Tutorial 3
Your audit firm has recently been engaged as the new auditor for Penang
Products Berhad, for the audit of the financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2021. Penang Products is a medium sized trading company with
its headquarters in Georgetown, Penang. You are in the process of reviewing
the following calculations which was performed by the audit senior as part of the
preliminary analytical procedures. The primary purpose of this information is to
understand the client's business and financial condition to determine the
potential impact on audit risk.
Ratios 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
Current ratio 2.08 | 2.26 | 251 | 243 | 250
Quick ratio 0.97 | 1.34 | 1.82 | 1.76 | 1.64
Times interest earned 3.50 | 3.20 | 4.10 | 5.30 | 7.10
Accounts receivable] 4.20 | 5.50 | 4.10 | 5.40 | 5.60
tumover
Days to collect) 86.90 | 66.36 | 89.02 | 67.59 | 65.18
receivables
Inventory tumover 203 | 1.64 | 268 | 3.34 | 3.36
Days to sell inventory 479.80 | 198.37 | 136.19 | 109.28 | 108.63,
Net sales/tangible assets | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.67
Profit margin 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.14
ROA 0.09 0.12 0.10 0.09
ROE 0.06 0.10 0.10 0.11
Earnings per share (RM) | 4.30 | 4.26 | 449 | 4.26 | 4.14
Required:
(a) Critically discuss the major conclusions that can be drawn from the
above information about the Company's financial condition.
(b) Identify any additional information which would be helpful in your
assessment of the Company’s financial condition.
(c) Based on your analysis, critically discuss the aspects of the
Company that should receive special emphasis in the audit.