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There are no lifts or escalators in the world of success. There are only stairs leading
from one level to the next. There is no shortcut to success. Neither can success come
solely through luck or good fortune. To pluck more than luck is essential for success,
since fortune favors the brave and not the fickle minded. In the nutshell, there is only
one way to achieve success and that is hard work performed as per a wall conceived
and imaginative plan.
As a part of the curriculum, the students are required to undergo a practical training
in a reputed business organization for a stipulated period from 6 to 8 weeks. This
training gives a firsthand knowledge and experience to the student and helps them to
know about the real business world. It serves as a direct exposure to an organization
and its ways of functioning.
Thomson Press has been in operation for over 45 years and is part of the India
Today Group
Thomson press is a member of two prestigious World Bodies GATF (Graphic Art
Technical Foundation) and PIRA.
Thomson Press (I) Ltd. is one of the largest commercial printing house in South East
Asia. Thomson press has worked to exemplary high standard of printing technology
with the use of latest state of art technology and an excellent pool of talent, trained
and highly skilled work force led by dynamic managers and management staff.
Thomson press management has thereafter kept pace with Japan, U.K., France, USA,
Canada, Italy, Israel etc., by close globalization with other printing companies &
equipment manufactures on a regular basis.
The company’s registered office is at k9 block, Connaught Circus, New Delhi and the
main unit is at Faridabad.
It facilities range from design arrangements, high speed filmsetting, electronic scanning
and pre press proofing to sophisticated multicolor offset printing and the latest
binding and finishing product for print product. The company is commercial printer
and supplier of magazines like India Today, Business Today, Computers Today, and
Readers Digest. It also produces large number of multicolor posters, brochures, folders
annual report, and company manuals apart from day to day activities. Thomson press
is also engaged in printing Cheques, security bonds, and airline tickets.
The company has received national and international recognition for delivering printed
material by stringent measures of on-line quality control on purchasing, vendor
evaluation and process controlled production facilities with an eye for quality where
the service is customer driven.
A constant keeping pace with technological advancements in every field of the trade
has been the Thomson’s policy since its inception. The last few years in particular
have been years of high technology acquisition for the press.
Thomson Press printing division comprises of one prepress and two printing units in
Delhi, one printing unit in Chennai and one printing & book bindery unit in Delhi
exclusively for exports. The product range covers virtually all commercial print
requirements on paper and board, from bank instruments, to calendars, diaries, books,
corporate brochures, posters, folders, leaflets, and magazines.
COMPANY’S VISION
“To maintain and be the acknowledged leader in printing through consistent
improvement in quality.”
COMPANY’S MISSION
Quality through people and technology.
To ensure maximum satisfaction to the clients.
To maintain the ethical practices, legal, social, personal conscience framework.
To recognize the customer’s right to quality, services, timely delivery and cost.
To encourage individual growth to fullest potential.
To achieve high degree of efficiency and attain international standards.
To ensure maximum satisfaction to the clients.
Undoubtedly Thomson Press is a leader in handling large volume multi color work.
The product range covers virtually all commercial print requirements on paper and
board, from bank instruments, to calendars, diaries, books, corporate brochures,
posters, folders, leaflets, and magazines.
The range of services and products covers designing, editing, typesetting, high quality
scanning and image manipulation, sheet fed offset printing, headset and coldset web
offset printing, automated binding, finishing, distribution and mailing services.
Thomson Press provides a complete service for mailing and fulfillment, managing
every aspect of the delivery service as required by their customers. A number of
options are available from complex multiple personalized inserts to the largest
campaign and launch mailings. They aim to offer the most comprehensive print
management service available for them, building close working relationships with
customers goes much further. Whatever the project, listening to their customers'
requirements and coming up with bright ideas and practical suggestions to achieve a
better result more cost-effectively is all part of the service they provide.
Services
Design
Prepress
Printing – sheetfed and web
Automated binding
Post printing finishing
Binding Capacities
Others are :
ITC
Becton & Dickinson
LIC of India
Nestle
Otto Burlington
Rediffusion
Mudra
Sahara airlines
State Bank of India
UCO Bank
Punjab & Sind Bank
Escorts
Modi Care
Times of India
Print Media
India Today: English
India Today: Telugu
India Today: Malayalam
India Today: Hindi
India Today: Tamil
India Today Plus
Golf Digest
Cosmopolitan
Business Today
India Today Travel Plus
Reader’s Digest
Prevention
Robb Report
India Today Spice
India Today Simplifies
India Today Women
Home Today
Design Today
Good Housekeeping
India Today International
India Today Conclave
MUSIC TODAY
Music today : Audio cassettes & Compact discs.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Overseas clients
Kingfisher
Gulf Oil
Blackwell Publishing
Harper Collins
Elsevier Science
Pearson Group
Addison Wesley
Ai Nisr Publications
Book Builders, Hong Kong
Dorling Kindersley, U.K.
Elsevier Group, U.K.
Gordon & Breach Singapore
Gulf News, Dubai
Harcourt Brace Publishers
Inner Traditions, U.S.A.
International Publisher & Distributors
John Wiley
Octopus Group
Osho International (World Wide)
Promotional Reprint Company, U.K.
Reed Consumer Books, U.K.
Springer Verlag, Germany
UN’s International Children’s Education
Studio Editions, U.K.
Major Customers
Adidas
Hyundai
Samsung
Hero Honda
Hyundai
India Today
Readers Digest
Amway
Bates
Lintas
Gray
Kingfisher
Harper Collins
Pearson group
UNICEF
A : By Defect Prevention
By setting standard:
Standard has been set as per the ISO 9001-2000 international quality system and
has been certified from BSI India Pvt. Ltd. The standard is being revised from
time to time whenever there is some improvement or modification in the system.
Periodical audit of the system standard is being conducted to check the compliance
of the standard.
Every customer complaint is being thoroughly investigated for its origin and
reason. Necessary corrective & preventive action is being taken in consultation
with the concerned departments.
