Financial Statement Analysis: Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi Comparison

This report provides a comprehensive financial analysis of Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi, focusing on their capital structure, cash flow statements, and deferred tax payments. The analysis compares the companies' financial leverage, cost of capital, and cash flow activities, including operating, investing, and financing activities. It examines key metrics such as debt-to-equity ratios, retained earnings, and cash tax rates to assess their financial health and sustainability. The report identifies that JB Hi-Fi has a higher debt-to-equity ratio, potentially benefiting from lower cost of capital due to high profitability, while Harvey Norman's lower debt portion may impact its financial leverage and cost of capital. The analysis also highlights differences in cash flow management, with JB Hi-Fi showing higher cash inflow from operating activities and Harvey Norman experiencing higher cash outflow from investing and financial activities. Desklib offers a wide range of similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

Running Head: Corporate Accounting and analysis 0
Corporate Accounting and analysis

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Executive Summary
With the ramified economic changes, every organization needs to follow proper
accounting standards and laws while formulating the financial statement and keeping the
business more transparent towards the stakeholders. It is analyzed that company need to
establish the proper equilibrium between its debt capital and equity capital if it wants to
maintain sustainable business practice. In this report, two companies named Harvey Norman
and JB Hi-Fi Company have been chosen to prepare the report. This financial analysis have
been made to evaluate the consolidated financial statement of two companies to evaluate the
deferred tax payment, cash tax payment rate, cash analysis statement and capital structure of
company.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary...............................................................................................................................1
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................4
Answer given to the question no-1........................................................................................................5
Owners’ Equity......................................................................................................................................5
Other Equity Instruments...................................................................................................................6
Reserves............................................................................................................................................6
Retained profits.................................................................................................................................6
Answer given to the question no-2........................................................................................................7
Comparative analysis of JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company both............................7
Answer given to the question no-3........................................................................................................8
Comparative analysis of the cash flow statement of JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman
Company...........................................................................................................................................8
Answer given to the question no-4......................................................................................................14
Cash outflow from three activities comparative analysis................................................................14
Answer given to the question no-5......................................................................................................16
Comparative analysis of cash flow activities from these three activities.........................................16
Answer given to the question no- 6.....................................................................................................16
Income statement.................................................................................................................................16
Answer given to the question no -7.....................................................................................................17
Answer given to the question no-8......................................................................................................17
Answer given to the question no-9......................................................................................................18
Answer given to the question no-10....................................................................................................18
Answer given to the question no-11....................................................................................................18
Answer given to the question no-12....................................................................................................18

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Answer given to the question no-13....................................................................................................18
Answer given to the question no-14....................................................................................................19
Answer given to the question no-15....................................................................................................19
Answer given to the question no-16....................................................................................................19
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................20
References...........................................................................................................................................21

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Introduction
The financial analysis is the tool which is used to evaluate the business sustainability,
financial leverage and cost of capital of organization. In this report, Harvey Norman and JB
Hi-Fi Company has been selected to analyse the capital structure, inflow and outflow of cash
from the cash flow statement and changes in the cash tax rate as per the income tax rules and
regulation and accounting taxation rules. This report has focused on the financial statement
of these two companies and analysis what changes company might face in its accounting
financial recording of these two companies. It has been analyzed that Harvey Norman has
faced high cash outflow from its business due to its increased investment in its other business.
JB HI Fi Company
The JB Hi-Fi Company has international business functioning and operated its business in
offering DVD, CD and other electronic computer peripherals. The main objective of
company is to achieve 30 % market share in the electronic computer peripherals retail
industry (JB Hi Fi, 2018).
HARVEY NORMAN LIMITED
Harvey Norman Company has been offering furniture and fixtures products such as
DVD, CD and other electronic computer peripherals to its clients in Australia. This company
has indulged in maintaining the high quality of computer peripherals and other deals to its
clients in Australia (Harvey Norman, 2016).

