Benchmarking upper midwest dairy farm profitability

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 733-744
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Wolf ◽  
J. Roy Black ◽  
Mark W. Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Dairy Farm ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Profit Margin ◽  
Upper Midwest ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Operating Profit ◽  
Farm Profitability

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to understand US Upper Midwest dairy farm profitability performance over time and across herd size. Profitability is broken down into asset efficiency and operating profit margin. The primary objective is to determine how much information is required to accurately benchmark farm performance.Design/methodology/approachFinancial ratios to measure profitability (rate of return on assets), profit margin (operating profit margin ratio), and asset efficiency (asset turnover) were collected from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin business analysis programs for dairy farms from 2000 through 2016. Financial ratio patterns were examined both across time and herd size. Annual distributions were divided into quartiles and the use of one to five-year averages were used to determine accuracy of quartile rank compared to true long-run farm profitability performance.FindingsFinancial performance across large herds was more uniform than across smaller herds. Small and large herd profitability performance converged in poor years but diverged in good years. Using three or more years performance greatly improved accuracy of benchmarking profitability.Originality/valueThe data utilized are very rich in the sense of the amount of variation across years and herd size. The results have important implications for farm financial management and benchmarking farm financial performance. Farm firms should benchmark multiple years of profitability before making major management changes to alleviate deficiencies.

Dairy farm financial performance: firm, year, and size effects

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Wolf ◽  
Mark W. Stephenson ◽  
Wayne A. Knoblauch ◽  
Andrew M. Novakovic
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Dairy Farm ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Financial Ratios ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate dairy farm financial performance over time utilizing farm financial ratios from three university business analysis programs. The evaluation includes measures of profitability, solvency, and liquidity by herd size. Design/methodology/approach Financial ratios to reflect profitability (rate of return on assets), solvency (debt to asset ratio), and liquidity (current ratio) were collected from Cornell University, Michigan State University, and the University of Wisconsin for dairy farms from 2000 to 2012. The distribution of farm financial performance using these ratios was examined over time and by herd size. Variance component methods are used to examine the percent of variation due to individual firm and industry aspects. A simple credit risk score is calculated to examine relative farm risk. Findings Dairy farm profitability performance is similar across herd sizes in poor years but larger herds realized significantly more profitability in good years. Findings were similar with respect to liquidity. Large herds consistently carried relatively more debt. Large herds’ financial performance was more uniform than across smaller herds. Larger herds had more financial risk as measured by credit risk scoring but recovered quickly to industry averages in profitable years. Originality/value The variation of dairy farm financial performance in an era of volatile milk and feed price is assessed. The results have important implications for farm financial management and benchmarking farm financial performance. In addition to helping to evaluate the efficacy of various price and income risk management tools, these results have important implications for understanding the benefits of the new federal Margin Protection Program for Dairy that is available to all US dairy farmers.

The impact of financial ratios on the financial performance of a chemical company

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halimahton Borhan ◽  
Rozita Naina Mohamed ◽  
Nurnafisah Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Profit Margin ◽  
Financial Ratios ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chemical Company ◽  
Operating Profit ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of financial ratios on the financial performance of a chemical company: LyondellBasell Industries (LYB). Some selected ratios: current ratio (CR) and quick ratio (QR) represent the liquidity ratios, debt ratio (DR) and debt equity ratio (DTER) represent the leverage ratios, while operating profit margin (OPM) and net profit margin (NPM) represent the profitability ratios. LYB faced financial problems after its merger and the financial performance of the company shrank to negative due to the world financial crisis. However, this company has bounced back after a year and is now the world's third largest chemical company based on revenue. Design/methodology/approach – The financial ratios were measured from 2004 to 2011, quarterly. A multiple regression model has been used and secondary data has been analyzed. Findings – The results shows that CR, QR, DR and NPM have a positive relationship while DTER and OPM have a negative relationship with the company's financial performance. Among the six ratios, CR, DR and NPM show the highest significant impact on the company's performance. Originality/value – This research paper contributed the result of the impact of financial ratios on the financial performance of a chemical company as the previous studies with this focus are hard to find and some of the sources are not specifically related to the topic.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KINERJA KEUANGAN PADA PT. HANJAYA MANDALA SAMPOERNA Tbk.

