Second Category Analysis ( Financial Performance)

Top 5

1) Bills Gates


Bill Gates was the richest man and that makes his move above the Mexican investor called Carlos slim that was the richest person before. He added $15.8 billion that give him a $ 78.5 billion in fortune. In Microsoft companies, he holds 4.3% share and the share jumped to 40% then. He make investment in Canadian National Railway and the investment was rose as 34%. He also gains 45% in Ecolab investment. Bill and Melinda Foundation Trust held on to 22 stocks that valued nearly $20 billion. The five investments that Bill Gates had the most is Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.B), Coca-Cola Co (KO), MacDonald’s Corporation (MCD), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), and Canadian National Railway Co (CNI).



2) Steve Jobs


The American Inventor and Business magnate, Steve Jobs had a net worth of $10.2 Billion dollars. Steve Jobs also is a co-founder and executive officer of Apple computer. Previously, Jobs was served as the Chief executive of Pixar Animation studios. In the 1980s, Apple II series, one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers has been designed by Jobs, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula Ronald Wayne, and others. Every year, Jobs insanely creative  Apple cheif  transform multibillion-dollar industry. Firstly, by personal computers with Apple II,Mcintosh. Next the film with Pixar:music (iTunes), mobile (iPhone), Now Ipad is treated as messiah tablet, saviour for publishing industry. Nowadays Apple still sells computers, but much of the revue comes from music distribution and hand-held devices.


  
3) Mark Zuckerberg


Facebook announce that their total revenue for the end of 2013 is US$7.87 billion and their annual profit calculated in 2013 was US$1.5 billion. Majority of Facebook's revenue gain from advertising. Facebook selling banner advertising to other company by system call click through (CTR) through Facebook timeline. A main part of Facebook's aim is that it has tons of information about its users that it can easily target ads to those who response to the content. By using this way, Facebook gain huge amount of revenue each year through this strategy. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook



4) Charles E. Culpeper


Coca-cola Company is a very large company in the baverage industry. At the end of 2013 Coca- cola revenue was  US $46854 million. The revenue was slightly decrease as compare to year 2012 which is US $48017 million. How ever the gross profits different was only US $531 million. Eventhough there are slightly decrease in revenue and profits, Coca-cola still a leader in the baverage industry.



5th Place: Gordon Moore


Intel Corporation has shown a relatively steady growth and encouraging throughout the last few decades. For example, Intel's revenue per share increased from $ 4.55 at the end of 2003 to $ 10.34 at the end of 2012, with an average growth rate of 8.2% over the past 10 years. Moreover, with a gross margin of 59% and operating margin of 23:44%, Intel Corporation is seen able to control costs and expenses to better than 91% of its competitors. Intel Corporation also performed relatively well in dividend yield over the years. Current dividend yield for Intel is 3.98%. This value is greater than 94% of companies in the semiconductor industry. Fore more info: http://www.gurufocus.com/news/228023/intel-corporation-intc--stock-analysis






BOTTOM 2

49) : John Cadbury


The annual revenue of Cadbury Company approximately $50 billion. The company achieve revenue growth of 20% per year, increase earning by 15% annualy and increase dividents per share by 7% per year. In 1847 John Cadbury became a partner with his brother Benjamin and the company became known as "Cadbury Brothers". The company went into decline in the late 1850s. John Cadbury's sons Richard and George took over the business in 1861. At the time of the takeover, the business was in rapid decline, the number of employees had reduced from 20 to 11, and the company was losing money.



50) Fred Smith


The winter ambience gave a bad impact on FedEx parcel delivery when the revenue and adjusted earning only increased 3 and 8.8 % but still below the analyst estimations. Moreover, sometimes, uncommonly severe winter storms impeded delivery and due to decreased in shipping volume and increased in operational costs, FedEx estimated that the company has lost roughly $ 125 million. Besides, FedEx has bad financial report where the company's net income has fallen from $ 185 million in 1989 to just $ 6 million in 1991.

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