B: Defect detection
Every job undergoes thorough inspection before dispatch as per the inspection plan
& defect checklist.
Daily, weekly & monthly reports are being sent to the relevant departments and
the same are being reviewed periodically with the concerned departments.
The company was incorporated on May 9,1962 and the publishing business started
with the brand name India Today in 1975. The present total annual turnover of the
company is approx. Rs. 800 crores.
India Today is a news magazine which is published weekly in English and four other
regional languages. The company diversified its publishing business by adding
magazines on business, technology, women, leisure etc. The India Today Group is one
of the largest magazine publishing houses in India with the brand name of India
Today. The present combined circulation of all the editions of India Today magazines
is over 5 million per month. Additionally, the company produces music
cassettes/compact discs under the brand name of “Music Today”. It has a large
number of titles.
It is a matter of great satisfaction that all the products of the company have been
established as market leaders and its publications renowned for its quality
reproductions. The company’s strategy is to maintain its leadership in its publications
and also to pursue its operations in areas which are relevant in the changed market
price.
Publications
India Today (English), With a circulation of 465,638, it is the highest read
publication. It commands a readership of 41,94,000 as per the National Readership
Survey 2003 (NRS 2003). In its 30 years of existence, it has associated itself with
every section of the society. It has set standards in its every endeavor and captured
the pulse of the nation. India Today breaks from the mould of a news-reporting
magazine to an information and analysis driven magazine that has direct relevance for
the readers.
Each issue is a fine balance between the investigative and the trendy, the informative
and entertaining, and the analytical and the perspicacious, always keeping in mind the
twin concerns of relevance and topically.
Business Today has acquired a well-deserved reputation for trend spotting. When
required its features provide an overview of business and when required they pay
attention to the slightest detail. The result is a product that while not being focused
on one section of the economy (at the cost of the exclusion of the others) looks at it
in its entirety.
Today, Business Today is India’s no. 1 business magazine. Its readership, as per the
NRS 2003 results has scaled new heights and has soared to an unprecedented 9.5
lakh. Even the latest is IRS round 1; 2003-04 establishes Business Today as the clear
winner in the business magazine race.
Reader’s Digest
Cosmopolitan
It is the world’s number one magazine for young women, and holds aspirations and
dreams for young women the world over. In over 100 countries and printed in 26
languages Cosmo speaks in one voice-a-voice that is worldly adventurous and
confident.
Since its launching in India in 1996, under license from Hearst USA, Cosmopolitan
is one of the leading magazine’s for young women and acts as a guide, a mentor, a
style barometer and a trend setter giving its readers that zing which will make them
stand out from the crowd.
Good Housekeeping
Published in India under license from Hearst USA, Good Housekeeping brings its
readers a wealth of information and advice on a breadth of subjects ranging from
food, home and family to fashion, relationships, health and beauty. Warm, entertaining,
and often surprising, it also takes a lighter look at everyday life, acknowledging and
sharing its reader’s experiences.
India Today Travel Plus
It has emerged as the country’s top travel and lifestyle magazine. Every month it
brings to its readers luxury travel, exotic destinations, haute cuisine, gadgetry, and
more. It is written for the world travelers, with first hand accounts from well-known
writers around the world. In the past, it has carried a number of very well received
supplements on Kerala, the North East, Arunachal Pradesh, and also on gourmet
cuisine. The finest in travel and more is clearly the claim that the magazine attempts
to live up to.
Design Today
Design surrounds us and makes up the rich visual images we live with and amid. It’s
in the spaces we inhabit, the objects we use the very life we live. Going beyond the
limited conventional interpretation of design, design today presents a holistic view that
encompasses the stuff that surrounds us. From its first issue in October 2001, Design
Today has showcased cutting edge international design and is structured on a unique
thematic format. Each issue of this bi-monthly explores a particular design theme
through in-depth articles and columns by some of the biggest names in Indian art,
design and architecture and since design is as much a visual experience, these are
supported by extraordinary visuals of select homes, hotels, restaurants and resorts from
across the world.
Golf Digest India
It is the Indian incarnation of the best known and world’s no. 1 of Golf Publication
– Golf Digest. It is a ready reckoner for golfers at all skill levels with information
on ‘how to play, what to play and where to play’. It draws on the experience and
tips from an impressive array of golfing superstars like Tiger Woods, David lead
better, Tom Waston, Phil Mickelson. The Indian edition augments the unmatchable
content of its us parent with a customized Indian section that focuses on golf in the
country covering the game from every conceivable angle.
Fortune
The world’s premier business magazine is also marketed and distributed in India by
the group. It has a circulation of over 8,000 copies and caters to upper class people
of Indian business who want to stay informed about the global business scenario.
Today
Launched on April 29, 2002, it is the group’s first venture into the newspaper
market. Today is the espresso newspaper created specially for the urbanite of the
SMS generation looking for the biggest buzz in the shortest time. Its punchy news
format is designed to relax and recharge its readers from the afternoon snooze attack.
Interestingly written, visually appealing and almost all-color, this 16-page afternoon
tabloid is published Monday to Friday. Its unique city focus means when it comes to
making Delhi a better place, Today stops at nothing whether it is spotlighting the
glam or uncovering the latest scam. Using an innovative door-to-door distribution
network Today is now India’s fastest growing afternoon newspaper and Delhi’s no. 1
afternoon newspaper.
Internet
India Today Group Online (ITGO) publishes the online editions of the India Today
Group’s publications, and is the enabler of the group’s e-commerce portals – Art
Today, Music Today and India Today Book Club and also web casts Aaj Tak , India’s
no.1 news channel. ITGO has also been a pioneer in the format of delivering content
through mobile phones. They are currently offering various news updates to customers
who are interested in convent from the group. The division has also gained expertise
in running contest campaigns for the entire group. They are also very proud of the
fact that they enabled Aaj Tak to enter the Limca Book of Records by clocking an
amazing 10 million SMS responses. Then, an exclusive tie-up with Airtel has resulted
in the first-ever push-based subscription service called Airtel Today. Now Airtel
Subscribers can pay a monthly fee and get daily updates on a range of different
subject like news, business news, sports news, astrology forecast, health tips, filmi
gossip and jokes.
