Assignment Brief

The assignment is to be completed individually. You are to examine the financial statements of a listed company (any country) for your discussion.

Introduction and Objective:

Upon completion of this assignment, you will be able to analyse the financial statements of a company using horizontal & vertical analysis, and ratio analysis Required:

Prepare horizontal and vertical analyses for the company and calculate the following ratios.

1. Gross profit percentage
2. Net profit percentage
3. Return on equity
4. Return on asset
5. Inventory turnover
6. Quick ratio
7. Current ratio
8. Trade Payables payment period
9. Trade Receivables collection period
10. Inventory turnover period

Show clearly the formulas used for calculating the ratios.