ACC 291 Week 5 Ratio Analysis Memo

Resources: Virtual Organizations

Click the Virtual Organization link on the student website to access the Virtual Organizations.

Select the Virtual Organization Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. as the basis for the assignment.

Access the information contained in your selected organization’s balance sheet and income statement to calculate the following:

• Liquidity ratios

• Current ratio
• Acid-test, or quick, ratio
• Receivables turnover
• Inventory turnover

• Profitability ratios

• Asset turnover
• Profit margin
• Return on assets
• Return on common stockholders’ equity

• Solvency ratios

• Debt to total assets
• Times interest earned

Show your calculations for each ratio.

Create a horizontal and vertical analysis for the balance sheet and the income statement.

Prepare a 500-word memo to the CEO of your selected organization in which you discuss your findings from your ratio calculations and your horizontal and vertical analysis. In your memo, address the following questions:

• What do the liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios reveal about the financial position of the company?
• Which users may be interested in each type of ratio?

What does the collected data reveal about the performance and position of the company?