Syndications Today,
It is the arm of the India Today Group that caters to content demand from media,
publishers, websites, ad agencies, international databases, authors and researchers. The
group has a strong network of journalists and photo journalists spread across the
globe, so when it comes to sourcing reliable content and photographs from India,
Lexis, Dow Jones, internet securities, financial times, Reuters and many more rely on
them.
Television
Aaj Tak, the 24-hour Hindi news & current affairs channel . Aaj Tak has emerged
as a clear pacesetter in the world of news within this short span, and today stands as
India’s best news channel. Aaj Tak created a totally new idiom in news television in
India, which was completely different. Aaj Tak today boasts of having reached out to
over 30 million homes across the country and presently has a 50% higher channel
share than its nearest competitor.
Headlines Today
The channel aims at introducing a new and path breaking format in electronic news
journalism. It was very aptly christened at Headlines Today as it seeks to be a
provider of concise and fresh news to a mass of highly educated, predominantly
urban and a time conscious set of people. Recognizing the need of the modern Indian
to be abreast of the latest in happenings around him and yet be able to do so
without wasting hours in doing so, headlines today emerged as the unparalleled
answer to all their concerns. Headlines Today has a short programming wheel which
is power packed with the latest and best news coverage in politics, business, sports,
health, science & technology and entertainment offering not just the best of national
but also international coverage. The channel’s brand proposition is clearly reflected
and captured in its message “sharp news for sharp people”.
Radio
The India Today group added yet another feather to its cap when it introduced “Asli
Masti” to Delhi and Kolkata in the form of 93.5 Red FM. The radio station
launched its round the clock services in Delhi on 29 th April, 2003 and in Kolkata on
3rd May, 2003, besides being in operation in Mumbai since July, 2002 and has been
entertaining the population of the cities ever since. A radio station with Asli attitude,
93.5 Red FM is turned to every need of its listeners. With a combined reach of over
40 lakh listeners in the three cities, Red FM’s popularity continues to soar.
Red FM’s mature programming is what sets it apart from the rest of the pack. It
includes a star-studded line-up of celebrity RJs besides famous radio personalities and
popular Red FM RJs Vijay, Rakesh and Pragya, Sameep Nanda and Anurag Pandel.
Everything that Red offers is unique, innovative and real-life. From live phone-ins to
contests backed by Crip, entertaining updates on traffic, weather, events and the latest
buzz in the city.
Publishing
HarperCollins India is a joint venture between India Today Group and HarperCollins
Publishers worldwide, one of the three top publishers in the world. The new
partnership brings together the vitality and reach of one of the most high profile
media groups in India with the publishing experience and expertise of a premier
international publishing company to make HarperCollins India the publisher of choice
on the subcontinent. Publishers of high-profile international authors and renowned
Collins Co. build and Collins gem dictionaries – HarperCollins India will also
distribute titles published by Harper Collins worldwide in the Indian market.
India Today Book Club – Launched in April 1999 is the only one of its kind in
the subcontinent. The aim of the club is to bring good quality, unique and wide
collection of books, at heavy discounts to club members. These books are delivered
to the members’ doorstep at no extra cost to them. Each member receives a free
magazine, Books Today, from which books can be selected. The subject areas vary
from books on latest fiction, classics, management, art and reference books, children’s
reading material, cooking, gardening, fitness and health religions and spirituality,
information technology, medicine and many others.
Commercial & Industrial Guide caters to the business needs of industries and has a
circulation of over 3,00,000.
Office Products & Service Guide is published in three editions north, west & south
and has a circulation of over 1,20,000 copies. An OPS is the only product,
introduced for the first time in India, focusing on the requirements & needs of
modern office.
In 2002-2004, the company launched “Build Today” to satisfy the database needs for
the building & construction industry. It is exclusively distributed amongst architects,
builders, co-operations and people influencing purchases of building and construction.
The Automobile Owner’s Guide is another product of the company targeting the
automobile owner and provides information on selecting a new car, accessories, car
repair and car maintenance. The company will continue to bring out new niche
directories to cater to the infrastructure industries in the near future. The database is
now accessible on the net.
Music
Music Today has since its inception in 1990 taken the lead in preserving and
promoting India’s rich musical heritage and emerged as the most prestigious label in
the Indian Music segment. Music Today’s vast repertoire includes Hindustani &
Carnatic music, light-classical & devotional music. The label has boosted other genres
from India’s abundant heritage, drawing from Sufi, folk and regional lines and
initiating the move into world-class new age music that derives vastly from India’s
mystical tradition & amazing range of musical instruments.
Music Today has now ventured into film music and pop music a well. Music Today’s
success in presenting & making Indian music more accessible to newer audiences is
clearly seen in its innovative thematic packages. This unconventional approach, melded
with state of the art digital recording and international quality CD and audiotape
productions, has over the years made Music Today synonymous with the best Indian
music in India & the world.
Distribution
Time
Harmony
Vogue
Platform
Auto Build
Right Choice
Grahon ka Khel
Public Welfare
Care today fund was the set up by the India Today Group to do more than report
about the tragedies that take place around us. It was set up to do something about
the tragedies and lighten the burden of the worst affected victims. It was set up so
that the readers and viewers could be involved and could contribute with the
knowledge that the contribution was being used judiciously, and would have an
impact on the lives of the victims. In the five years since Care Today’s formation,
four special programmes have been launched. The hope for Orissa fund has worked
with orphans and widows from the 1999 super cyclone, and also built shelters for
coastal communities to ensure that disasters do not cause such damages in the future.
