In: Accounting
Access years 2017, 2018, and 2019 financial statements of Yahoo
and Google. Complete the following preliminary analytical
procedures for both companies, and compare between the two
companies:
a. Analyze trends in the ending cash balance over time.
b. Compute trends in interest returns on investments.
c. Analyze cash balances, and changes therein, in relation to new
or retiring debt obligations.
d. Compute the current ratio (current assets/current
liabilities).
e. Compute the quick ratio (cash + cash equivalents + net
receivables)/ current liabilities.
f. Compare cash flow to sales (operating cash flow/sales) and
profitability (operating cash flow/net income).
PARTICULARS | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
CASH BALANCE | |||
- Cash and cash equivalents | 1,84,98,000 | 1,67,01,000 | 1,07,15,000 |
- Other Short term investments | 10,11,77,000 | 9,24,39,000 | 9,11,56,000 |
% CHANGE | |||
- Cash and cash equivalents | 11% | 56% | |
- Other Short term investments | 9% | 1% | |
Current debt | 11,99,000 | 0 | 0 |
Cash to current debt (times) | 15.43 | - | - |
Interest return on investment | |||
Interest income (as per SOPL) |
24,27,000 |
18,78,000 |
13,12,000 |
Investment | |||
% interest return on investment | |||
Current assets (A) |
15,25,78,000 |
13,56,76,000 |
12,43,08,000 |
Current liabilities (B) |
4,52,21,000 |
3,46,20,000 |
2,41,83,000 |
Current ratio (A/B) | 3.37 | 3.92 | 5.14 |
Quick ratio | |||
Cash and cash equivalents plus net receivables (A) | 147167000 | 130333000 | 120576000 |
Current liabilities (B) |
4,52,21,000 |
3,46,20,000 |
2,41,83,000 |
Quick ratio (A/B) | 3.25 | 3.76 | 4.99 |
PARTICULARS | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Operating cash flow |
5,45,20,000 |
4,79,71,000 |
3,70,91,000 |
Sales |
16,18,57,000 |
13,68,19,000 |
11,08,55,000 |
Cash flow to sales | 34% | 35% | 33% |
net income | 3,59,28,000 | 3,13,92,000 | 2,88,82,000 |
profitability (cash flow / net income) | 1.52 | 1.53 | 1.28 |
YAHOO | $ MILLION | ||
PARTICULARS | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
CASH BALANCE | |||
- Cash and cash equivalents | 2,594 | 2,745 | 2,079 |
% CHANGE | |||
- Cash and cash equivalents | -6% | 32% | |
Current debt | 10,777 | 7,190 | 7,040 |
Cash to current debt (times) | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.30 |
Interest return on investment | |||
Interest income (as per SOPL) | 121 | 94 | 27 |
Investment | |||
in financial assets | |||
short term investments | 14,284 | 12,246 | 13,390 |
Total | 14,284 | 12,246 | 13,390 |
% interest return on investment | 1% | 1% | 0.2% |
Current assets (A) | 37,473 | 34,636 | 29,913 |
Current liabilities (B) | 44,868 | 37,930 | 33,037 |
Current ratio (A/B) | 0.84 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
Quick ratio | |||
Cash and cash equivalents plus net receivables (A) | 28,023 | 27,847 | 25,572 |
Current liabilities (B) | 44,868 | 37,930 | 33,037 |
Quick ratio (A/B) | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.77 |
PARTICULARS | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Operating cash flow | 19,788 | 16,039 | 30,550 |
Sales | 1,31,868 | 1,30,863 | 1,26,034 |
Cash flow to sales | 15% | 12% | 24% |
net income | 30,378 | 22,278 | 27,425 |
profitability (cash flow / net income) | 0.65 | 0.72 | 1.11 |