires the representation of financial statement data relative to a single financial statement tem (or base account or value). What is the most commonly used base item for a common size balance sheet? O Earnings before interest and taxes O Net income Total assets 0 Net sales Suppose you are conducting an analysis of the financial performance of Fuzzy Button Clothing Company over the past three years The company did not issue new shares during these three years, and has faced some operational difficulties. The company has thus pilot tested some new forecasting strategies for better operations management. You have collected the company's relevant financial data, made reasonable assumptions based on the information available, and calculated the following ratios. Ratios Calculated Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Price to cash flow 5.60 7.28 8.15 Inventory turnover 11.20 13.44 15.05 0.60 0.64 0.77 Debt to equity Based on the preceding information, your calculations, and your assumptions, which of the following statements can be included in your analysis report? Check all that apply A plausible reason why Fuzzy Button investors expect higher cash flow per share in the future. The company's creditworthiness has improved over these three years as evidenced by the increase inits Clothing Company's price-to-cash-flow ratio has increased is that debt-to-equity ratio over time. Fuzzy Button Clothing Company's ability to meet its debt obligations has worsened since its debt-to-equity ratio increased from 0.60 to 0.77 D An improvement in the inventory turnover ratio could likely be strategies that led to better inventory manegement explained by the new sales-forecastia
