Financial Analysis of Myer Holdings

This assignment requires a thorough financial analysis of Myer Holdings Ltd. Students must examine the company's financial statements and calculate various financial ratios such as ROA, ROE, profit margin, liquidity ratios, and solvency ratios. The analysis should assess Myer Holdings' profitability, liquidity, and solvency to determine its overall financial health and potential for investment.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS OF MYER HOLDINGS
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Financial Statement Analysis of Myer Holdings
Introduction
Myer is an Australia company established in 1900. It is the largest Australian departmental
store with over 60 stores operating across Australia. Basically, Myer Holding is the public
limited company which is ranked in number 131 out of 2000 top organisations in Australia
(Myer Holdings Ltd 2013). Its chief executive officer is Richard Umbers while its chairman
is Paul McClintock who is also referred to non-executive chairman. The company usually
generates most of its revenue from departmental stores in the Australian industry. Basically,
Myer Holdings engages in numerous operations of departmental stores across Australia. In
essence, Myer offers a wide range of products ranging from men’s wear, home wares, youth
wear, furniture, footwear, children’s wear, electrical goods, general merchandise, women’s
wear, toys, handbags, beauty as well as cosmetic products (Myer Holdings Ltd 2016). In
addition, Myer offer some retail customer loyalty programs. Myer operates around 67 stores
under its brand name Myer Holdings Limited. It has stores across six Australian states and
Australian Capital Territory. In essence, it locations comprise a mixture of key suburban
shopping centres, city stores, and as well as shopping centres in the regional New South
Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland. The company operates under retail sector and
like other retail companies; this company’s shares have been affected greatly during the mass
exodus of the investors from retail sector. In the financial year 2016, it generated a total of
$2.8 billion in revenue with a total of 12,500 employees across Australia (Myer Holdings Ltd
2016). Further, its share price is now down with 36% since the beginning of this year.
Its independent auditor is PwC which ensure that the company’s financial statements are
audited compliant with the Australian Auditing Standards (Myer Holdings Ltd 2010).
According to the auditor Myer’s financial statements are in accordance with Corporations Act

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of the year 2001 including abiding by the Australian Accounting Standards, providing a true
and fair outlook of its financial status in 2016.
Industry Situation and Myer Plans
Australian retailing industry has increased by around 3% in the current value in 2016 which
is in consistence with growth observed during the previous year. Further, the industry
experience high competition with subdivision firms struggling to compete against cheap
online stores. Despite the comparison with global retail industry, Australian retail industry is
a significant and large part of Australian retail economy. Further, in Australian retail industry,
foreign retailing firms are strongly represented with retailing firms such as Gap, Apple and
Fossil capitalizing on the increasing sale potential. With these considerations, domestic
retailing firms such as Myer Holding are required to come up with better plans to overcome
the stiff competition being experienced in the industry. Myer Holding Limited future plans is
to grow by 0.6% in the next one year (Myer Holdings Ltd 2016). This seems to be possible
since the company has outperformed in the retail industry for the last one year. In addition, it
ROE for the last one year left a significant mark to be desired. Furthermore, its future plans
include a $480,000,000 capital investments as well as over 3% improvement every year in its
total sales in the next three to five years. It also plans to reduce its costs through store
rationalisation and lifting it sales via refurbishment of its stores and shifting towards bigger
brand sold via in-store concessions (Myer Holdings Ltd 2016).
III. Financial Statement Analysis
From Myer Holding income statement, it is clear that for the last five year, the company
experienced a decreasing trend in its gross profit. This is evident by a increase in its gross
profit as from as from $1,285.9 million in 2014 to around $1,290.4 million in 2015 and

