An Analysis of the Financial Statement of the DB Group
- Editore:
GRIN Verlag
- EAN:
9783668788176
- ISBN:
3668788170
- Pagine:
- 36
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Tedesco
Descrizione An Analysis of the Financial Statement of the DB Group
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, University of applied sciences, Nürnberg, language: English, abstract: This assignment deals with the evaluation of the performance of the DB Group. Since the financial statement provides a lot of important data and information about the economic performance of a company a financial statement analysis will be performed to get an idea about the financial situation of the DB Group. Since the DB Group is a 100% government-owned holding company the equity investors are all German. Therefore each German should have an interest in the performance of the DB Group. The analysis is mainly based on a financial ratio analysis because the examination of key ratios provides in an easy way insights into how a firm is performing relative to former years, competitors and the industry. The benchmark company is the Deutsche Post DHL because it is the number one transport and logistic company in Germany (regarding revenue) followed by the DB Group. The financial statement analysis will show the development of the assets and the profitability in the last decade. Also it creates a feeling for the growth and risks of the company. Therefore an investment, a financial, profitability and a liquidity analysis is performed to demonstrate the strength and weaknesses of the DB Group.