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Answer given to the question no-1
Owners’ Equity
The owner’s equity could be defined as equity capital invested by the investors. It is
accompanied with the following parts such as common stock, other equity, retained earnings
and accumulation of the comprehensive income gathered by company throughout the time
(Cobiac, Tam, Veerman, and Blakely, 2017).
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY JB HI-FI
LIMITED
HARVEY
NORMAL
LIMITED
Common stock 441,700,000 388,381,000
Other equity 39,100,000 199,000
Retained earnings 463,200,000 2,337,241,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income 3,600,000 185,185,000
Total stockholders' equity 947,600,000 2,911,006,000
(JB Hi Fi, 2018).
It is the part of the equity capital which has been invested by investors in the capital
structure of company. This is the amount available for the company to expand its business
and implement the strategic decisions. These both companies have faced the drastic changes
in its share capital which has been increased throughout the time. It is has been analyzed that
the equity capital of JB Hi-Fi Company has increased to AUD $ 441 million that is 12%
higher and in case of Harvey Norman Company it has increased by 13% and resulted to AUD
$ 388 million. This amount has increased with the increase in the financial leverage. It has
resulted to increase in the overall payment which would strengthen the overall outcomes and
increased debt portion will lower down the cost of capital of Harvey Norman Company.

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Other Equity Instruments
The equity instrument is the another method to raise funds from the market when
company has been facing issues in raising capital from the market due to high cost of capital.
It is analyzed that these both companies are not using the other equity instruments in raising
funds from the market. It is considered that if company issues shares more in market then it
might negatively impact the return on capital employed of shareholders and also increase the
overall costing of the business. Therefore, these other equity instruments are followed
(Cobiac, Tam, Veerman, and Blakely, 2017).
Reserves
It is the amount of reserve which is set for the particular purpose. It is gathered profit
amount which is collected from the yearly profit of company. It is analyzed that Harvey
Norman Company has kept 4% return on profit throughout the time and increased its reserve
to AUD $ 188 million. It is 18% higher since last year. In addition to this, JB Hi-Fi Company
has increased its reserve to AUD $ 466 million which is 47% higher if it is compared with
Harvey Norman Company (Goh, et al. 2016).
Retained profits
It is the part of the capital which is accumulated out of the available earning. It is
analyzed that JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company both companies have kept
higher retained earnings and as compared to last year their retained earning has increased
drastically. The retained earnings of JB Hi-Fi Company has increased to AUD $ 463 million
which is 12% higher since last year. In addition to this, the retained earnings of Harvey
Norman has also increased to AUD $ 233 million which is 15 % higher since last one year
data. However, if this information is compared with each other companies, then it could be
inferred that JB Hi-Fi Company has kept its overall retained profit way too higher as
compared to Harvey Norman Company (Harvey Norman Company, 2017)

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Answer given to the question no-2
Comparative analysis of JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company both
The cost of capital and financial leverage both are interrelated to each other. It is
analyzed that JB Hi-Fi Company has higher debt equity and it may be beneficial for the
organization in terms of cost of capital.
Particular JB Hi-Fi
Company and
Harvey Norman
Company both
Total part of the debts 1,544,100,000 1,666,636,000
Total equity portion 947,600,000 2,911,006,000
Debt to equity ratio 1.62 0.57
After assessing the annual report of these two companies, it is analysed that JB Hi-Fi
company will advantage its business as it has been keeping high profitability in its business
and also keeping the high financial leverage. It is considered that high debt funding would be
beneficial for the company as strong profitability will result to keeping the business more
effective and will also lower down the cost of capital. If the same is analyzed in case of
Harvey Norman, it is analyzed that the low deb portion in its business may result to low
financial leverage but at the same time it will influence the overall cost of capital. The
Harvey Norman Company has been keeping high equity portion in its capital structure which
will increase cost of capital and will lower down the overall outcomes throughout the time.
This could be assessed after the annual report of both companies that Harvey Norman has
kept low debt portion as compared to JB Hi-Fi Company. It may negatively impact the

