Business Finance Homework Help

Prior to beginning this Interactive Assignment, review the sections of Chapters 5, 8, and 9 in the Abraham’s textbook on Assessing the Company and Operational and Budget Planning. Also read the online articles Analyze Investments Quickly With Ratios (Links to an external site.) (Elmerraji, 2017) and What Is an Annualized Budget? (Links to an external site.) (Ashe-Edmunds, n.d.). Using the same publicly traded IKEA company you used in the Environmental Scanning Interactive Assignment, and the downloadable Operating Budget Template

For this Interactive Assignment, you are going to look at the financial statements IKEA company and, using the previous quarter’s financial data, interpret the data and propose a budget for the next Quarter based on your current and previous analysis of company performance. Complete the budget template using this Operating Budget Template Download Operating Budget Template:

Initial Post: In your initial post,

• provide a brief description of your company and provide a summary of your Operating Budget along with a rationale that supports suggested budgetary changes. Attach your Operating Budget Template to your initial post for review by your instructor and your peers.
• List your current sales, discounts and allowances, net sales, margins, operating costs, and earning before and after taxes.
• Prepare the next quarter’s budget based on your interpretation of past data.
• Choose a minimum of two financial ratios (below) and include in your analysis.

Include at least two of the following types of relevant financial ratios in your analysis. Review the online article Analyze Investments Quickly With Ratios (Links to an external site.) (Elmerraji, 2017) and Chapter 5 in the Abraham’s textbook to help with this portion of the budget:

• Profitability Ratio
• Liquidity Ratio
• Solvency Ratio
• Valuation Ratio
• Leverage Ratio