Question
Follow the instructions to answer all 11 questions, if any. I need an exact answer without plagiarism. Any examples are welcome.
- What is EBITDA and what does it measure? Why is this so useful as an accounting/financial figure?
- What is the balance sheet equation? What does that mean?
- Explain the difference between gross margin and contribution margin.
- What is the basic difference between a franchise and an intellectual property license?
- What is the net income impact of using the accelerated depreciation method instead of the straight-line method?
- Which of these inventory methods (FIFO, LIFO, average cost, specific identification) most closely resembles running a real grocery store? Why?
- It turns out that financial statements are based on the concept of historical cost. What items are included in this cost calculation when determining the original total cost of a new device? Please give an example.
- What impact does each range have on total fixed costs? I will explain with an example.
- What is the break-even point (BEP)? What does it mean to you?
- Payback is one of the top three techniques for capital budget planning. What are the two main drawbacks of this method?
- Cherry Hill Sports Company manufactures basketballs. The company makes only one ball and sells it for $25 each. The balls are manufactured in a small factory near Collingswood and are largely hand-made, relying heavily on direct labor costs. The variable product cost (direct materials, direct labor, variable expenses at the factory) is $15 per ball and 60% of this variable product cost is direct labor. Last year, the company sold 30,000 balls with the following results:
Revenue (Revenue) (30,000 balls) $750,000
Variable product cost 450,000
Contribution Margin 300,000
Fixed Costs 210,000
EBIT/NOI 90,000
- Calculate the break-even point (BEP) per ball.
- Because of the new employment contract, the company is estimating direct labor costs. Next year it will go up by $3 per ball. Due to market competition, the company has not been able to pass on this increase in the form of higher selling prices per ball. What happens to the new Unit Contribution Margin (UCM) if labor costs increase? What is the new breakeven point (BEP) for the ball?
- See the original data in the task. The company is discussing building a new automated manufacturing facility that could reduce its total variable product cost per ball by 40%, but the new plant and equipment costs would double its total fixed costs. What is Ball’s new break-even point (BEP) in this scenario for a new facility?
- What course of action between ‘b’ and ‘c’ based on purely quantitative analysis and factors? would you recommend? Why?
- After performing a quantitative analysis, what do you think are the qualitative factors that might lead to different conclusions?
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