Blackmores Limited: Financial Analysis and Ratios

Blackmores Limited
FIN600 TX YYYY
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Student name – ID FIN600 TX YYYY
Blackmores Limited
Executive Summary
For the purpose of review, we have taken the company “Blackmores Limited”. The company has
been engaged in healthcare supplement business. In this report, we will briefly discuss about the
financial position of the company taking under consideration the calculation of various ratio and
analysis of balance sheet & Income statement. The assignment includes the calculation of various
ratios, interpreting the results thereof, and then suggesting the ways in which the company could
improve its business performance. In the end, some of the main questions such as the sustainability
of the company in the near future etc. has been answered and the conclusion has been given which
depicts the financial results of the company.
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Student name – ID FIN600 TX YYYY
Blackmores Limited
Contents
Page Number
1 Introduction 2
1.1 Background and Business
2 Company Analysis
2.1 Analysis of financial statements of the business
Current Financial performance, economic outlook
3 Ratio Analysis
3.1 Profitability ratios
3.2 Efficiency ratios
3.3 Liquidity ratios
3.4 Gearing ratios
4 Recommendations and overall assessment
5 References/Bibliography
Appendices – attached Excel Spreadsheet
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Student name – ID FIN600 TX YYYY
Blackmores Limited
1 Introduction
1.1 Background and Business
The company “ Blackmores Limited” is Australian listed (ASX) company engaged in the
healthcare business. The company was founded in the year 1930 by Maurice Blackmores having
headquarter in Witney. Initially, the first shop of the company was opened in Brisbane Australia,
Queens land. Also n date, the company “Blackmores Limited” covers under top 200 ASX listed
company with market value capitalization $ 2 Billion. The company is working with 843 people for
the manufacturing of wide range healthcare products. Some of the range of product produced by the
company includes Mineral, Vitamin along with other health supplements. The “Blackmores
Limited“operates across Asia pacific region out of world with 17 markets and the same has been
inducted into the Queensland business Leader hall of Fame (Blackmores, 2019).
2 Company Analysis
2.1 Financial statements, Current Financial performance, economic outlook
Maurice Blackmores, Company’s founder belief in the herbs and other similar mineral for providing
health giving properties to the human which in result help him to develop this healthcare system all
over Asia pacific on the basis of naturopathic principles. He was of the view that belief only on
natural items to produce preventive medicines and also his views in regard to the environment as
well recycling were nothing short of radical during the year 1930s. resultant his belief and views in
regard to the same opened the doors for new ways to treat the illness as well as to maximize health.
His views on natural health, preventive medicine, the environment and recycling were nothing
short of radical in the 1930s, and his work opened the doors to new ways of treating illness and
maximizing health. As stated above, he has opened or starting up their belief for health food store
with his friends during the are also alive in today’s world the year 1938 so as to achieve his desire to
product or work on naturopathic facts. The belief of Maurice Blackmores is also alive today & the
same has been incorporated by many practitioner in the trading for health practitioner for
naturopathic measures.
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