The fight against the drought fund worked towards sustainable solutions for drought-
effected communities in Western Rajasthan and Northern Gujarat
MANAGING DIRECTOR
MR. AROON PURIE
DIRECTOR FINANCE
MR. ANIL MEHRA
CHIEF MANAGER
MR. DINESH KUMAR GUPTA
OFFICER FINANCE
SUPERVISOR
The financial statements are created using several assumptions that affect how we use
and interpret the financial data:
1 Transactions are recorded at historical cost. Therefore, the values shown in the
statements are not market or replacement values, but rather reflect the original cost
(adjusted for depreciation, in the case of depreciable assets).
2 The appropriate unit of measurement is the dollar. While this seems logical, the
effects of inflation, combined with the practice of recording values at historical cost,
may cause problems in using and interpreting these values.
3 The statements are recorded for predefined periods of time. Generally, statements
are produced to cover a chosen fiscal year or quarter, with the income statement and
the statement of cash flows spanning a period‘s time and the balance sheet and
statement of shareholders‘ equity as of the end of the specified period. But because
the end of the fiscal year is generally chosen to coincide with the low point of
activity in the firm‘s operating cycle, the annual balance sheet and statement of
shareholders‘ equity may not be representative of values for the year.
4 Statements are prepared using accrual accounting and the matching principle. Most
businesses use accrual accounting, where income and revenues are matched in timing
such that income is recorded in the period in which it is earned and expenses are
reported in the period in which they are incurred to generate revenues. The result of
the use of accrual accounting is that reported income does not necessarily coincide
with cash flows. Because the financial analyst is concerned ultimately with cash
flows, he or she often must understand how reported income relates to a company‘s
cash flows.
5 It is assumed that the business will continue as a going concern. The assumption
that the business enterprise will continue indefinitely justifies the appropriateness of
using historical costs instead of current market values because these assets are
expected to be used up over time instead of sold.
6 Full disclosure requires providing information beyond the financial statements. The
requirement that there be full disclosure means that, in addition to the accounting
numbers for such accounting items as revenues, expenses, and assets, narrative and
additional numerical disclosures are provided in notes accompanying the financial
statements. An analysis of financial statements is therefore not complete without this
additional information.
7 Statements are prepared assuming conservatism. In cases in which more than one
interpretation of an event is possible, statements are prepared using the most
conservative interpretation.
The financial statements and the auditors‘ findings are published in the firm‘s annual
and quarterly reports sent to shareholders and the 10K and 10Q filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Also included in the reports, among other
items, is a discussion by management, providing an overview of company events. The
annual reports are much more detailed and disclose more financial information than
the quarterly reports.
There are three basic financial statements:
Balance sheet
Income statement
Cash Flow statement
BALANCE SHEET
Balance sheet is a summary of the assets, liabilities, and equity of a business at a
particular point in time—usually the end of the firm‘s fiscal year. The balance sheet
is also known as the statement of financial condition or the statement of financial
position. The values shown for the different accounts on the balance sheet are not
purported to reflect current market values; rather, they reflect historical costs.
Assets are the resources of the business enterprise, such as plant and equipment that
are used to generate future benefits. If a company owns plant and equipment that
will be used to produce goods for sale in the future, the company can expect these
assets (the plant and equipment) to generate cash inflows in the future.
Liabilities are obligations of the business. They represent commitments to creditors in
the form of future cash outflows. When a firm borrows, say, by issuing a long-term
bond, it becomes obligated to pay interest and principal on this bond as promised.
Equity, also called shareholders‘ equity or stockholders‘ equity, reflects ownership. The
equity of a firm represents the part of its value that is not owed to creditors and
therefore is left over for the owners. In the most basic accounting terms, equity is
the difference between what the firm owns—its assets—and what it owes its creditors
—its liabilities.
ASSETS
There are two major categories of assets: current assets and noncurrent assets, where
noncurrent assets include plant assets, intangibles, and investments. Assets that do not
fit neatly into these categories may be recorded as either other assets, deferred
charges, or other noncurrent assets.
CURRENT ASSETS
Current assets (also referred to as circulating capital and working assets) are assets
that could reasonably be converted into cash within one operating cycle or one year,
whichever takes longer. An operating cycle begins when the firm invests cash in the
raw materials used to produce its goods or services and ends with the collection of
cash for the sale of those same goods or services. For example, if Fictitious
manufactures and sells candy products, its operating cycle begins when it purchases
the raw materials for the products (e.g., sugar) and ends when it receives cash for
selling the candy to retailers. Because the operating cycle of most businesses is less
than one year, we tend to think of current assets as those assets that can be
converted into cash in one year. Current assets consist of cash, marketable securities,
accounts receivable, and inventories. Cash comprises both currency—bills and coins—
and assets that are immediately transformable into cash, such as deposits in bank
accounts. Marketable securities are securities that can be readily sold when cash is
needed. Every company needs to have a certain amount of cash to fulfil immediate
needs, and any cash in excess of immediate needs is usually invested temporarily in
marketable securities. Investments in marketable securities are simply viewed as a
short term place to store funds; marketable securities do not include those investments
in other companies‘ stock that are intended to be long term. Some financial reports
combine cash and marketable securities into one account referred to as cash and cash
equivalents or cash and marketable securities. Accounts receivable are amounts due
from customers who have purchased the firm‘s goods or services but haven‘t yet paid
for them. To encourage sales, many firms allow their customers to ―buy now and
pay later, perhaps at the end of the month or within 30 days of the sale. Accounts
receivable therefore represents money that the firm expects to collect soon. Because
not all accounts are ultimately collected, the gross amount of accounts receivable is
adjusted by an estimate of the uncollectible accounts, the allowance for doubtful
accounts, resulting in a net accounts receivable figure. Inventories represent the total
value of the firm‘s raw materials, work-in-process, and finished (but as yet unsold)
goods. A manufacturer of toy trucks would likely have plastic and steel on hand as
raw materials, work-in-process consisting of truck parts and partly completed trucks,
and finished goods consisting of trucks packaged and ready for shipping. There are
three basic methods of accounting for inventory, including:
■ FIFO (first in, first out), which assumes that the first items purchased are the first
items sold,
■ LIFO (last in, first out), which assumes that the last items purchased are the first
items sold, and
■ Average cost, which assumes that the cost of items sold, is the average of the cost
of all items purchased.
