In: Accounting
The extracted financial information of Ilya Trading for 2019 and 2018 are presented below:
2019 |
2018 |
|
RM |
RM |
|
Fixed Assets |
7,288 |
5,870 |
Current Assets |
17,693 |
16,357 |
Current Liabilities |
9,829 |
9,027 |
Long Term Liabilities |
1,509 |
583 |
Share Capital |
4,965 |
4,965 |
Retained Profit |
8,678 |
7,652 |
Sales |
35,395 |
40,192 |
Net Profit |
1,801 |
2,149 |
Required:
A:
Formula | 2019 | 2018 | |
Profit margin | Net profit/Sales | 5.09% | 5.35% |
Return on Total assets | Net profit/(fixed assets + current assets) | 7.21% | 9.67% |
ROE | Net profit/(share capital+retained earnings) | 13.20% | 17.03% |
Current ratio | Current assets/Current liabilities | 1.80 | 1.81 |
Debt ratio | (Current liabilities+long term liabilities)/(fixed assets/current assets) | 0.45 | 0.43 |
B: From the above ratios we can see that the company’s profit margin declined from 5.35% in 2018 to 5.09% in 2019. This shows that the company made less profit in 2019 per $ of sales when compared to 2018. The company’s return on total assets also declined in 2019 to 7.21% from the year ago figure of 9.67%. This shows that the company is generating less profit now per $ of assets used when compared to 2018 figure. Expectedly the company’s ROE also declined as well in 2019 when compared to 2018 figure. All these can be attributed to declining profitability of the company. The company’s current ratio has remained more or less stable and this shows stability in its ability to meet its short term obligations. Debt ratio increased in 2019 and this means that the company is making use of higher leverage in 2019 i.e. making use of higher debt in 2019 when compared to 2018.
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