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rona Rosy Nimiangge ◽  
Harijanto Sabijono ◽  
Hendrik Gamaliel
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Activity Ratio ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Profit Margin ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Operating Profit ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Turn Over ◽  
Profitability Ratios

Development in technology that happen continuously have made the skills in financial analysis are more needed. Financial statement are the information source for financial position and company financial ferformance analysis.Evaluation of company financial performance in this research  using activity ratio and profitability ratio. This research using PT. Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk as objek, this decision are based as 1 of 4 big company in cigarettes industry in Indonesia. The summary problem  in this research is,” How the financial performanceat PT. Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk. Based on activity ratio and profitability ratio for year 2015 and 2016?” The activity ratios are calculated with account receivable Turn Over,Inventory Turn Over, Total Asset Turn over,Otherwise Profitability Ratio are calculated with Gross profit  Margin, Operating Profit Margin, and Net Profit Margin. The results showed that the ratios of poor activity were seen from the decline in value in the period 2015-2016, while the profitability ratios increased in the period 2015- 2016 which indicates the company's ability to generate profits has increased.Keywords : Financial Performance Analysis, Activity, Profitability

scholarly journals JURNAL ANALISIS KINERJA KEUANGAN SEBELUM DAN SESUDAH PENERAPAN PPK-BLUD PADA RSUD KARDINAH

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debby Firoeza Indiany ◽  
Dien Noviany Rahmatika ◽  
Jaka Waskito
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Profit Margin ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Financial Ratio ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Turn Over

RSUD Kardinah Kota Tegal in December, 2008 has been designated as Badan Layanan Umum Daerah (BLUD), then since January 2009 has done changes management finances, with the financial management apply system that is called “Pola Pengelolaan Keuangan Badan Layanan Umum Daerah” (PPK – BLUD). This study aimed to analyze the diffrerences in financial performance RSUD Kardinah based on (1) the ratio of the vulnerability, the aspects of return of assets, return on equity, gross profit margin and net profit margin. (2) liquidity ratios include aspects of current ratio, quick ratio and cash ratio (3) solvency ratios include aspects of debt ratios, debt to equity ratio and times interest earned ratio, and (4) the ratio of activity includes aspects of accounts receivable turn over, inventory turn over, fixed assets and total assets turn over before and after implementing PPK-BLUD. This study classified quantative descriptive research the type of data used is secondary data obtained from the annual financial statements of RSUD Kardinah, the period before implementing ppk – blud (2002 – 2008) and after implementing ppk – blud (2009 – 2015). The analytical method used is a diferrent test to test the hypothesis using wilcoxon test with an error rate (alpha) of 5%. The result of this study conclude, there are no significant differences in financial performance based suspectible ratio, liquidity ratio and activity ratio on RSUD Kardinah before and after implementing of PPK-BLUD. There are significant differences in the aspect ratio of the activity inventory turn over snd fixed assets turn over before and after implementing of PPK – BLUD. The implementation of the PPK – BLUD in hospitals Kardinah not give any significant changes to be seen from the ratio financial ratio, but there is an increase in the trend sharp against the income operations hospital after the implementation of PPK – BLUD. Keywords : PPK-BLU, financial ratio analysis, financial performance, Wilcoxon Siged Ranks Test

scholarly journals Dampak Privatisasi BUMN Terhadap Kinerja Keuangan BUMN Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Tapi Omas Annisa ◽  
Jeffits Khusnu Alif
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Profit Margin ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Turnover Ratio ◽  
Operating Profit ◽  
Total Debt ◽  
Asset Turnover ◽  
Equity Ratio

This study aims to examine the differences in state-owned companies before privatization and after privatization is conducted in terms of the company’s financial perfomance. The company’s financial performance uses 10 financial of Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, Net Profit Margin, Return On Assets, Return on Investment, Current Ratio, Total Debt to Total Asset Ratio, Total Debt to Equity Ratio, Fix Asset Turnover Ratio, Net Asset Turnover Ratio. This study method uses quantitative research. Data analysis uses mann-whitney different test. The sample of  state-owned companies with a period consisting of 4 years before privatization and 4 years after privatization. Hypothesis test results show that the financial performance of state-owned companies after privatization is better than before privatization.