The choice of inventory accounting method is significant because it affects values
recorded on the balance sheet and the income statement, as well as tax payments and
cash flows.
Another current asset account that a company may have is prepaid expenses. Prepaid
expenses are amounts that have been paid but not as yet consumed. A common
example is the case of a company paying insurance premiums for an extended period
of time (say, a year), but for which only a portion (say, three months) is applicable
to the insurance coverage for the current fiscal year; the remaining insurance that is
prepaid as of the end of the year is considered an asset. Prepaid expenses may be
reported as part of other current liabilities. Companies‘ investment in current assets
depends, in large part, on the industry in which they operate.
DEFFERED TAXES
Along with long-term liabilities, the analyst may encounter another account, deferred
taxes. Deferred taxes are taxes that will have to be paid to the federal and state
governments based on accounting income, but are not due yet. Deferred taxes arise
when different methods of accounting are used for financial statements and for tax
purposes. These differences are temporary and are the result of different timing of
revenue or expense recognition for financial statement reporting and tax purposes. The
deferred tax liability arises when the actual tax liability is less than the tax liability
shown for financial reporting purposes (meaning that the firm will be paying the
difference in the future), whereas the deferred tax asset, mentioned earlier, arises
when the actual tax liability is greater than the tax liability shown for reporting
purposes.
EQUITY
Equity is the owner‘s interest in the company. For a corporation, ownership is
represented by common stock and preferred stock. Shareholders‘ equity is also
referred to as the book value of equity, since this is the value of equity according
to the records in the accounting books. The value of the ownership interest of
preferred stock is represented in financial statements as its par value, which is also
the dollar value on which dividends are figured. For example, if you own a share of
preferred stock that has a $100 par value and a 9% dividend rate, you receive $9 in
dividends each year. Further, your ownership share of the company is $100. Preferred
shareholders‘ equity is the product of the number of preferred shares outstanding and
the par value of the stock; it is shown that way on the balance sheet. The remainder
of the equity belongs
to the common shareholders. It consists of three parts: common stock outstanding
(listed at par or at stated value), additional paid-in capital, and retained earnings. The
par value of common stock is an arbitrary figure; it has no relation to market value
or to dividends paid on common stock. Some stock has no par value, but may have
an arbitrary value, or stated value, per share. Nevertheless, the total par value or
stated value of all outstanding common shares is usually entitled ―capital stock or
―common stock. Then, to inject reality into the equity part of the balance sheet, an
entry called additional paid-in capital is added; this is the amount received by the
corporation for its common stock in excess of the par or stated value. If a firm sold
10,000 shares of $1 par value common stock at $40 a share, its equity accounts
would show:
Common stock, $1 par value $10,000
Additional paid-in capital $390,000
There are actually four different labels that can be applied to the number of shares
of a corporation on a balance sheet:
1A) The number of shares authorized by the shareholders.
2B) The number of shares issued and sold by the corporation, which can be less
than the number of shares authorized.
3C) The number of shares currently outstanding, which can be less than the number
of shares issued if the corporation has bought back (repurchased) some of its issued
stock.
4D) The number of shares of treasury stock, which is stock that the company has
repurchased.
The outstanding stock is reported in the stock accounts, and adjustments must be
made for any treasury stock. The bulk of the equity interest in a company is in its
retained earnings. A retained- earnings is the accumulated net income of the
company, less any dividends that have not been paid, over the life of the corporation.
Retained earnings are not strictly cash and any correspondence to cash is coincidental.
Any cash generated by the firm that has not been paid out in dividends has been
reinvested in the firm‘s assets—to finance accounts receivable, inventories, equipment,
and so forth.
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
Financial analysis is a tool of financial management. It consists of the evaluation of
the financial condition and operating performance of a business firm, an industry, or
even the economy, and the forecasting of its future condition and performance. It is,
in other words, a means for examining risk and expected return. Data for financial
analysis may come from other areas within the firm, such as marketing and
production departments, from the firm‘s own accounting data, or from financial
information vendors such as Bloomberg Financial Markets, Moody‘s Investors Service,
Standard & Poor‘s Corporation, Fitch Ratings, and Value Line, as well as from
government publications, such as the Federal Reserve Bulletin. Financial publications
such as Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, and the Wall Street Journal also publish
financial data (concerning individual firms) and economic data (concerning industries,
markets, and economies), much of which is now also available on the Internet.
Within the firm, financial analysis may be used not only to evaluate the performance
of the firm, but also its divisions or departments and its product lines. Analyses may
be performed both periodically and as needed, not only to ensure informed investing
and financing decisions, but also as an aid in implementing personnel policies and
rewards systems.
Outside the firm, financial analysis may be used to determine the creditworthiness of
a new customer, to evaluate the ability of a supplier to hold to the conditions of a
long-term contract, and to evaluate the market performance of competitors.
Firms and investors that do not have the expertise, the time, or the resources to
perform financial analysis on their own may purchase analyses from companies that
specialize in providing this service. Such companies can provide reports ranging from
detailed written analyses to simple creditworthiness ratings for businesses. As an
example, Dun & Bradstreet, a financial services firm, evaluates the creditworthiness of
many firms, from small local businesses to major corporations. As another example,
three companies—Moody‘s Investors Service, Standard & Poor‘s, and Fitch—evaluate
the credit quality of debt obligations issued by corporations and express these views
in the form of a rating that is published in the reports available from these three
organizations.
1 Uses of these analyses
2Financial statements are used and analyzed by a different group of parties, these
groups consists of people both inside and outside a business. Generally, these users
are:
A. Internal Users: are owners, managers, employees and other parties who are
directly connected with a company:
B. External Users: are potential investors, banks, government agencies and other
parties who are outside the business but need financial information about the business
for numbers of reasons.