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business functioning and may also negatively impact the return on capital employed of
Harvey Norman. Company needs to establish the equilibrium point at which it will have
balanced cost of capital and financial leverage (Harvey Norman, (2018).
Answer given to the question no-3
Comparative analysis of the cash flow statement of JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey
Norman Company
It is analyzed that cash flow statement is the accompanied with the three activities which
shows the inflow and outflow of cash throughout the time. There are mainly three main
activities such as investment, financial and operating activities. The JB Hi-Fi Company has
recorded highest cash inflow from the operating activities and in case of Harvey Norman it
has recorded highest cash outflow from its investing and financial activities (Harvey
Norman, (2017).
The cash flow from all the three activities of the two companies named JB Hi-Fi
Company and Harvey Norman Company has been recorded as fellow.
Operating working capital
It is analyzed that the operating profit has increased by 12% since last three years which has
resulted to AUD $ 2323 million. This amount has shown that cash outflow from the operating
activities which has increased which is way too high. The operating working capital of
Harvey Norman company has increased to AUD $ 1211 million which is way too high since
last one year (Hennighausen, and Heinemann, 2015).
. Acquisition of the assets
Both companies have invested high capital for the business expansion. It is analyzed hat JB
HI- FI Company has invested AUD $ 132 million in acquiring more assets and it has
impacted cash outflow by 12% in the present year. In case of Harvey Norman, It has invested
its capital to buy land and building (Harvey Norman, (2018).
CASH FLOW SAMPLE STATEMENT
JB HI-FI LIMITED

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2018 ($ IN
000,000)
2017 ($ IN
000,000)
CASH FLOWS AS REPORTED BY THE
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Payment made for business combination (net basis) - (836.6)
Acquisition of plant & equipment (54.4) (49.1)
cash received from sale of plant & equipment 0.4 0.2
CASH USED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES (54.4) (885.5)
% CHANGE 93.85%
CASH FLOWS AS REPORTED BY THE
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Receipts from customers 7551.9 6205.5
Payments made to employees and suppliers (7130.5) (5908.8)
Receipt of interest 0.5 1.7
Payment of interest and other finance cost (15.0) (9.3)
Payment of income taxes (114.8) (98.5)
CASH GENERATED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES 292.1 190.6
% CHANGE 53.25%
CASH FLOWS REPORTED BY FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
Cash receipt on issue of shares 3.0 395.9

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(Repayment) or proceeds of borrowings (89.7) 450.0
Payment for issue costs of debt (0.8) (1.7)
Cost of share issue - (9.2)
Dividend payment made to the company’s owners (151.6) (119.1)
Cash (used) or generated by financing activities (239.1) 715.9
% CHANGE (133.40 %)
Cash flow statement in case of Harvey Norman Company
2017 ($ IN
000,000)
2016 ($ IN
000,000)
CASH FLOWS AS REPORTED BY THE
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Payment for purchasing unit trusts’ units and other
investments
(0.2) (0.7)
Acquisition of plant & equipment & intangible assets (89.4) (68.2)
Purchase of investment property (114.8) (64.3)
cash received from sale of plant & equipment 28.6 9.1
Payment for purchasing equity accounted investments (8.9) (25.3)
Receipt from sale of listed securities - 0.1
Purchase of listed securities (6.5) (0.1)
Grant of loans to joint ventures, joint venture
partners, and unrelated entities
(7.6) (30.4)
CASH USED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES (198.8) (179.9)

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% CHANGE (10.51 %)
CASH FLOWS AS REPORTED BY THE
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Receipts from franchisee 882.5 949.2
Receipts from customers 1992.9 1932.4
Payments made to employees and suppliers (2252.9) (2267.6)
Receipt of distribution from joint venture 11.5 10.6
Payment of GST (44.6) (52.2)
Receipt of interest 5.0 7.6
Payment of interest and other finance cost (19.4) (28.8)
Payment of income taxes (152.5) (115.5)
Receipt of dividend 2.7 2.1
CASH GENERATED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES 425.1 437.7
% CHANGE (2.88 %)
CASH FLOWS REPORTED BY FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
Cash receipt on issue of shares 1.0 5.0
(Repayment) or proceeds of borrowings (15.3) 0.3
Proceeds from syndicated facilities 70.0 -
Loan receiver or (repaid) to related parties 2.1 (45.9)