Financial Analysis Of Cash Flow Statement Of JB Hi-Fi Company And Harvey Norman Company

Analysis of Equity and Debt portion

This report emphasises upon the financial analysis of cash flow statement of two companies named JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company. It is analyzed that the cash flow statement is used to analyse the cash inflow and outflow of the organization. In this report, in the starting, changes in the equity and debt portion of these companies JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company have been analyzed. Afterward, analysis of the cash flow statement changes in the equity and owner’s equity and determination of the tax rates is done. The deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities have also been evaluated while analysing the financial statement of these two companies.

JB HI Fi Company

The JB HI FI Company is the biggest multinational company which is indulged in retail business.  This company has operated its busienss in the sales of DVD, CD, Mobile phones and all type of video games as well. The main objective of company is to sell its all type of products at very least cost (JB Hi Fi, 2018).

This company is indulged in offering all type of furniture’s and features, and also indulged in selling all type of electronic products and computer peripherals from the retail stores. The main objective of Harvey Norman Company is to sell its all type of products and services from its retail stores by maintaining the high quality.

The owner’s equity of company reveals the shareholder’s equity of company and table given below reveals the changes which have been found throughout the time.

(JB Hi Fi, 2018).

The owner’s equity of both companies has drastically changed. It is analyzed that  the common stock of JB Hi-Fi Company has changed to AUD $ 441 million which is 12% higher if it is compared with the last year data. In addition to this, in case of Harvey Norman Company, common stock varied by 13%. It has resulted to AUD $ 388 million.  The higher capital of JB Hi-Fi may negatively impact the overall earning and return on capital employed throughout the time.  In addition to this, retained earning of JB Hi-Fi Company has increased to AUD$ 463 million which is 12% higher if it is compared with the last year data. In case of, Harvey Norman, the retained earnings increased to AUD$ 233 million which is 12% higher for the same comparison. It is analyzed that total stockholder’s capital of JB Hi-Fi is too high if the same is compared with the Harvey Norman Company.  This reflects that JB Hi-Fi Company has performed very well in market and divulged higher amount of equity capital throughout the time (JB Hi Fi, 2018).

These are the issued instruments which are used by companies to raise funds from the market. These companies JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company both have not issued any type of instruments to its equity share holders. It is analyzed that companies uses these instruments when they do not want to issue more equity capital and the same they want to use as additional part of the capital raising instrument to raise funds for the busienss (Harvey Norman Company, 2017) 

Owner’s Equity and changes

The reserve is the total amount of profit which has been reserved in the busienss for the particular purpose so that company could use it in future. It is analyzed that in case of Harvey Norman Company, reserve is varied by 3% and resulted to AUD $ 188 million.  The higher capital of JB Hi-Fi may negatively impact the overall earning and return on capital employed throughout the time.  In addition to this, retained earnings of JB Hi-Fi Company has increased to AUD$ 463 million which also reflects as part of the capital reserve for the Organizaiton (JB Hi Fi, 2018).

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)

In this part of the report, the main emphasizes would be made on the cost of the capital and financial leverage of JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company.

(JB Hi Fi, 2018).

The annual report of both companies named JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company has showcased that the debt to equity ratio of JB Hi-Fi Company has increased to 1.62 points which is .29 points higher since last year. It divulges that JB Hi-Fi Company has high financial leverage and it may be negative if it fails to earn possible profit from its busienss functioning (JB Hi Fi, 2018).

In case of Harvey Norman Company, the debt to equity ratio of company has increased to .57 points. It reveals that company could more issue debts in its business to raise funds from the market. It would be unwise for the Harvey Norman Company to keep the low financial leverage as it will negatively impact the cost of capital. It is further analyzed that company could increase its debt portion in its capital structure if it wants to strengthen its capital structure and will also lower down its cost of capital (Harvey Norman Company, 2017)

 After analyzing the debt and equity portion of both companies named JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company, it is inferred that JB Hi-Fi has higher financial leverage which may be positive for the increased return on capital employed and also strengthen the overall outcomes of the busienss in long run (Sözbilir, Kula, and Baykut, (2015). 

The cash flow statement shows the inflow and outflow of cash from the business mainly from the three activities named operating, financial and investing activities. JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company both have recorded the transaction of the cash flow from its all three activities in the three different sections (Harvey Norman Company, 2017)

Issued Instruments and Reserve Analysis

Changes revealed in the three activities of JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company

Operating working capital

The operating working capital of JB Hi-Fi Company has reflected 12% changes in the cash flow statement and revealed changes in the operating working capital by AUD $ 2323 million which is 12% as compared to last year. In case of and Harvey Norman Company, the cash flow from the operating working capital has increased to AUD $ 1211 million which is 12% higher as compared to last year data (Skinner, 2011).

Acquisition of the assets

The JB Hi-Fi Company has increased its investment by acquiring more assets in its busienss and resulted to cash outflow of AUD $ 113 million.  This increment has increased the cash outflow from the investing activities by 12% (JB Hi Fi, 2018).

JB HI-FI LIMITED

(JB Hi Fi, 2018).

(Harvey Norman, (2017).

Changes in the cash flow from the financial activities

It is analyzed that both JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company have increased their investment from its financial activities. However, the inflow of cash from the financial activities have increased due to the increased cash receipt from the issue of the shares, payment received form eh syndicated facilities and loan payment received (Skinner, 2011).  In addition to this, cash outflow of the payment has been done for the dividend payment. Harvey Norman Company has also had changes in the cash flow from its financial activities amounting to AUD $ 266 million which includes cash receipt from the issue of the shares, payment received form eh syndicated facilities and loan payment received (JB Hi Fi, 2018).

The table reveals the changes in the cash flow from all these three activities for JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company (JB Hi Fi, (2016).