Another method is to compare ratios of one firm with another firm in the same
industry at the same point in time. This comparison is known as the cross sectional
analysis. It might be more useful to select some competitors which have similar
operations and compare their ratios with the firm‘s. This comparison shows the
relative financial position and performance of the firm. Since it is so easy to find the
financial statements of similar firms through publications or Medias this type of
analysis can be performed so easily.
To determine the financial condition and performance of a firm, its ratios may be
compared with average ratios of the industry to which the firm belongs. This method
is known as the industry analysis that helps to ascertain the financial standing and
capability of the firm in the industry to which it belongs.
Industry ratios are important standards in view of the fact that each industry has its
own characteristics, which influence the financial and operating relationships. But there
are certain practical difficulties for this method. First finding average ratios for the
industries is such a headache and difficult. Second, industries include companies of
weak and strong so the averages include them also. Sometimes spread may be so
wide that the average may be little utility. Third, the average may be meaningless
and the comparison not possible if the firms with in the same industry widely differ
in their accounting policies and practices. However if it can be standardized and
extremely strong and extremely weak firms be eliminated then the industry ratios will
be very useful.
Performing Ratio Analysis
After such a discussion and mentioning that these ratios are one of the most
important tools that is used in finance and that almost every business does and
calculate these ratios, it is logical to express that how come these calculations are of
so importance.
What are the points that those ratios put light on them? And how can these numbers
help us in performing the task of management?
The answer to these questions is: We can use ratio analysis to tell us whether the
business
1. Is profitable
2. Has enough money to pay its bills and debts
3. Could be paying its employees higher wages, remuneration or so on
4. Is able to pay its taxes
5. Is using its assets efficiently or not
6. Has a gearing problem or everything is fine
7. Is a candidate for being bought by another company or investor
But as it is obvious there are many different aspects that these ratios can
demonstrate. So for using them first we have to decide what we want to know, then
we can decide which ratios we need and then we must begin to calculate them.
Allotment of Ratios
As before mentioned there are varieties of people interested to know and read these
information and analyses, however different people for different needs. And it is
because each of these groups have different type of questions that could be answered
by a specific number and ratio.
Therefore we can say there are different ratios for different groups, these groups with
the ratio that suits them is listed below:
1. Investors: These are people who already have shares in the business or they are
willing to be part of it. So they need to determine whether they should buy shares in
the business, hold on to the shares they already have or sell the shares they already
own. They also want to assess the ability of the business to pay dividends. As a
result the Return on Capital Employed Ratio is the one for this group.
2. Lenders: This group consists of people who have given loans to the company so
they want to be sure that their loans and also the interests will be paid and on the
due time. Gearing Ratios will suit this group.
3. Managers: Managers might need segmental and total information to see how they
fit into the overall picture of the company which they are ruling. And Profitability
Ratios can show them what they need to know.
4. Employees: The employees are always concerned about the ability of the business
to provide remuneration, retirement benefits and employment opportunities for them,
therefore these information must be find out from the stability and profitability of
their employers who are responsible to provide the employees their need. Return on
Capital Employed Ratio is the measurement that can help them.
5. Suppliers and other trade creditors: Businesses supplying goods and materials to
other businesses will definitely read their accounts to see that they don't have
problems, after all, any supplier wants to know if his customers are going to pay
them back and they will study the Liquidity Ratio of the companies.
6. Customers: are interested to know the Profitability Ratio of the business with
which they are going to have a long term involvement and are dependent on the
continuance of presence of that.
7. Governments and their agencies: are concerned with the allocation of resources
and, the activities of businesses. To regulate the activities of them, determine taxation
policies and as the basis for national income and similar statistics, they calculate the
Profitability Ratio of businesses.
8. Local community: Financial statements may assist the public by providing
information about the trends and recent developments in the prosperity of the business
and the range of its activities as they affect their area so they are interested in lots
of ratios.
9. Financial analysts: they need to know various matters, for example, the
accounting concepts employed for inventories, depreciation, bad debts and so on.
therefore they are interested in possibly all the ratios.
10. Researchers: researchers' demands cover a very wide range of lines of enquiry
ranging from detailed statistical analysis of the income statement and balance sheet
data extending over many years to the qualitative analysis of the wording of the
statements depending on their nature of research.
CLASSIFICATION OF RATIOS
In isolation, a financial ratio is a useless piece of information. In context, however, a
financial ratio can give a financial analyst an excellent picture of a company's
situation and the trends that are developing. A ratio gains utility by comparison to
other data and standards.
Financial ratios quantify many aspects of a business and are an integral part of
financial statement analysis. Financial ratios are categorized according to the financial
aspect of the business which the ratio measures. Although these categories are not
fixed in all over the world however there are almost the same, just with different
names:
1. Profitability ratios which use margin analysis and show the return on sales and
capital employed.
2. Rate of Return Ratio (ROR) or Overall Profitability Ratio: The rate of return
ratios are thought to be the most important ratios by some accountants and analysts.
One reason why the rate of return ratios is so important is that they are the ratios
that we use to tell if the managing director is doing their job properly.
3. Liquidity ratios measure the availability of cash to pay debt, which give a picture
of a company's short term financial situation.
4. Solvency or Gearing ratios measures the percentage of capital employed that is
financed by debt and long term finance. The higher the gearing, the higher the
dependence on borrowing and long term financing. The lower the gearing ratio, the
higher the dependence on equity financing. Traditionally, the higher the level of
gearing, the higher the level of financial risk due to the increase volatility of profits.
It should be noted that the term ―Leverage is used in some texts.
5. Turn over Ratios or activity group ratios indicate efficiency of organization to
various kinds of assets by converting them to the form of sales.
6. Investors ratios usually interested by investors.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research framework: This study is based on the data about THOMSON PRESS
INDIA LIMITED for a detailed study of its financial statements, documents and
system ratios and finally to recognize and determine the position of the company.
