Abstract
DeVry Educational Group Inc. is a publicly held company that is based in North America. The company provides higher education services across the world (DeVry Education Group Inc., 2014). Carrying out financial analysis using ratios is necessary because it provides a better view of the financial position of a company. The ratios allow management and other users of the financial statements to analyse the performance of an entity from one period to another. Besides, it allows the users to compare the performance of the company with other companies across various industries. The paper seeks to carry out a corporate financial analysis of DeVry Education Group Inc. The paper uses ratios to compare the financial results of the company in the current year and the previous year. The analysis carried out indicates that there was an improvement in the liquidity position and valuation of the company. However, profitability and efficiency declined over the period.
Ratio analysis
The table presented below shows a summary of the ratios for a period of two years.
Source of data – ABC News Network, 2014.
Liquidity ratio
The current ratio and quick ratio for the company are equal because the company lacks inventory in the financial statements. The current and quick ratio increased from 0.85 in 2011/2012 to 1.24 in 2012/2013. The increase shows that the ability of the company to settle current debt improved. Besides, it shows that there was an improvement in the management of working capital.
Profitability ratios
The table above indicates that there was a general decline in profitability of the company. The gross profit margin declined from 53.31% in 2011/2012 to 51.02% in 2012/2013. This implies that the efficiency of the company in managing cost of sales and profitability declined. Similarly, the net profit margin declined from 6.77% in 2011/2012 to 5.44% in 2012/2013. It shows a decline in efficiency in managing the total cost of running the business. Further, the return on assets declined from 7.67% in 2011/2012 to 5.78% in 2012/2013 while return on equity decreased from 10.31% in 2011/2012 to 7.76% in 2012/2013. The decline in these ratios shows a deterioration in the ability of the company to generate income from the resources available (Collier, 2009). Thus, there was an overall decline in profitability.
Efficiency ratios
The asset turnover declined from 1.13 in 2011/2012 to 1.06 in 2012/2013. This shows that sales generated by the company from a unit of assets declined. The decline shows that there was a decline in efficiency.
Leverage ratios
The company did not have long term and short term debt in the financial year ended 2011/2012 and 2012/2013. This implies that the entire operation of the company is financed by equity.
Valuation ratios
The table above indicates that there was an overall decline in the valuation ratios of the company. The price earnings ratio increased from 9.9 in 2011/2012 to 23 in 2012/2013. The market to book ratio increased from 1.1 in 2011/2012 to 1.6 in 2012/2013. Finally, dividend yield increased from 0.6 in 2011/2012 to 0.9 in 2012/2013. The increase in the valuation ratios shows that there was an increase in the value of shares of the company. Besides, it shows that the value of the company improved.
In summary, there was an improvement in the liquidity position and valuation of the company. However, profitability and efficiency declined over the period. There was no change in leverage level.
References
ABC News Network. (2014). DeVry Education Group Inc. (DV). Web.
Collier, P. (2009). Accounting for managers. London: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DeVry Education Group Inc. (2014). About Us. Web.