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decreased to around $1,274.3 million in 2016 (Myer Holdings Ltd 2016). Its net income in
the past five years experienced a decreasing and increasing trend. This is evident by a
decrease as from $98.5 million in 2014 to around $30 million in 2015 and an increase to
around $61 million in 2016. Its income from operations also experienced a decreasing and
increasing trend for the past five years decreasing as from $160.3 million in 2014 to around
$71.80 million in 2015 and then increasing to around $95.20 million in 2016 (Myer Holdings
Ltd 2016).
Table 1: Trend analysis of the income statement
2012
201
3
201
4 2015 2016
Chang
e
2013
Chang
e
2014
Change
2015
Change
2016
Revenue
100.00
%
100.
00%
100.
00%
100.0
0%
100.0
0% 0.32%
-
0.33% 1.58% -0.54%
Cost of revenue 56.06%
55.3
4%
55.7
0%
56.34
%
57.86
%
-
0.96% 0.30% 2.69% 2.11%
Gross profit 49.31%
50.0
4%
49.2
2%
48.61
%
48.27
% 1.77%
-
2.00% -0.35% 1.26%
Other income 1.03%
0.94
%
4.07
%
2.69
%
Operating
expenses
Sales, General
and
administrative 40.51%
41.8
4%
43.3
3%
43.59
%
43.95
% 3.50% 3.10% 2.17% 0.28%
Other operating
expenses 0.71%
0.00
%
0.00
%
23.36
%
0.00
% 0 0
-
100.00
% 0
strategic review,
restructuring 0.88%
0.00
%
2.32
%
0.69
%
Total operating
expenses 42.10%
41.8
4%
43.3
3%
-
69.27
%
-
44.64
%
-
0.30% 3.10%
-
161.56
% 56.02%
Operating
income(EBIT) 8.98%
8.19
%
6.14
%
2.70
%
3.61
%
-
9.22%
-
34.00
%
-
123.26
% 24.58%
Interest Expense 0.06%
0.05
%
0.04
%
0.03
%
0.03
%
-
7.14%
-
35.92
%
-
37.33% 17.58%
Other income
(expense) 1.20%
1.14
%
0.88
%
0.89
%
0.58
%
-
5.03%
-
29.96
% 2.43%
-
52.60%

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Income before
income taxes 7.83%
7.12
%
5.30
%
1.85
%
3.06
%
-
9.76%
-
34.75
%
-
182.28
% 39.24%
Provision for
income taxes 2.44%
2.16
%
1.53
%
0.72
%
0.77
%
-
12.72
%
-
41.85
%
-
107.81
% 4.95%
Net income
from continuing
operations 5.40%
4.96
%
3.77
%
1.13
%
2.31
%
-
8.62%
-
31.88
%
-
228.33
% 50.82%
Net income 5.40%
4.96
%
3.77
%
1.13
%
2.31
%
-
8.62%
-
31.88
%
-
228.33
% 50.82%
Net income
available to
common
shareholders 5.40%
4.96
%
3.77
%
1.13
%
2.31
%
-
8.62%
-
31.88
%
-
228.33
% 50.82%
Earnings per
share
Basic
Diluted
Based on Table 2 below, it is evident that Myer Holding total current assets for the year 2014
was 24.83% of the total assets, while in 2015 and 2016 it was 25.49% and 25.70%
respectively. On the other hand, the total non-current assets for the year 2014 was 75.12% of
the total assets while in 2015 and 2016 it was 74.51% and 74.30% respectively. This means
that total non-current assets as compared to total assets for the last five years experienced an
increasing and decreasing trend. Further, the total current liabilities for the year 2014 was
27.47% of the total assets while in 2015 and 2016 it was 25.49% and 27.89% respectively. Its
total non-current liabilities for the year 2014 were 26.28% of the total assets while in 2015
and 2016 it was 28.72% and 12.85% (Myer Holdings Ltd 2016). On overall, the total
liabilities for the company in 2014 was 53.75% of the total assets while in 2015 and 2016
they were 54.27% and 40.69%. On the other hand, its total equity for the year 2014 was
46.25% of the total assets while in 2015 and 2016, it was 45.73% and 59.31% respectively.
This proves the fact that total assets of Myer for the past five years were equal to total
liabilities plus total equities.

