Cases&Exercises - Chapter 1
Cases&Exercises - Chapter 1
Cases&Exercises - Chapter 1
Departamento de Gestão
COURSE UNIT:
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND PLANNING
RATIO ANALYSIS
1. Taking into account the balance sheet information presented in the table below for Company
ONE and Company TWO, compute the Current ratio, the Quick ratio and the Cash to current
liabilities ratio for the two companies and comment the results.
ONE TWO
Company P Company X
Financial ratios Year N Year N+1 Year N Year N+1
Current ratio 2.32 2.19 1.4 1.45
=Current Assets/Current Liabilities
Quick ratio 1.36 1.17 0.9 0.85
=(Current Assets-Inventories)/Current Liabilities
Collection Period (months) 2.30 2.08 2.56 2.3
= Accounts Receivable/Sales*12
Days Accounts Payables Outstanding (months) 3.46 2.92 3 3
= Accounts Payables/Purchases*12)
Inventory Turnover 3.63 4.13 6 5
= Cost of sales/Inventories
Shareholders' equity to total liabilities 3.16 3.00 0.61 0.62
= Shareholders' Equity/Total Liabilities
Shareholders' equity to total assets 0.76 0.75 0.38 0.38
= Shareholders' Equity/Total Assets
Financial leverage 0.24 0.25 0.62 0.62
= Total Liabilities/Total Assets
Non-current financing to non-current assets 1.72 1.65 1.23 1.38
= (Shareholders' Equity + Non-current Liabilities)/Non-
current Assets
Founded in 1927, Riopele is one of the oldest textile companies in Portugal and an international
reference in the creation and production of fabrics for fashion and clothing collections. The table
below presents the balance sheet for the period 1993-1996. This was a period of high difficulties for
the company. Make a brief comment on the financial performance of the company, focusing on its
main investments and main sources of financing.