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SCS – Nov 2020 – L3 – Q8 – Financial management

Calculate operating and financial gearing for GGOH and assess how these ratios impact investor decisions.

Assume a 10% interest on the outstanding loan and 22% Corporate Tax.

Required:
i) Calculate the operating gearing and financial gearing for GGOH. (5 marks)

ii) Assess how these ratios could impact an investor’s decision to invest in GGOH. (5 marks)

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SCS – Aug 2022 – L3 – Q5 – Financial Management

Prepare Little Bee’s financial forecast and calculate its gearing ratios, explaining their significance to Bazar.

Using the additional information presented by AB Consult & Associate to the Director of Finance and Operations, Mrs. Emma Owusu-Kwakye, on 4 August, prepare the following:

i) Little Bee new forecasted Statement of financial performance after the changes that will be discussed at the board meeting on the 5 August 2022. (4 marks)
ii) Calculate the operating gearing, measured as the ratio of the percentage increase in profit before interest and tax divided by the percentage increase in sales. (2 marks)
iii) Calculate the financial gearing, measured as the ratio of the percentage change in total earnings (or EPS) to the percentage increase in profit before interest and tax. (2 marks)
iv) Calculate the Combined gearing, measured as the ratio of the percentage change in total earnings (or EPS) to the percentage increase in sales. (2 marks)
v) Explain the significance of operating gearing and financial gearing to the management of Bazar. (10 marks)

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SCS – Nov 2020 – L3 – Q8 – Financial management

Calculate operating and financial gearing for GGOH and assess how these ratios impact investor decisions.

Assume a 10% interest on the outstanding loan and 22% Corporate Tax.

Required:
i) Calculate the operating gearing and financial gearing for GGOH. (5 marks)

ii) Assess how these ratios could impact an investor’s decision to invest in GGOH. (5 marks)

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SCS – Aug 2022 – L3 – Q5 – Financial Management

Prepare Little Bee’s financial forecast and calculate its gearing ratios, explaining their significance to Bazar.

Using the additional information presented by AB Consult & Associate to the Director of Finance and Operations, Mrs. Emma Owusu-Kwakye, on 4 August, prepare the following:

i) Little Bee new forecasted Statement of financial performance after the changes that will be discussed at the board meeting on the 5 August 2022. (4 marks)
ii) Calculate the operating gearing, measured as the ratio of the percentage increase in profit before interest and tax divided by the percentage increase in sales. (2 marks)
iii) Calculate the financial gearing, measured as the ratio of the percentage change in total earnings (or EPS) to the percentage increase in profit before interest and tax. (2 marks)
iv) Calculate the Combined gearing, measured as the ratio of the percentage change in total earnings (or EPS) to the percentage increase in sales. (2 marks)
v) Explain the significance of operating gearing and financial gearing to the management of Bazar. (10 marks)

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