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Table 2: Trend analysis of balance sheet
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 1.99% 4.20% 3.83% 2.81% 2.41%
Short-term investments 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.79% 0.00%
Total cash 1.99% 4.20% 3.83% 3.66% 2.46%
Receivables
0.92% 1.26% 1.56% 1.61% 2.03%
Inventories
20.11% 18.76% 19.49% 20.24% 21.22%
Prepaid expenses 0.00% 0.00% 1.40% 1.80% 0.96%
Other current assets 0.00% 0.48% -20.18% -21.14% -21.68%
Total current assets 23.02% 24.70% 24.83% 25.49% 25.70%
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment
Other properties 0.00% 0.00% 89.39% 94.54% 99.20%
Property and equipment, at cost 26.87% 26.24% 89.39% 94.54% 99.20%
Accumulated Depreciation 0.00% 0.00% -37.35% -44.83% -51.50%
Property, plant and equipment, net 26.87% 26.24% 52.04% 49.71% 47.70%
Equity and other investments 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.48%
Goodwill 0.00% 0.00% 38.95% 39.90% 40.31%
Intangible assets 48.80% 48.00% 57.53% 57.18% 56.48%
Deferred income taxes 1.10% 0.87% 1.40% 1.91% 2.89%
Other long-term assets 0.21% 0.19% -74.81% -74.24% -73.55%
Total non-current assets 76.98% 75.30% 75.12% 74.51% 74.30%
Total assets 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 20.70% 19.99% 21.06% 20.30% 20.18%
Deferred income taxes 0.79% 0.98% 0.78% 0.05% 0.75%
Deferred revenues 0.13% 0.00% 0.62% 0.74% 1.18%
Other current liabilities 4.59% 5.98% 5.02% 4.40% 5.78%
Total current liabilities 26.22% 26.95% 27.47% 25.49% 27.89%
Non-current liabilities
Long-term debt 26.50% 26.29% 43.66% 46.74% 15.79%
Other long-term liabilities 1.53% 0.07% -17.38% -18.02% -2.94%
Total non-current liabilities 28.03% 26.36% 26.28% 28.72% 12.85%
Total liabilities 54.24% 53.31% 53.75% 54.27% 40.69%
Stockholders' equity
Common stock 27.10% 26.82% 27.16% 27.82% 39.56%
Retained earnings 18.94% 19.58% 19.61% 17.75% 20.29%
Accumulated other comprehensive income -0.77% 0.21% -0.52% 0.16% -0.59%
Total stockholders' equity 45.76% 46.69% 46.20% 45.73% 59.31%
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

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Based on Table 3 below, it is evident that Myer ash flows from operations were relatively
high than the new income for the last five years. On the other hand, it is evident that the
company is expanding in terms of investing activities over the last five years. Besides, it is
also evidence that the main source of financing for Myer Holdings is common stock issued.
Further, based on the analysis, it is evident that Myer Holdings cash flow has decreased for
the past five years as from $74 million in 2014 to around $45 million in 2016.
Table 3: Trend analysis of the cash flow
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Other non-cash items 6.60% 8.24% 7.04% 3.50% 5.36%
Net cash provided by operating activities 6.60% 8.24% 7.04% 3.50% 5.36%
Cash Flows From Investing Activities 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Investments in property, plant, and equipment
-
1.79%
-
2.00%
-
3.66%
-
4.55% -2.91%
Acquisitions, net
-
0.31% 0.03%
-
0.11% 0.00% 0.00%
Purchases of investments 0.00% 0.00%
-
1.21% 0.00% -0.32%
Purchases of intangibles
-
0.37%
-
0.68%
-
1.98%
-
1.33% -0.86%
Sales of intangibles 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Other investing charges 0.27% 0.67% 3.19% 3.61% 1.98%
Net cash used for investing activities
-
1.70%
-
2.45%
-
3.81%
-
2.24% -2.09%
Cash Flows From Financing Activities 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Long-term debt issued 0.00%
-
0.07% 0.00% 0.65% 0.00%
Long-term debt repayment 0.00%
-
0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
-
10.61%
Common stock issued 0.01% 0.02% 0.18% 0.00% 7.62%
Cash dividends paid
-
4.60%
-
4.05%
-
3.63%
-
2.63% -0.58%
Other financing activities
-
0.28%
-
0.09% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net cash provided by (used for) financing
activities
-
4.87%
-
4.21%
-
3.48%
-
1.98% -3.56%
Net change in cash 0.03% 1.59%
-
0.29%
-
0.72% -0.29%
Cash at beginning of period 1.37% 1.39% 2.97% 2.67% 1.91%
Cash at end of period 1.40% 2.98% 2.71% 1.91% 1.62%

