Channel stuffing is a business way to swell illusory sales and earnings figures used by the companies. They do it by supplying more of their products to the distribution channel and they understand distribution channel will not be able to sell it to the public.
This method is generally used before quarter end or yearend so that management could present data in accordance with their wishes to save them from negative impacts on their payouts.
There are few ratios which can indicate Channel stuffing:
What financial ratio might provide warnings about possible channel stuffing?
What financial ratio might provide warnings about possible channel stuffing?
A financial ratio by itself tells us little about a company since financial ratios vary a great deal across industries. There are two basic methods for analyzing financial ratios for a company: time trend analysis and peer group analysis. Why might each of these analysis methods be useful? What does each tell you about the company’s financial health?
Why is financial ratio analysis crucial for understanding the financial position of a healthcare organization? Select any three of the commonly used financial ratios, provide the formula, and briefly explain what it tells us about the status of the healthcare facility.
Why is financial ratio analysis crucial for understanding the financial position of a healthcare organization? Select any three of the commonly used financial ratios, provide the formula, and briefly explain what it tells us about the status of the healthcare facility.
Two common ratios that provide similar information to an enterprise are the Current Ratio and Quick Ratio. 1)What basic information do these ratios provide, that is, which category do these ratios fall into? 2)Suppose a camping product retailer has a liquidity ratio of 2.7. What does this say about the company in general? Suppose the quick ratio of the enterprise is 0.75:1. What does this mean? Is it possible for an enterprise to have a flow and a quick ratio...
13. Ratio analysis A company reports accounting data in its financial statements. This data is used for financial analyses that provide insights into a company's strengths, weaknesses, performance in specific areas, and trends in performance. These analyses are often used to compare a company's performance to that of its competitors, or to its past or expected future performance. Such insight helps managers and analysts improve their decision making. Consider the following scenario: You work as an analyst at a credit-rating...
1. You lowered a patch-clamp onto a single ion channel. How would you identify what ion species it conducts? 2. You lowered a patch-clamp onto a single ion channel, which was created from RNA that you modified from RNA for a voltage-gated sodium channel gene. Name at least one feature of that ion channel you could identify that might tell you something useful about what the piece of ion channel you modified, might do.
Is it possible for two separate financial analysts to provide two different viewpoints on a company (i.e. positive and negative) and each be able to make their case by selectively using different financial ratios?
For each company, provide a brief discussion interpreting these
financial facts. For example, you might discuss the company’s
financial health or its apparent growth philosophy.
The retained earnings statement of Lee Corporation shows
dividends of $68,000, while net income for the year was
$75,000.
1-explain the link between well-performing financial markets and economic growth. name one channel through which financial markets might effect economic growth and poverty ? 2-Explain the main difference between a bond and a common stock? 3-when interest rates decrease, how might businesses and consumers change their economic behavior? 4-How does the current size of the u.s budget deficit compare to the historical budget deficit or surplus for the time period since 1950? 5-when the dollar is worth more in relation...