Labor-use efficiency and New York dairy farm financial performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 646-665
Author(s):  
Jing Yi ◽  
Jennifer Ifft
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Dairy Farm ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Labor Cost ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Hired Labor ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Dairy farms, along with livestock and specialty crop farms, face a tight labor supply and increasing labor costs. To overcome the challenging labor market, farm managers can increase labor-use efficiency through both human resource and capital investments. However, little is known about the relationship between such investments and farm profitability. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between dairy farm financial performance and labor-use efficiency, as measured by labor productivity (milk sold per worker equivalent); labor costs (hired labor cost per unit of milk sold and hired labor cost per worker); and investment in labor-saving equipment. Design/methodology/approach Cluster analysis is applied to partition dairy farms into three performance categories (high/middle/low), based on farms’ rate of return on equity, asset turnover ratios and net dairy income per hundredweight of milk. Next, the annual financial rank is fitted into both random- and farm-level fixed-effects ordered logit and linear models to estimate the relationship between dairy farms’ financial performance and labor-use efficiency. This study also investigates the implications of using a single financial indicator as a measure of financial performance, which is the dominant approach in literature. Findings The study finds that greater labor productivity and cost efficiency (as measured by hired labor cost per unit of milk sold) are associated with better farm financial performance. No statistically significant relationship is found between farm financial performance and both hired labor cost per worker and advance milking systems (a proxy of capital investment in labor-saving technology). Future studies would benefit from better measurements of labor-saving technology. This study also demonstrates inconsistency in regression results when individual financial variables are used as a measure of financial performance. The greater labor-use efficiency on high-performing farms may be a combination of hiring more-skilled workers and managerial strategies of reducing unnecessary labor activities. The results emphasize the importance of managerial strategies that improve overall labor-use efficiency, instead of simply minimizing total labor expenses or labor cost per worker. Originality/value This study examines the importance of labor productivity and labor cost efficiency for dairy farm management. It also develops a novel approach which brings a more comprehensive financial performance evaluation into regression models. Furthermore, this study explicitly demonstrates the potential for inconsistent results when using individual financial variable as a measure of financial performance, which is the dominant measurement of financial performance in farm management studies.

Essential Financial Management Skills for Tourism Enterprises

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-164
Author(s):  
Seda Süer
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
The Other ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Tourism Enterprises ◽  
Financial Characteristics

Financial management is crucial for tourism enterprises as well as the other enterprises that focus on obtaining and effectively utilizing the funds necessary for efficient business operations. The primary objective of an enterprise is to generate profit that is the revenues must exceed the expenses. The indisputable fact is that financial managers require the skills to make the best decision for profit maximization. Otherwise, the resources are wasted, poor decisions get made, and the financial performance of the organization suffers, as a result. The aim of this chapter is to determine the essential financial management skills for owners/managers of tourism enterprises to improve their financial performance. Therefore, essential financial management skills are identified according to the financial characteristics of tourism enterprises for financial managers to improve and develop the financial performance of the enterprise.

Study of collaborative PRM business model for sustainability

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1891-1911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Ray ◽  
Sandeep Mondal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Sustainable development comprises three bottom line concepts, i.e. protect environment, improve economic performance, and social performance. Business organization with only profitability as the primary objective may lead to a highly competitive market which mainly focuses on financial performance and pay less attention to environmental and social performance. Companies that adopt the product recovery activities also select economic performance as the prime priority of their business objectives. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief idea about a different kind of business model other than conventional business models. Here, the authors aim to represent collaboration among firms, companies, and players within a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) to build a leading business model that establishes three basic concepts of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach From literature the authors identified that the primary objective of establishing a sustainable business model is environmental issues but achieving economic performance and gaining market share increase competition among companies. The authors also identified that increasing financial performance results in the development of a competitive business model. This literature review helps to represent the concept of collaborative business model, its benefit, and its mechanism and also helps to compare it with competitive business model in terms of sustainability. Findings In case of the collaborative business model, the authors found that collaboration is better than competition to sustain in the market. The authors described the collaborative business model and mechanism of both competitive and collaborative business strategies in a CLSC. The authors gave an idea to adopt some well-known business model and pricing policies for the collaborating firms. The authors presented a comparison between the collaborative and competitive business model and also identified different types of collaborative and completive relationship among the players within a CLSC. Originality/value Government legislations, e-waste rules, and environmental rules involve original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for taking back its end-of-life (EOL)/end-of-use products. A collaborative business model helps OEM to manage those huge amounts of used products by involving third parties within the supply chain. Here, in this paper the authors represent different collaborative parties and their purpose for collaboration, and also represent a strong belief that collaborative business model is the recent trend for establishing sustainability than competitive business model.

Deferred revenue changes as a leading indicator for future financial performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Zhong ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
Lihui Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Profit Margin ◽  
Sales Growth ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
Leading Indicator

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether deferred revenue changes can serve as a leading indicator for firms listed on China’s stock markets, and whether China’s market participants can appropriately incorporate future performance implications of deferred revenue changes. Design/methodology/approach Empirical/archival/regression analysis. Findings The authors find that deferred revenue changes are positively associated with the next two years’ sales growth, gross profit margin, profit margin, and return on assets, suggesting that deferred revenue changes can serve as a valid leading indicator for future financial performance. The authors also find that Chinese investors tend to underweight future performance implications of deferred revenue changes. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this study is among the first research to examine deferred revenue changes as a leading fundamental indicator and market underreaction to reported accounting information for firms listed on China’s stock markets.

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