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Ratio analysis
Ratio analysis is an important aspect that is used in analysis financial performance of a given
organization in numerous areas. In addition, ratio analysis is an important tool in comparing
an organization’s financial performance with the industry averages. It could also be utilized
in form of the trend analysis in identifying some of the areas where financial performance of
an organization deteriorated or improved over time (Chen & Shimerda 1981). In this case, the
most common ratio that will be used in analysis Myer Holding financial performance would
include; Liquidity ratios, market strength ratios, long-term solvency ratios, profitability ratios
as well as cash flow adequacy ratios
Liquidity ratios:
Working capital
This ratio is useful in measuring both an organization’s efficiency. It is usually computed by
subtracting an entity’s total current liabilities from its current assets (Lev & Sunder 1979). In
this case, the working capital for the past five years is as follows;
2012 = 441.5- 502.9 = -61.4
2013 = 479.2- 522.7 = -43.5
2014 = 480-531 = -51
2015 = 481 -481 = 0
2016 = 480 -521= -41
Current ratio

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This financial ratio is obtained by dividing Myer’s current assets with its total current
liabilities (Chen & Shimerda 1981). In this case, current ratio for the past five years is as
follows;
2012 = 441.5/502.9 = 0.88
2013 = 479.2/522.7 = 0.92
2014 = 480/531 = 0.90
2015 = 481/481 = 1.00
2016 = 480/521= 0.92
Receivable turnover
It is computed by dividing net value of the credit sales by average account receivable. It
shows the efficiency with which an organization manages its credit and how it collects on the
credits (Barnes 1987). In this case, receivable turnover ratio for the past five years is as
follows;
2012 = 147.61
2013 = 107.43
2014 = 86.70
2015 = 87.43

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2016 = 69.69
Average days’ sales uncollected
The ratio is used in measuring when an organization would actually receive cash from sales.
This is computed by dividing account receivable by net sales (Lev & Sunder 1979). In this
case, average day’s sales uncollected for the past five years are as follows;
2012 = 2.47
2013 = 3.40
2014 = 4.21
2015 = 4.17
2016 = 5.24
Inventory turnover
The ratio is used in measuring number of times inventories in an organization is utilized or
sold in a given period of time. It is obtained by dividing COGS by inventories (Barnes 1987).
In this case, inventory turnover ratio for the past five years is as follows;
2012 = 3.80
2013 = 3.99
2014 = 3.86

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2015 = 3.92
2016 = 3.85
Average days’ inventory on hand
This is the financial ratio used in measuring the number of days an organization takes in
selling its average balance of the inventories. In addition, it is an estimate of days for which
balance of the inventories is adequate. It is obtained by dividing days in a year by inventory
turnover (Lev & Sunder 1979). In this case, the average day’s inventory ratio for the past
five years is as follows;
2012 = 96.12
2013 = 91.55
2014 = 94.51
2015 = 93.22
2016 = 94.69
Profitability ratios
Profit margin
This shows dollars in income that an organization earns on every dollar of its sales. It is
computed by subdividing Myer’s net income by its sales (Chen & Shimerda 1981). The ratio
assists in detecting consistency in an organization’s earnings. In this case, profit margin for
the past five years is as follows;

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2012 = 5.40%
2013 = 4.96%
2014 = 3.77%
2015 = 1.13%
2016 = 2.31%
ROE
The ratio shows the amount of dollars of net income that is earned by an organization on its
equity. It helps in measuring how profitable a given firm is by comparing its income to
average equity (Barnes 1987). In this case, the ROE for the past five years is as follows;
2012= 16.08%
2013 = 14.34%
2014 = 11.03%
2015 = 3.48%
2016 = 5.51%
ROA
This ratio is used to measure amount of dollars in the net income earned by an organization
on its total assets. It usually helps in measuring how cost-effective a firm is comparative to

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its overall assets. In essence, ROA shows how well organization’s management is utilizing its
total assets in generating profit (Chen & Shimerda 1981). In this case, the ROA for the past
five years is as follows;
2012 = 7.36%
2013 = 6.70%
2014 =5.10%
2015 = 1.59%
2016 = 3.27%
Asset turnover
The ratio is useful in measuring efficiency of an organization’s use of assets in generating
revenue or income. This ratio is obtained by subdividing net revenue by assets (Altman
1968). In this case, asset turnover for the last five years is as follows;
2012 = 1.36
2013 = 1.35
2014 = 2,729/1,933 =1.35
2015 = 2,772/ 1,887 = 1.41
2016 = 2,781/1,868 = 1.41

