Estimating Finance Results of Retail Companies

Abstract

On present day Russian retail trade market, which is an integral part of society, there are a lot of different companies. To continue their work companies shall analyze numerous finance figures that are closely connected with each other. Changes in one of them can cause changes in others, which shows the importance of choosing an adequate indicator that could foster higher efficiency of company’ work in general. The principle goal of the article is to show the essential finance indicators of retail companies, on whose foundation policy of efficient management is built. The author studies drag points that hinder more efficient development of the company in the field of retail trade, he also reveals the lines that can help companies improve their work. The biggest participants of retail market are analyzed, such companies as ‘Magnit’, ‘Detskiy Mir’, ‘M. Video’, ‘Lenta’. On the basis of open data of their accounting reports the article studies figures of their profitability, turnover, finance stability, average-weighted capital value, defines the effect of finance leverage and proposes lines in which companies can raise their efficiency by changing the current policy.

Keywords

• asset profitability
• own capital profitability
• effect of finance leverage
• average-weighted capital value
• autonomy index
• investment cover index
• turnover index