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Financial Analysis of Walt Disney: Ratio Analysis - Prof. Alan Cohen, Study notes of Financial Accounting

This email discusses the financial analysis of walt disney company through ratio analysis. The email covers two types of ratios: the quick ratio and the accounts payable turnover ratio. The quick ratio is used to measure a company's short-term liquidity, while the accounts payable turnover ratio quantifies the rate at which a company pays off its suppliers. The email provides the ratio values for walt disney from 2008 to 2010.

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TO: Al Cohen
FROM: Liana Casciani
RE: 9-8
3. Ratio Analysis:
a. Quick Ratio: An indicator of a company's short-term liquidity.
b. 2010 2009 2008
12.22B-1.44B/11B 11.89B -1.27B/8.93B 11.67B-1.12B/11.59B
=.98B =1.18B =.91B
c. The liquidity of the company in the last three years seems consistent.
d. The entertainment quick ratio could not be found.
4. Ratio Analysis:
a. Accounts payable turnover ratio: A short-term liquidity measure used to quantify
the rate at which a company pays off its suppliers. Accounts payable turnover ratio is
calculated by taking the total purchases made from suppliers and dividing it by the
average accounts payable amount during the same period.
b. 2010 2009 2008
X/4.62B X/4.00B X/4.36B
c. I could not find the total supplier purchases for Walt Disney.
d. There was nothing on accounts payable turnover rate for the entertainment industry.

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TO: Al Cohen FROM: Liana Casciani RE: 9-

  1. Ratio Analysis: a. Quick Ratio: An indicator of a company's short-term liquidity. b. 2010 2009 2008 12.22B-1.44B/11B 11.89B -1.27B/8.93B 11.67B-1.12B/11.59B =.98B =1.18B =.91B c. The liquidity of the company in the last three years seems consistent. d. The entertainment quick ratio could not be found.
  2. Ratio Analysis: a. Accounts payable turnover ratio: A short-term liquidity measure used to quantify the rate at which a company pays off its suppliers. Accounts payable turnover ratio is calculated by taking the total purchases made from suppliers and dividing it by the average accounts payable amount during the same period. b. 2010 2009 2008 X/4.62B X/4.00B X/4.36B c. I could not find the total supplier purchases for Walt Disney. d. There was nothing on accounts payable turnover rate for the entertainment industry.