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A 4 page paper examining selected financial measures for Intel in early 2008. Intel has favorable profitability measures, and it carries relatively little debt. Its current ratio is rather high; its quick ratio may be higher than necessary as well. Depending on the capital needs of Intel's industry, the company may be well advised to bring its quick ratio closer to one, investing excess funds to gain revenues from the investments. Despite the PC industry's general angst, Intel continues to do quite well. This has been an Intel pattern literally for decades, and it appears to intend to continue the trend. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: CC6_KSfinIntel.rtf
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industry-defining company largely since its founding at the beginning of the computer age. It has been perennially prosperous in the past; assessment of current financial ratios indicates that it
remains solid. Profitability There are four profitability ratios, each of which provides specific information for the investor and for the companies management.
The profitability ratios are operating profit margin, net profit margin, return on assets and return on equity. Operating and net profit margins provide
management with measures of how well the company is doing what it intends to do. Investors may be interested in these ratios, but they likely have greater interest in
ROE, which provides an indication of how much the company is generating in earnings per invested dollar - investors invested dollars. This is of direct interest to shareholders, while
ROA is of greater use to the companys senior management. Operating Profit Margin Operating profit is the result of total revenues minus all
direct costs of operation. Operating profit margin is the ratio created by dividing earnings before income taxes (EBIT) by total revenues. Net Profit Margin
Net profit is operating profit minus non-operational items such as income tax, interest expense and similar expenses. Net profit margin is earnings after taxes divided by sales.
Return on Assets (ROA) This measure reveals "how many dollars of profits they can achieve for each dollar of assets they control. Its
a useful number for comparing competing companies in the same industry" (Return on Assets, n.d.). Return on Equity (ROE) This also is a
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