Types of data which helped to prepare this report:
1. Primary data which was collected personally to be used and studied to prepare
and reach the objectives already mentioned.
2. The secondary data which was already prepared so these data was only used to
reach the aims and objectives of this project. These data has been collected from the
financial reports of the company.
Collection of Data
The sources of collecting the primary data was through interviews, and observation,
however the secondary one was collected from the financial statements already
available to the employees of the company and some of which was published.
A) Personal Interview:
Personal Interview method requires a person known as the interviewer asking
questions generally in a face to face contact to the other person or persons.
In some cases, I had the chance to ask my questions personally from the Head of
Accounts department and Head of HR Department regarding the information I needed.
Different questions and information I could collect during these two methods are:
Fixed Assets Rs. Cr. Rs. Cr. Rs. Cr. Rs. Cr. Rs. Cr.
Gross Block 4304.29 4605.38 4784.7 4972.6 7,401.02
Net Block 2548.9 2537.21 2517.28 2500.46 4,635.69
Capital WIP 48.18 141.03 696.95 2283.15 677.28
Investment 184.79 172.39 483.45 170.9 1,034.80
Current Assets
Inventories 283.71 379.57 433.58 609.76 691.97
Debtors 171.95 172.55 183.5 216.61 186.18
Other Current Assets 381.99 220.4 343.09 477.52 483.46
Balance Sheet Total 3619.52 3623.11 4657.85 6258.4 7709.38
Liabilities Rs. Cr. Rs. Cr. Rs. Cr. Rs. Cr. Rs. Cr.
Shareholders’ Funds
Equity Share Capital 124.4 124.4 124.49 124.49 124.49
Share Capital - 0.09 - - -
Suspense
Employees Stock 0.77 1.68
Option Outstanding
Reserves and Surplus 942.73 913.78 1639.29 2571.73 3475.93
Loan Funds 1531.38 1451.83 1578.63 1740.5 2141.63
Deferred Tax 581.71 576.96 560.26 542.35 722.93
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Creditors 224.67 318.13 463.99 776.79 723.09
Other Current 214.63 237.92 291.19 501.77 519.63
Liab./Prov.
Balance Sheet Total 3619.52 3623.11 4657.85 6258.4 7709.38
While liquidity ratios are most helpful for short-term creditors/suppliers and bankers,
they are also important to financial managers who must meet obligations to suppliers
of credit and various government agencies. A company's ability to turn short-term
assets into cash to cover debts is of the utmost importance when creditors are
seeking payment. Bankruptcy analysts and mortgage originators frequently use the
liquidity ratios to determine whether a company will be able to continue as a going
concern. A complete liquidity ratio analysis can help uncover weaknesses in the
financial position of the business. Generally, the higher the value of the ratio, the
larger the margin of safety that the company possesses to cover short-term debts.
1. CURRENT RATIO:
Current Ratio = Current Asset/Current Liabilities
The acid-test ratio is far more forceful than the current ratio, primarily because the
current ratio includes inventory assets which might not be able to turn to cash
immediately. Companies with ratios of less than 1 cannot pay their current liabilities
and should be looked at with extreme caution. Furthermore, if the acid-test ratio is
much lower than the current ratio, it means current assets are highly dependent on
inventory.
TURN OVER RATIOS
Accounting ratios that measure a firm's ability to convert different accounts within
their balance sheets into cash or sales. Companies will typically try to turn their
production into cash or sales as fast as possible because this will generally lead to
higher revenues.
Such ratios are frequently used when performing fundamental analysis on different
companies.
11. FIXED ASSETS TURN OVER RATIO:
It shows how the company uses its fixed assets to achieve sales. The formula is as
follows:
Fixed Asset Turn Over Ratio= Net Sales/ fixed Asset
Comments: A High fixed asset turnover ratio indicates the capability of the firm to
earn maximum sales with the minimum investing in fixed assets. So it shows that the
company is using its assets more efficiently. As it is shown in above the Company is
using its assets specially fixed assets more efficiently each year although it had a
light decrease in efficiency in 2015 and 2016 compared to 2014.
In this formula current assets are balance sheet accounts that represent the value of all assets
that are reasonably expected to be converted into cash within one year in the normal course of
business. A higher current assets turnover ratio is more desirable since it shows the better
financial position of company and better usage of these current assets. It can be seen from
above figure that the company has shown high ratio in 2012 ,2013, 2014, and 2016, never
mind the slight decrease in 2015. It means the company is using its current assets more
efficiently. The comparison between two ratios over the same period of time, also shows that
company has used its current assets better than its fixed assets
The debts side consist of all long term liabilities of the firm. The shareholders‘ fund
is the share capital plus reserve and surpluses.
The lower the debt equity ratio the higher the degree of protection enjoyed by the
creditors.
The debt equity ratio defined by the controller of capital issue, debt is defined as
long term debt plus preference capital which is redeemable before 12 years and
shareholders‘ fund is defined as paid up equity capital plus preference capital which
is redeemable after 12 years plus reserves & surpluses.
The general norm for this ratio is 2:1. on case of capital intensive industries as
norms of 4:1 is used for fertilizer and cement industry and a norms of 6:1 is used
for shipping units.
Comments:
In this ratio shareholders‘ fund is the share capital plus reserve and surpluses. In case
of high debt equity it would be obvious that the investment of creditors is more than
owners. And if it is so high then it brings the firm in a risky position. Or if it is
too low it might indicate that the organization has not utilized its capacity of
borrowing which must be utilized and that is because the borrowing from outsiders is
a good source of fund for business with lower returns in compare to equity.
12. Proprietary ratio:
It is primarily the ratio between the proprietor‘s funds and total assets. It indicates
the relationship between owners fund and total assets. And shows the extent to which
the owner s‘ fund are sunk in assets or different kinds of it.