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Long term solvency ratios:
Debt to equity
This is a type of long-term solvency ratio which is used in comparing an entity’s total
liabilities or debts to its total equity (Lev & Sunder 1979). In essence, it is a tool for
measuring the percentage of an organization’s balance sheet which is financed by lenders,
obligors, suppliers and creditors versus what its shareholders have committed. It is obtained
by comparing total liabilities of an organization by its total equity. In this case, the debt to
equity ratio of Myer for the last five years was;
2012 = 1.19
2013 = 1.14
2014 = 1,039/893 =1.16
2015 = 1,024/863 = 1.19
2016 =760/1,108 = 0.69
Interest coverage
This form of ratio is very crucial since it is used in determining how easily an organization
could settle its interest expenses on the outstanding debts (Higgins 2012). It is obtained by
dividing EBIT by an organization’s interest expenses. Here, a low ratio means that the
company is having high burden of the debt expense. In this case, interest coverage ratio for
the past five years is as follows;
2012 = 156.40

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2013 = 153.43
2014 = 155.63
2015 = 95.73
2016 = 104.62
Cash flow adequacy
Cash flow yield
It assists in measuring how well an organization generates cash from the current operations. It
is obtained by dividing an organization’s cash flow from its operations by the net income
(Lev & Sunder 1979). In this case, cash flow yield for the past five years would be;
2012 = 1.29
2013 = 1.78
2014 = 192/98 =1.96
2015 =97/30 = 3.23
2016 = 149/61 = 2.44
Cash flows to sales
The ratio helps in comparing an organization’s cash flow to net sales. This assists in
determining its capacity to turn revenues into cash (Higgins 2012). In this case, cash flow to
sales for the past five years is as follows;

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2012 = 1.40%
2013 = 2.98%
2014 = 74/2,729 =2.71%
2015 = 53/2,772 = 1.91%
2016 = 45/2,781 = 1.62%
Cash flows to assets
The ratio is useful in rating cash flow to total assets without any instance of affecting income
measurements or income recognition (Higgins 2012). It is obtained by diving cash flows from
the operating activities by average total assets. In this case, cash flow to assets for the past
five years would be;
2012 = 1.99%
2013 = 4.20%
2014 = 74/1,933 =3.83%
2015 = 53/1,887 =2.81%
2016 = 45/1,868 =2.41%
Free cash flow

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The ratio is used in measuring an organization capacity to maintain its efficiency and
competiveness. It is an essential aspect in an organization which is computed by subtracting
capital expenditure from operating cash flow (Lev & Sunder 1979). In this case, free cash
flow is as follows;
2012 = 45
2013 = 77
2014 = 192-155 = 37
2015 = 97-163 = -66
2016 =149-105 = 45
Market strength Ratios
Price/earnings per share
The ratio usually shows how much an inventor is willing to pay off per each dollar of the
current earnings. As a result, high price/earnings per share are linked with growth stocks
(Altman 1968). It is obtained by dividing an organization’s market price of each share by
EPS. It usually In this case, P/E per share ratio for the past five years is as follows;
2012 = 23.68 = 19.41%
2013 = 21.97 = 19.33%
2014 = 228/15.3 =14.9
2015 = 126/4.77 = 26.42

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2016 = 133.5/7.7 =17.34
Dividends yield
This is the percentage of the cash dividend per share organization by its current price per
share. It is used in measuring how much an entity pays in dividends every year in relation to
its share prices (Altman 1968). With these considerations, Myer dividend yield for the past
five is;
2012 = 12.57%
2013 = 9.35%
2014 = 6.4%
2015 = 7.00/126= 5.56%
2016 = 5/133.5= 3.75%
Conclusion
From the above analysis, it can be concluded that Myer Holdings is financial stable and
healthy. This is evident by its relative in its ROA, ROE, profit margin as well as its increase
in interest coverage in the financial year 2016. The increase is a clear indication that the
company is regaining and is now able to generate high profit in its daily operations.
Furthermore, its liquidity and solvency ratios are also clear indication that the firm is
equipped in settling both its short and long-term debt obligations. In spite of its decreasing
trend in P/E ratio as well as its dividend yield, there is still some proof that the company is
financially healthy with increased net income in 2016.Therefore, While Myer Holding is not

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a speedy growing firm, it could still provide interesting investment opportunities. This is
based on the fact that its financial ratios shows that the company has a lot to be desired
ranging from its profitability to its leverage level. Hence, Myer Holding could be considered
a strong performer in the market.

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