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Financial Management
Creditors Turnover 4.07 4.50 5.40 • This indicates that the company is
Operating Profit Ratio -0.02 0.02 0.02 neither able to meet its short-term
liabilities nor the long-term
Net Profit Ratio -0.03 0.01 0.005
liabilities. If such situation
Return on Asset -0.01 0.002 0.002
continues further, company will be
Return on Equity -0.02 0.003 0.003 in huge debt and trouble.
DuPont Analysis
The financial leverage of the company
1.4
is too low. The company needs to be
1.2 more aggressive and increase their
debt by borrowings, and then skilfully
1
use them to generate more sales and
0.8 thus higher profits.
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
2017 2018 2019
-0.2
Debtors Turnover 5.61 5.53 10.26 • Increased sales were achieved due
Creditors Turnover 1.35 1.41 1.73 to their new B2B business
Operating Profit Ratio 0.04 0.03 0.02 segment named Made to Measure
which augmented its client
Net Profit Ratio 0.03 0.02 0.01 relationships
Return on Asset 0.03 0.02 0.01
Return on Equity 0.09 0.07 0.02
DuPont Analysis
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
2017 2018 2019
R eturn on Equity
Return on Asset
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
f(x) =0.00
−0 x −0 f(x) = − 0 x − 0
-5 -5 0.13 0 5 10 15 20
0.13 0
R² =0.00 5 10 15 20 R² =-0.01
0.00 -0.01
-0.01
-0.02
-0.01
-0.01 -0.02
-0.01 -0.03
Cash Conversion Cycle Cash Conversion Cycle
Impact of working capital ratios on profitability (Lakshmi
Mills)
Profitability Ratios Cash Conversion Cycle
• The Cash Conversion Cycle has a
negative relationship with
Profitability. As Lakshmi Mills
Operating Profit Ratio Negative
decreased its cash conversion cycle,
its profits kept on increasing
• It is observed that their Debtor
Net Profit Ratio Negative
Conversion Period is not too high,
which indicates it is able to receive
cash from its debtors quickly.
Return on Asset Negative
• In addition, the negative relationship
between receivables and firm’s
profitability suggest that less
Return on Equity Negative
profitable firms can also pursue a
decrease of their accounts
receivables in an attempt to reduce
their cash gap in the cash conversion
cycle