MGT401-Financial Accounting II




Topic to be tested: 
·         Basic/Fundamental legal document of company

Learning objectives: 
·         To learn about one of the fundamental legal documents of a company required to be produced at the time of company registration in Pakistan, status of members’ liability and recognition of this status through the company’s name.

Discussion Question:
Professionals’ Group Associates (PGA) – a professional promoter has recently conducted a test for its yearly recruitment. In the test, one of the questions was about the name of a prime document providing the status of the “members’ liability” in any company working in Pakistan. This document along with other documents is required for the registration of a joint stock company in Pakistan.
You are required to:
1.       Mention the name of the document carrying the status of “members’ liability”;
2.       Briefly describe the true meaning of “member’s liability”; &
3.       How a company can be recognized as a limited liability company through its name?
Important Instructions:
 1. Your discussion must be based on logical facts.
2. The GDB will remain open for 2 working days/ 48 hours.
3. Do not copy or exchange your answer with other students. Two identical / copied comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage your grade in the course.
4. Obnoxious or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided.
5. Questions / queries related to the content of the GDB, which may be posted by the students on MDB or via e-mail, will not be replied till the due date of GDB is over.

For Detailed Instructions please see the GDB Announcement

MGT201-Financial Mnangement GDB



Ratio analysis


Learning Objective:
To understand the key decisive factor in working capital management with the help of liquidity ratios.

Learning Outcome:
After going through this GDB, the student will be able to recognize the importance of working capital management.

The Case:
Eco Tyre Ltd. (ETL) - incorporated in year 2003 and entered into automobile tyre manufacturing business by introducing a new tire manufacturing technology.  Over the years, ETL has been recognized as a tyre market leader. But, now a day, ETL is facing hard time due ineffective control of its working capital items.

Following data has been developed from its comparative balance sheets:

Ratio
FY 2010
FY 2011
Current Ratio
0.60 Times
0.79 Times
Quick Ratio
0.45 Times
0.61 Times
Return on Asset
9.7%
12.5%
Inventory Turnover
28 Times
15 Times
Avg. Collection Period
13 Days
24 Days
Short-term Debt
4 million
4 million
Total Asset Turnover Ratio
2 Times
5 Times
Credit Sales to Cash Sales Ratio
0.45 Times
0.67 Times

Required:
Being a financial analyst, do you think the liquidity of a company is satisfactory?
Support your answer with logical reasoning.

Important Instructions:
1.       Your discussion must be based on logical facts.
2.       The GDB will remain open for 3 working days/ 72 hours.
3.       Your answer should be relevant to the topic i.e. clear and concise.
4.       Your discussion should not exceed 60 words.
5.       Do not copy or exchange your answer with other students. Two identical / copied comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage your grade in the course.
6.       Obnoxious or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided.
7.       Questions / queries related to the content of the GDB, which may be posted by the students on MDB or via e-mail, will not be replied till the due date of GDB is over.

Ø       For detailed instructions, please see the GDB announcement.



SOLUTION:


Three ratios are used to find the liquidity of the firm or company.
1: Current ratio
2: Quick ratio
3: Avg. collection period

                                  If current and quick ratio are less than 1 than it is not good for any company.If these are very high than it is also a alarming situation for a company.
                                        Avg. collection period is different for every company.
                                        current and quick ratios often cause misleadings about condition of a company.