Effect of COVID-19 on Dupont based financial performance of three Nationalized Petroleum Companies in India

: Every company has two major objectives in terms of profitability. i.e. Profit Maximization and Shareholders’ Wealth Maximization. Ratio analysis is a good tool which fosters the utilization of company figures to make proper investment decision for various classes of investors and management for taking right decisions at right time. ROE (Return on Equity) comes into the picture in terms of measuring the wealth maximization. It is basically a composition of ROCE or Return on Capital Employed. American paint manufacturing company named DuPont invented DuPont model of ROE analysis. It basically talks about the key factors contributing the return on equity. It can be used to analyze the return in any industry. In this study, we studied the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in their financial performance using DuPont analysis of the three Nationalized Petroleum company including BPCL, HPCL & Indian Oil Corporation.

Departmental stores in India: financial performance analysis

Learning outcomes After completion of the case, students will be able to understand the following: how to understand financial statements, income statements and cash-flow statements with the help of ratios; understand the concept of shareholding pattern along with different entities, namely, non-promoters, foreign institutional investor, domestic institutional investor and others; financial ratio analysis with traditional DuPont and extended DuPont analysis; understand the differences between comparable firms; how to analysis return, risk, covariance, correlation, market risk and capital assets pricing model (CAPM) and how to suggest an appropriate investment strategy. Case overview/synopsis The case presents company background and financial statements of four companies listed under departmental stores in India, namely, Vmart retail, V2 retail, Avenue Supermarts (known as DMart) and future retail. Students are asked to determine, which company is performing better to make a recommendation for investment. Students learn the tools of financial ratio i.e. profitability, efficiency, liquidity and market-based ratio along with the traditional DuPont decomposition and the extended DuPont analysis. Students also learn how to measure stock return, standard deviation, covariance, correlation, market risk and CAPM. Complexity academic level This case is suitable for management accounting, financial analysis and security analysis and portfolio management courses at the post-graduate or graduate levels. The case can be used in similar courses such as in financial statement analysis courses or security analysis and portfolio management courses. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS: 1 Accounting and finance.

Profitability and value of firm: An evidence from manufacturing industry in Indonesia

The purposes of this research were to understand the profitability performance and its influencing factors based on DuPont Analysis and the effect toward the value of the firm. As a causality research, the sample data involved were 20 non-banking and finance companies as listed on LQ-45 of Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) years of 2014-2018, which could be classified into two types of industry; manufacture and non-manufacture sectors. The research’s quantitative design as a systematic approach of the relation among the variables focusing on the hypothesis testing done by data analysis tools using GLS Regression test of panel data. Profitability determinants of net profit margin, total assets turnover and financial leverage multiplier showed the result of positive and significant effect toward ROE (return on equity), while growth sales ratio showed the negative and significant effect. In terms of the relationship toward value of firm, the ROE and industry types were proven to have significant positive contributions. This implied that the management must be more efficient and effective in managing the company operational activities and minimizing the operational costs and other costs, both in the assets and debt usage to have maximal product results, to increase sales, net income, profit rate and return of equity where they will affect the increasing of investors’ and the market’s trust toward the firms since the increasing of return on equity for the owners and the shareholders. The different characteristics, traits and features of the industry’s types resulted in the different use of strategies in managing the firms’ operational activities. These all affected the increasing value of the firm.

Analysis of Enterprise Profitability Based on Dupont Analysis Method -Taking China Life Insurance (Group) Company as an Example

Obtaining profits is the main purpose of enterprise development, and profitability is the core indicator for measuring the development status and prospects of enterprises. DuPont analysis method is a comprehensive and effective financial analysis method to evaluate the profitability of enterprises. This article will focus on DuPont analysis method, supplemented by factor analysis method and comparative analysis method to comprehensively analyze the profitability of China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of its profitability, then, give some relevant reasonable suggestions.

How can gas companies improve their profitability? ——Based on DuPont analysis method

In recent years, due to serious environmental problems—increasing global natural gas demand, notable supply growth, LNG supply capacity expansion, natural gas consumption has increased significantly, and the natural gas industry has entered a booming stage. In this paper, China Resources Gas, a leading company in gas industry, is selected as the research object. We use DuPont analysis to analyze its financial statement from 2014 to 2017 and decompose the company’s return on net assets into the multiple of several financial ratios step by step. So the relationship between several major financial ratios can be used to comprehensively analyze the company’s profitability. Taking this as an example, the key factors affecting profitability of gas companies are concluded.