Finance Management Comparing the Sony and Panasonic...

Student: | Sidorov Nikita | Class: | Managing Operations and Finance | Assignment: | Financial Ratio Analysis of the Sony Corporation | Lecturer : | Bruce Gahir | Semester: | 1st Semester 2011 | Program: | MSc International Management | Due Date: | 19.01.2012 | Actual Submission Date: | 19.01.2012 | Evidence Produced (List separate items, e.g. 1 report, 2 CDs) | Location (Choose one) | 1.Report | 1. Uploaded to the Learning Center (Moodle) | 2. | 2. Submitted to reception | 3. | | 4. | Optional: I have also handed a hard copy to the lecturer according to his/her requestEmail submissions to the lecturer are not valid, and all extensions are submitted directly to administration. | Student†¦show more content†¦When looking at a specific company, the financial analyst will often focus on the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement. In addition, one key area of financial analysis involves extrapolating the company s past performance into an estimate of the company s future performance (Friedlob, 2003). The role of the financial analysis in the company could hardly be overestimated. This type of monitoring the financial health of the company helps to predict furure problems, find out unprofitable parts of the business and could be the base to the future financial and strategic planning. Starting to analyse the companies mentioned above the entire logics and plan of the research will be determined. Each company within this research will be analized by profitability, liquidity ratios, investing prospects, etc. This will bring the whole picture of the company’s finances and we can easily compare the company with the key competitor and the entire industry to determine its strengths and weaknesses. In other words, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the company from the view point of its finances and discover their advantages and disadvantages. Sony Corporation Financial Analysis 1. Profitability 2.1 Gross Profit Margin GPM=Gross ProfitSales and Operating RevenueÃâ€"100 Sony | Panasonic | Year | 2010 | 2011 | Gross Profit | 20202 | 20594 | Sales and Oper. Rav. | 88331 | 88341 | | YearShow MoreRelatedInvestment and Economic Moats46074 Words   |  185 PagesThat’s the first half of this book. Once we’ve established a foundation for understanding economic moats, I’ll show you how to recognize moats that are eroding, the key role that industry structure plays in creating competitive advantage, and how management can create (and destroy) moats. A chapter of case studies follows that applies competitive analysis to some well-known companies. I’ll also give an overview of valuation, because even a wide-moat company will be a poor investment if you pay Read MoreStrategic Marketing Management337596 Words   |  1351 PagesStrategic Marketing Management Dedication This book is dedicated to the authors’ wives – Gillian and Rosie – and to Ben Gilligan for their support while it was being written. Acknowledgements Our thanks go to Janice Nunn for all the effort that she put in to the preparation of the manuscript. Strategic Marketing Management Planning, implementation and control Third edition Richard M.S. Wilson Emeritus Professor of Business Administration The Business School Loughborough University Read MoreBranding in Clothing Industry22425 Words   |  90 PagesAbstract Brand is a powerful tool to attract more consumers to buy particular products. Some may even regarded it as equity as it can add values to the products. This study examines the factors which contribute to brand equity in the clothing industry, comparing the consumer behaviour between the British and Chinese respondents based on the four respects of brand equity, namely brand awareness, perceived quality, brand loyalty and brand association. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted to solicitRead MoreManaging Information Technology (7th Edition)239873 Words   |  960 PagesNIBCO’s â€Å"Big Bang†: An SAP Implementation CASE STUDY III-6 BAT Taiwan: Implementing SAP for a Strategic Transition CASE STUDY III-7 A Troubled Project at Modern Materials, Inc. CASE STUDY III-8 Purchasing and Implementing a Student Management System at Jefferson County School System CASE STUDY IV-1 The Clarion School for Boys, Inc.– Milwaukee Division: Making Information Systems Investments CASE STUDY IV-2 FastTrack IT Integration for the Sallie Mae Merger CASE STUDY