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Knee Depot, a building supplies company, has been lagging the rest of the industry in its performance.  So the board has brought in a new CEO, Milo T. Barnsworth to fix things.  Since he had a strong financial background, the first item on his todo list was to develop a financial planning section to an overall strategic plan.

Barnsworth began by comparing KD’s financial ratios to the rest of the industry.  Whenever he encountered a substandard ratio, he would meet with the manager responsible to develop a plan to fix it.  You have been hired to help Barnsworth finish his analysis of the company so that he can start implementing solutions.  To do so, you must answer the following questions based on the financial data provided:

1. Forecast the Balance Sheet and Income Statement for 2013. In this scenario (call it the Steady Scenario) operations are not changed in any way. What is the AFN? Calculate the following items: FCF, ROIC, EPS, DPS and ROE. Use the following assumptions:

Operating ratios stay the same

No additional long-term debt or equity is issued

Interest rate on all debt is 10%

Any additional funding will be acquired through a line of credit on the last day of the year (thus no interest for 2013)

Dividends will grow by 15%

Sales will grow by 15%

2. 

Repeat the analysis in question 1, but this time call it the Improved Scenario and assume that KD changes its operations such that it achieves industry averages for the following items:

Operating costs / Sales

Receivables / Sales

Fixes Assets / Sales

The given data represent the total compensation for 10 randomly selected CEOs and their​ company’s stock performance in 2009. Analysis of this data reveals a correlation coefficient of r = –  0.2308. What would be the predicted stock return for a company whose CEO made​ $15 million? What would be the predicted stock return for a company whose CEO made​ $25 million?

the compensation and stock performance data:

Compensation ($ millions)Stock Return (%)

25.94                                                5.87

12.26                                               30.29

19.66                                               31.82

12.97                                               79.86

12.39                                               -8.27

12.23                                                3.12

26.38                                                4.44

14.97                                               10.73

17.08                                                 4.46

14.27                                                11.99

table of critical values for the correlation coefficient:

Critical Values for Correlation Coefficient

n

30.997

40.950

50.878

60.811

70.754

80.707

90.666

100.632

110.602

120.576

130.553

140.532

150.514

160.497

170.482

180.468

190.456

200.444

210.433

220.423

230.413

240.404

250.396

260.388

270.381

280.374

290.367

300.361

n

What would be the predicted stock return for a company whose CEO made​ $15 million?

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1. Download and read “How to Read a Financial Report” from http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/552/122696/Merrill_Lynch.pdf .
2. Before composing your written summary response, conduct a ratio analysis and complete the one-page Excel spreadsheet to be included as an appendix with your initial discussion post:
1. Using Ratio Analysis to Interpret Company Financial Reports:
1. Locate comparative financial statements: Locate the most recent comparative annual financial reports for your company if publicly traded (or another publicly traded company).  Note that you will need the financial statements for the two most recent consecutive years (fiscal year or calendar year).  You can find annual reports for publicly traded companies at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website: http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml .
2. Provide the direct URL address(es) as reference(s) for the financial statements cited in the written discussion post.
3. Download the Excel worksheet  Financial Ratio Analysis.xlsx.
2. Attachment to Initial Discussion Post – Financial Ratio Analysis Worksheet: Complete the Excel financial analysis worksheet template using the financial information from the company’s Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Statements of Retained Earnings, and Cash Flow Statements for the two most recent years.
1. Note that the F/U column represents the terms “favorable” and “unfavorable.”  These terms signify the change of a ratio from one year to the next.  Although organization trends are considered to be more valid when using information over a period of three to five years, reviewing ratio changes from one year to the next can still provide key information and possibly point out areas for further inquiry.  Also, ratios are used to compare one company’s performance to another’s, or even to an industry’s performance.
2. To identify the change differential from the prior year to current year in the ratios as F/U (i.e., Favorable or Unfavorable), use the following key:
   

   Current ratio	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Quick ratio	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Receivable turnover	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Days’ sales uncollected	F ~ up	F ~ down
   Inventory turnover	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Days’ inventory on hand	U ~ up	F ~ down
   Payables turnover	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Days’ payable	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Profit margin	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Asset turnover	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Return on assets	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Return on equity	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Debt to equity	U ~ up	F ~ down
   Interest coverage ratio	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Cash flow yield	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Cash flows to sales	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Cash flows to assets	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Free cash flow	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Price/earnings ratio	F ~ up	U ~ down
   Dividends yield	F ~ up	U ~ down

3. HR’s Need to Read: In one or two sentences, explain why it is important for HR professionals to be able to read a financial report and how they might use the information for HR purposes.
4. Interpret the Financial Ratio Analysis Findings:
1. Interpret Ratio Groups: Interpret the findings for each group of ratios: liquidity ratios, profitability ratios, long-term solvency ratios, cash flow adequacy ratios, and market strength ratios.
2. Interpret the Organization’s Financial Standing: Interpret the findings of the ratio analysis as a whole.  In other words, discuss the overall meaning and implications when considering the individual interpretations in Step 4.a.
3. Implications for HR: Based on the interpretations, what are the implications of your findings for HR?
3. Provide a detailed post that demonstrates clear, insightful critical thinking.  Your initial response should be 200-300 words long and include two academic resources that are properly cited.  Attach the completed Excel financial analysis worksheet to your initial discussion post as either a Word file or an Excel file.
4. Post your initial discussion by the end of the fourth day of the workshop.
5. Also conduct a critical analysis of postings by two of your classmates by the end of the workshop.
6. Your discussion response should discuss your classmate’s posting and be written as if you were reviewing his or her posting in an academic journal.  Your discussion response should therefore answer the following questions as applicable:
   1. Was your classmate’s reasoning articulate and logical?  Were the facts correct?
   2. Was the interpretation your classmate provided reasonable and consistent with experts in the field?  Did your classmate defend the choices effectively?

   The focus for your critical analysis is not whether or not you agree with your classmate, but how well his or her position was presented.

7. Each response should be 200-300 words long and cite two academic sources.  Strive to make your discussion responses evidence-based and evidence-informed for the cause-and-effect purpose of iron sharpening iron.

A few years back I tested a show called “Bridging the Generation Gap” it was a two hour talk show that discussed everything from politics to music to why is there air? It was an interesting opportunity for me as I podcasted selected portions of the show. It was the first and last Podcast I have done to date.

Podcasting! What would you do?

If you had an opportunity do to a podcast each week, what would you name the show, what would you talk about, how would you keep your listeners coming back each week?

Explain in detail