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...Cash flow Appendix
External Analysis
1. PESTEL Analysis
1.1. Political
1.1.1.Global leaders use of social media impacts the political landscape and is able to influence operations. (C-142)
1.1.2. Several high-profile world leaders utilize social media platforms to address their followers, the most notable being U.S. President Donald Trump who tweets regularly to announce global interactions with other political leaders. They also have high interactions and reach with the global community: U.S President Donald Trump had 30.13 million twitter followers as at May 2017 and former U.S. President Barack Obama had 103 million followers as at June 2018 (C-142)
1.1.3. Depending on the political climate in various countries, governments may censor content and access to social media platforms.
1.2. Economics
1.2.1. Generated revenues through advertising, data licensing and other products. products. In 2017, total revenue generated was $2,443, 299, 000 (C-142)
1.2.2. Fluctuating exchange rates and inflation rates can affect overall profit-margins. (C-147)……
References
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… out into other business lines, in an attempt to diversify its income streams. Today, Starbucks appears to have settled into more of a “cash cow” state, where the company is earning healthy returns from its businesses, and focused on growth mainly in some of the overseas markets … Starbucks’ shift was long overdue, it is probably rather jarring, especially in the coming years when there might be questions about whether ongoing cash flow can support the ambitious targets for capital repatriation. The inaction on the part of McDonalds – the company just started cutting costs in ……
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… trying to build a business around online distribution and secure major grocery contracts.
The profit and loss statement is the same as the cash flow statement – there is nothing in the business model that suggests that there are non-cash items on the income statement.
cash flow Statement
Year
Revenues
199000
Cost of Goods Sold
119400
Monthly Expenses
154800
Capital/Startup Costs
51000
flow (flow)
-126200
Balance Sheet
cash
10000
Property
10000
Supplies
4000
Total Assets
24000
Liabilities
Debt
99200
Owner's Capital
51000
Retained Earnings
-126200
24000…
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… care most about. Investing in the future for them means investing in buybacks and keeping the share price high so that they can cash out. They also do it because all the funds of the world—from sovereign wealth funds to mutual funds to pension funds to, yes, ……
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… that. However, she would have to pay taxes on her share of the profits of the dealership, even if she herself earned no cash and the dealership reinvested those profits back into the business. Thus, Mandy would find herself with a tax bill that she might not ……
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… cuts upwards of $6 million annually from operational costs, which firmly puts the company in the black and will allow for a positive cash flow for a consistent number of years. It will put demand on the supply chain management team to develop increased tactical designs for shipping ……
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… and debt that maximizes shareholders’ wealth or value of a firm. The value of a firm “is the present value of expected future cash flow to be generated by the assets, discounted at the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Generally, the determination of optimal capital structure … Payments.
Bankruptcy costs is a function of the cost of going bankrupt and the probability of bankruptcy. Firms with volatile earnings and high cash flow have a higher probabilities of bankruptcy at any given level of debt for any given level of earnings. Direct costs of bankruptcy include ……
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The calculations were done in Excel, except the payback period. This was done starting at -850 and then adding back each year's cash flow. Year 5 started with a deficit of 20, which amounts to 31 days worth of payback, in other words the payback will be … calculations, of course. The price of gold fluctuates a lot, so there should be a certain margin of error built into the future cash flow projections – or that volatility should be built into the discount rate. If the numbers are solid, Bullock should pursue this project.…
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Report to the CEO
1.2 Can the company raise capital?
Twitter has the ability to raise capital. It is rapidly growing, has strong cash flow, and a healthy balance sheet. This gives Twitter the flexibility to raise debt capital, because its liquidity will attract investors, and furthermore Twitter’s … raise debt capital, because its liquidity will attract investors, and furthermore Twitter’s increasing financial stability reflects a maturing business that implies long term cash flow stability.
Bond investors tend to also look at the debt-to-equity ratio, as a high debt-to-equity ratio is typically associated with a company that … the option to increase R&D investments, should it find another area of business with a solid ROI potential. It now has a health cash position that it can use for……
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Yahoo! Finance, various pages (2020).
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