Finance assignment:
Need to analyse two recent finance related articles 200 words each. Those articles need to be recent finance articles from the news anywhere from the websites or newspaper. The assignment should also have the article and the news with it and the summary of the analysis. Tables and Graphs recommended to be used to explain how they relate to corporate finance. The article should also have the resource reference attached to it.
For example:
Nivea maker Beiersdorf says hit profit targets in 2012
AFP – Thu, Jan 24, 2013 9:41 AM AEDT
German cosmetics group Beiersdorf, maker of Nivea hand cream, said Thursday it was satisfied with business in 2012 when it met both its sales and earnings targets.
"On the whole, we are satisfied with 2012. We can see that we are on the right track," said chief executive Stefan Heidenreich.
Beiersdorf, which also makes Tesa sticky tape and adhesives, said it achieved "consistent growth in 2012," with sales rising by 7.2 percent to 6.04 billion euros ($8.05 billion).
In so-called “organic” terms, which iron out the effects of exchange rates and other factors, sales increased by 4.7 percent, the group calculated.
That is in line with a forecast announced back in December for organic sales growth of "well over" four percent.
Sales increased in all divisions and the group's operating margin -- which measures operating profit as a proportion of sales -- was also in line with Beiersdorf's target of "around 12 percent."
http://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/coles-sales-first-half-222314665.html
Brief Summary:
German cosmetics group Beiersdorf, maker of Nivea Hand Cream, said that they met both their target in sales and in earnings. According to chief executive Stefan Heidenrich he said “As a whole, we are satisfied with 2012. We can see that we are on the right track.” Aside from Nivea cream Tesa sticky tape and adhesives also achieved a consistent growth in 2012 wherein it reached to a sales increase of 7.2% to 6.04 billion euros ($8.05 billion).
In so called “organic” terms, wherein it resolves the effects of exchange rates and other factors, its sales increased by 4.7%. This is in line with the forecast last December that there will be a sales growth of 4%.
Analysis of the Article:
The only aim or target in a business is to gain profit. And the importance of profit in a business is know exactly what they can spend that money on in order to make the business proper and to develop their merchandise and services to make them better in attracting more customers. Profit also helps how a business spend the money wisely in that way they can buy other equipment for them to perform better, run the business more effectively and efficiently. Also having a good profit it develops the company positions in the market, develops a better working environment, better management and that it acts also as risk factor of the company.
In the case of Nivea cream they reached their targeted profit because of what Stefan Heidenrich, chief executive said they are on the right track. Meaning they have a good working environment that is both the management and employees are well compensated making them work effectively and efficiently. Also better management such as having a good policies and rules which is fair and just to all. Take into consideration also the fact that Nivea cream is not that too expensive to buy that in case there is a fall on economy there is no big impact on it.
Beiersdorf said it would publish full details of its 2012 results on March 5.