Proprietary Ratio= Proprietors Funds/ Total Asset
Comments:
This ratio indicates the proportion of proprietor‘s funds used for financing the total
assets. As a very rough measure, it is suggested that 2/3rd to 3/4th of the total assets
should be financed through borrowings. A high ratio will indicate high financial
strength but a very high ratio will indicate that the firm is not using external funds
adequately.
PROFITABILITY RATIO
As the name itself suggests, this ratio is calculated to determine profitability of the
firm. The basic objective of almost every business is to earn profit which is essential
for survival of the business.
A business needs profits not only for its existence but also for its expansion and
diversification. The investors want an adequate return on their investments, workers
want higher wages, creditors want higher security for interest and loan and the list
could continue.
Comments:
This ratio indicates the relation between production cost and sales and the efficiency
with which goods are produced or purchased. If it has a very high gross profit ratio
it may indicate that the organization is able to produce or purchase at a relatively
lower cost. Gross profit is the profit we earn before we take off any administration
costs, selling costs and so on.
12. NET PROFIT RATIO:
This shows the portion of sales available to owners after all expenses. A high profit
ratio is higher profitability of the firm. This ratio shows the earning left for
shareholder as percentage of Net sales.
Net Margin Ratio measures the overall efficiency of production, Administration selling,
financing, pricing and Taste Management.
Net Profit ratio= Net Profit/Net Sales X100
Comments:
It is depicted from the above diagram that company has been trying to improve its
profitability year by year except for 2016 because of environmental instability which
includes the economic meltdown in the country and whole world.
13. OPERATING NET PROFIT RATIO:
This ratio establishes the relation between the net sales and the operating net profit.
The concept of operating net profit is different from the concept of net profit
operating net profit is the profit arising out of business operations only. This is
calculated as follows:
Operating net profit = Net Profit + Non operating expenses – non operating income.
Alternatively, this profit can also be calculated by deducting only operating expenses
from the gross profit.
This ratio is calculated with help of the following formula.
Operating n.p. ratio = Operating Net Profit/ Net Sales X 100
These Liquidity, Leverage, Profitability, and Management Ratios allow the business
owner to identify trends in a business and to compare its progress with the
performance of others through data published by various sources. The owner may
thus determine the business's relative strengths and weaknesses.
11. RETURN ON ASSETS:
2This ratio actually measures the profitability of the investments in the firm. And the
related formula is:
Return on Asset Ratio = Net Profit After Tax/ Total Asset X 100
Comments: Because this ratio shows the profitability of investment in the firm so
higher the ratio, the better is the return to the owners of the company.
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22. RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED:
This Ratio is considered to be very important. It indicates the percentage of net
profits before interest and tax to total capital employed. It reflects the overall
efficiency with which capital is used. The ratio of a particular business should be
compared with other business firms in the same industry to find out the exact
position of the business.
ROCE Ratio = Net profit before interest and tax/Capital Employed X 100
Comments:
A measure of the return that a company is realizing from its capital employed. The
ratio can also be seen as representing the efficiency with which capital is being
utilized to generate revenue. It is commonly used as a measure for comparing the
performance between businesses and for assessing whether a business generates
enough returns to pay for its cost of capital.
Of course the higher the ratio, the better will be the profitability of the company.
Note: Here Equity Share Holders Fund = Equity Capital + Reserves and Surplus
Years 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
NPAT- Pref. Dividend 2.85 229.76 782.28 1007.61 977.02
Equity Shareholder Fund 1067.13 1038.27 1763.78 2696.99 3602.1
Return on Equity 0.26 22.13 44.35 37.36 27.12
Comments:
This ratio indicates the productivity of the owned funds employed in the firm.
However, in judging the profitability of a firm, it should not be overlooked that
during inflationary periods, the ratio may show an upward trend because the
numerator of the ratio represents current values whereas denominator represents
historical values.
OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS
Based on the ratios and calculations made on my project I can analyze as follows:
:
1. The year 2012 could be called the peak on the business during last five year
which almost divides the ratios into two parts, before 2010 and after that.
2. Liquidity ratios shows that the firm has been facing some problems regarding
paying short term liabilities for 3 years, but it is trying to improve the situation.
3. The usage ratio of the company had followed a comparable pattern. The overall
efficiency of the company to use its assets, capital or the working capital had
increased from 2008 to 2015. However in the later years, it is declining and falling
to a lower level of efficiency, for which we can blame the environmental conditions
of the country, and that involves the economical and political challenges of India and
the world.
4. The Company fails to increase its profitability in the last year, though it should
be mentioned that we see a noticeable net profit point in the 2015-16. It also fails
to give satisfactory rate of return in the two years compared to 2012.
CONCLUSION
A) Ratios make the related information comparable. A single figure by itself has no
meaning, but when expressed in terms of a related figure, it yields significant
interferences. Thus, ratios are relative figures reflecting the relationship between
related variables. Their use as tools of financial analysis involves their comparison as
single ratios, like absolute figures, are not of much use.
1B) Ratio analysis has a major significance in analysing the financial performance of
a company over a period of time. Decisions affecting product prices, per unit costs,
volume or efficiency have an impact on the profit margin or turnover ratios of a
company.
1C) Financial ratios are essentially concerned with the identification of significant
accounting data relationships, which give the decision-maker insights into the financial
performance of a company.
1D) The analysis of financial statements is a process of evaluating the relationship
between component parts of financial statements to obtain a better understanding of
the firm‘s position and performance.
E) The first task of financial analyst is to select the information relevant to the
decision under consideration from the total information contained in the financial
statements. The second step is to arrange the information in a way to highlight
significant relationships. The final step is interpretation and drawing of inferences and
conclusions. In brief, financial analysis is the process of selection, relation and
evaluation.
1F) Ratio analysis in view of its several limitations should be considered only as a
tool for analysis rather than as an end in itself. The reliability and significance
attached to ratios will largely hinge upon the quality of data on which they are
based. They are as good or as bad as the data itself. Nevertheless, they are an
important tool of financial analysis.
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C.R. Kothari.: Willey Easter Research Methodology Methods and Techniques: New
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