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Company chosen: Royal Dutch Shell.
How are Financial Ratios Used?
Many analytical tools, techniques and concepts have been developed by both analysts and investors to compare companies' strengths and weaknesses over the years. Fundamental analysis is based on these tools, techniques and concepts (Lan, n.d.).
Ratio analysis was developed as a tool for the performance of quantitative analysis on the numerical figures that occurred in financial statements. Ratios assist in the connection of the three financial statements and provide numbers that can be used to compare different organizations, industries and even sectors. One of the most broadly applied techniques of fundamental analysis is ratio analysis (Lan, n.d.).
The following ratios are used by companies to display several important performance indicators to investors and also provide data from past years for the purpose of comparison. They are also used internally to see the company's performance against competitors (Lan, n.d.).
1. The company's efficient utilization of assets is measured using activity ratios. They give investors an idea of the firm's general operational performance.
2. The efficient usage of the firm with the aim of generating revenue is measured using asset turnover.
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They are particularly very significant to creditors. They are used to gauge the capability of firms to fulfill those obligations that are short-term. In this regard, the quick ratio and the current ratio are the most important.
4. For measuring the ability of the company to fulfill those obligations that are long-term, solvency ratios are used. They are analyzed to show the capital structure of the company as well as the firm's financial leverage (Lan, n.d.).
How is short-term cash flow and financing tracked and managed?
Throughout the cycle of business, performance is driven by practices that manage well. All the same, these practices can lose their strictness when things are running smoothly and the businesses may be left vulnerable when things get tougher (Thomson, 2016).
In most companies, cash management is perceived as a back-office obligation related to pursuing debtors and stretching the terms of payment. This is a wrong decision. Instead, Shell has expanded visibility and cash control throughout the business. Shell has a good understanding of the cash flow process across the enterprise, the situations under which cash would get stuck and how any problems that may arise can be solved. This involves the realization that although…
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Investopedia. (2016). Capital Budgeting. Retrieved from Investopedia: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capitalbudgeting.asp#ixzz4BS0FHetd
Investopedia. (2016). Optimal Capital Structure. Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/optimal-capital-structure.asp#ixzz4BS13aHxo
Lan, J. (n.d.). 16 Financial Ratios for Analyzing a Company's Strengths and Weaknesses. Retrieved from http://www.aaii.com/journal/article/16-financial-ratios-for-analyzing-a-companys-strengths-and-weaknesses.touch
Thomson, P. (2016). Developing a total cash management strategy. Retrieved from http://www.ceoforum.com.au/article-detail.cfm?cid=9590&t=/Steve-Sargent--GE-Australia -- New-Zealand/Executing-on-innovation/
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