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Accounting and Finance report, assessing the possible investement in an organisation.

Accounting and Finance Report

Introduction

Ratio analysis is deemed to be important when assessing the performance of a firm and can be used as a tool to predict company failure or success. However ratio analysis shouldn’t be the only provider of information it should be supplemented by other information. E.g. external factors and non-financial information should be considered also past records need to be considered to look at the longer-term picture of the company. But past records are merely a guide and don’t always illustrate future performance. Furthermore the trends of the market need to be analysed.
However this information is not all available, this report will consider four main areas of ratio analysis which are: profitability, efficiency, liquidity and investment to come a concise conclusion on whether or not an investment in Longway P.L.C would prove beneficial.

Liquidity ratios (appendix)
“Liquidity is concerned with the short term solvency of the companyâ€...

Posted by: Geraint Watts

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