(JB Hi Fi, 2018).

The operating working capital of JB Hi-Fi has increased by 12% changes due to the changes in the operating working capital by AUD $ 2323 million and in case of and Harvey Norman Company, operating working capital has increased has revealed the cash inflow of AUD $ 1211 million (JB Hi Fi, 2016). The investing activities of The JB Hi-Fi Company has also revealed cash outflow of AUD $ 54.4 million which is 4.6% lower as compared to last year data. In case of Harvey Norman, the cash outflow from the investing activities increased by 143% which is way too high.  The financial activities of both companies have shown high amount of cash outflow which may negatively impact the business outcomes throughout the time. However, the cash flow changes from the financial activities of the Harvey Norman are less if it is compared with the changes of the JB Hi-Fi Company (Armstrong, Blouin, Jagolinzer, and Larcker, 2015).

 It is analyzed that all three activities of the cash flow statement of these two companies shows the changes in inflow and outflow from the free cash flow (Richardson, Lanis, and Leung, 2014).

The cash flow from the operating activities of JB Hi-Fi have increased by 57% and has resulted to AUD $ 292.1 million. However, the operating activities of Harvey Norman has increased by 4% and has resulted to AUD $ 54.2 million. Nonetheless, both companies has faced high cash outflow from its busienss. JB Hi-Fi Company has faced high cash outflow of AUD $ 239.1 million which is 12% higher as compared to last year data. In case of Harvey Norman, it has faced high cash outflow of AUD $ 425.1 million (JB Hi Fi, 2018).

Retained Earning Analysis

After analysing the both data, it could be inferred that Harvey Norman Company has been facing issue of high cash outflow from its financial activities and may negatively impact sustainability of business (Harvey Norman, 2016).

The comprehensive income statement of JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company has been given as below

Comprehensive income statement of JB Hi-Fi Company

(JB Hi-Fi Company, 2017)

Comprehensive income statement of Harvey Norman Company

  The comprehensive income statement of JB Hi-Fi Company does not cover profit and loss arises from the normal operating business operations. It covers all type of hedging; profit arises from the changes in the foreign exchange rate and changes in the value of the business due to the currency value changes. This comprehensive income statement of JB Hi-Fi Company covers all the income which may arise due to the changing the domestic and accounting reporting frameworks (Cheng, Huang, Li, and Stanfield. (2012).

After evaluating the annual report, it is considered that comprehensive income statement of JB Hi-Fi Company has been AUD $ 2343 million which is 12% lower. It shows recording of the abnormal profit arise from the hedging and changes in the foreign exchange rate (Christensen, Dhaliwal, Boivie, and Graffin, 2015).

It is further analyzed that the comprehensive income statement of Harvey Norman also reveals profit from its abnormal activities recorded o AUD $ 2554 million.

The management performance could be measured by evaluating the financial performance of company. It is analyzed that company has included all these external factors in its comprehensive income statement such as exchange rate, taxation policies, hedging funds and other benefits which would not be used to evaluate the performance of management. The main reason is that there is nothing which management could do to the profit and loss arise from these external factors (Cheng, Huang, Li, and  Stanfield, 2012).

 The tax computations of these companies have been given as below.

• Payment of tax made by JB Hi-Fi Company =AUD $ 1245 million (JB Hi Fi, (2018).
• Payment of tax made by Harvey Norman Company is = AUD $ 1845 million (Harvey Norman, (2017).

The highest tax rate at which income of the company is charged is 29 % which is paid by the JB Hi-Fi Company.  

The recording of the deferred tax and deferred liabilities is done due to the following reasons which are given as below.

It is possible that due to the changes in the accounting rule and taxation rules, company might pay low tax to government.  The lower tax is recorded as deferred tax liabilities in the books of account (Harvey Norman, 2017).

Deferred tax assets of Harvey Norman= AUD $ 112

Deferred tax liabilities of Harvey Norman= Zero

In case of JB Hi-Fi Company, the deferred tax assets of JB Hi fi is AUD $ 121 millio and in case of  Harvey Norman it is AUD $ 221 million. The deferred tax liabilities is zero in both companies (Armstrong, Blouin, Jagolinzer, and Larcker,  (2015). In case of JB Hi-Fi, there is decrease of 12% in deferred assets and in case of Harvey Norman it has 12% decrease in its assets (Gaertner, 014).

• JB Hi Fi Company has paid tax amounting to 125 million in 2017.
• Harvey Norman has paid tax amounting to 252 million (Harvey Norman, (2016).
• (Calculation is given above)

After assessing the financial information, it could be inferred that the tax rate of the JB Hi-Fi is way higher than the tax paid by the Harvey Norman Company.

The main reason of difference between the cash tax rate difference between the company is that the cash tax rate is computed on the taxable income and the tax rate charged on the accounting income is based on the changes in the domestic accounting rules and IFRS accounting standards. It is examined that due to the multiplicative applicability of the taxation rules and regulations, the tax amount paid by company at its taxable income is differ from the tax rate charged on the accounting income (Armstrong, Blouin, Jagolinzer, and Larcker, 2015).

Conclusion 

After assessing the annual report of JB Hi-Fi Company and Harvey Norman Company, it is evaluated that both companies have faced issue of high cash outflow from its operating and investing activities throughout the time. It is analyzed that difference between the tax amount paid by company at its taxable income and the tax rate charged on the accounting income is based on the changes in the domestic accounting rules and IFRS accounting standards and this has resulted to the recording of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities in the books of account of company. In terms of cash flow statement, Harvey Norman Company has been facing issue of high cash outflow from its financial activities and may negatively impact sustainability of business and at the same time, JB Hi-Fi has low amount of cash outflow from its investing and financial activities.

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