Accounting Financial Report Analysis
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0ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL REPORT ANALYSISACCOUNTING FINANCIAL REPORT ANALYSISName of the Student:Name of the University:Author’s Note:
1ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL REPORT ANALYSISExecutive SummaryThe main purpose of this report is to critically analyze the financial statements of two rivalcompanies as per the requirement of the assignment. The company selected for financialstatement analysis are Zoopla Company and Rightmove Company. The report will analyzethe financial reports of both the companies and then it will be commenting on the variousstrength and weakness which are present in the financial reports of both the companies. Theanalysis is being conducted from the view point of a shareholder or investor in ZooplaCompany. This report will be also be focusing on various ratio which depict importantcharacteristic of the business.
2ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL REPORT ANALYSISTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3Balance Sheet Analysis..............................................................................................................3Income Statement Analysis........................................................................................................5Cash flow statement and ratio analysis......................................................................................6Stock Market Performance.........................................................................................................8Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9Reference..................................................................................................................................10
3ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL REPORT ANALYSISIntroductionThe report focuses on the financial analysis of two companies which are ZooplaCompany and Rightmove Company. The report will aim to reveal the strength andweaknesses of the financial reports which will also reflect analysis of important ratios(Gitman, Juchau and Flanagan 2015). This report is being conducted from the view point ofinvestors of Zoopla Company who is considering whether the performance of their companyis better or their rival company which is Rightmove Company is better. BackgroundZoopla ltd is a public company which has its headquarters in London, UnitedKingdom. The company is engaged in digital media business and real estate business. Thecompany focuses on supplying users with information about houses which are being sold,estimated areas of properties, current value estimates in UK. Some of its services are uswitch,price comparison, location analysis.Rightmove plc is a public company which has its headquarter in London, UnitedKingdom. This company has the largest online real estate website offering a wide range ofoptions to its buyers. The company is engaged in real estate business and digital mediabusiness.Balance Sheet AnalysisThe annual balance sheet of Zoopla Company shows that it has a decent amount ofcash in at the year end 2017 which is of the amount £75368000 which is more than previousyears which suggests that the company has decent liquid cash available with the business andtherefore the company can meet its liquidity requirements in present. The company has loweramount of debtors in the year end 2017 as compared to in 2016 which is £ 15000000 as
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