Yen-Ting Wu (Kris)
Student number: 08838032
Email: kris_tim@hotmail.com
MA Management
FAM03
Accounting for Managers
(J Sainsbury plc)
Due: 11/Jan/2009
Tutor: Paul Grant
Trish Coffey
Number of page: 14
Word count: 3300
Content
Part A
Introduction P.3
Company Background P.3
Financial Analysis
Profitability P.3
Liquidity P.4
Efficiency / Activity P.6
Financial risk ratios P.8
Dividend policy P.10
Conclusion and recommendation…………………………….……………………….P.10
Part B ………………………………………………….……………….……..….…. P.11
References .P.13
Appendix .P.14
Financial Statement of J Sainsbury plc
Part A
Introduction
Financial statement is formal records of the financial activities of a business, person, or other entity. It not only can be used to provide the indication to the new investors who consider investing that company, but also demonstrate the annual performance to existing investors. This financial performance will reveal financial information of J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury’s) from 2008 to 2009.
Company Background
According to the official website, Sainsbury’s is the third largest British supermarket chain. In 1869, John James Sainsbury and Mary Ann Sainsbury established the largest supermarket chain - Sainsbury’s in London. It grew to become the largest grocery retailer in 1922, pioneered self-service retailing in the UK, and its heyday was during the 1980s. It has approximately 138,000 employees, including part-time job 70% and 30% full time job. Sainsbury’s can supply 23,000 products to customers, containing 40% the products with Sainsbury’s brand. Sainsbury’s supermarket provides service to over 18,000,000 customers each week. It has a market share of around 16 per cent. It set up about 502 branch stores, 290...