Financial Analysis of BHP Billiton: Risk Profile, Financial Performance, and Sources of Finance

Managerial Finance
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Executive Summary
This report is based on business finance in which a real company is taken for critical analysis. In
this report, BHP Billiton is taken for further analysis and investigation of their financial
performance. It also identifies and analyse the systematic and unsystematic risks that the BHP
Billiton faces in their business operations. Finally, this report also identifies the link between the
BHP Billiton financial situation and the concept of the time value of money. Sources of finance
and payout policy are also identified and interpreted in this report.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................4
2. Risk Profile..................................................................................................................................5
3. Overall financial performance.....................................................................................................6
4. Time value of money...................................................................................................................9
5. Identification of the company’s sources of finance...................................................................11
6. The pay-out policy of the company...........................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................13
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