[awais21]

@kermillia

Many thanks for your kind answer and all the best wishes for your exam results.

I have started practicing on MS Word and have attempted few questions. Its new and bit odd but hopefully I will get used to it well before exam day.

Would you?infact looking for insights from all battle hardened soldiers ;).?be so kind to share any tips to study or pitfalls which should be avoided while preparing for this exam.

The only pitfall I located is; it is easy to study for this exam and get carried away but past exam questions shake me well.

Regards,

Awais

[awais21]

Hello,

Hope you all are fine.

I have quick question, I believe all of you attempted CBE exam for APM in march 2021? If yes, how did you practice? The practice platform of ACCA or past questions practice using MS Word and Excel instead of using pen & paper. I think practicing on MS word and Excel would improve the speed and will help normalize to attempt exam on screen. Awaiting your insights.

P.s I have checked ACCA is not offering paper based exam in my location.

[awais21]

pardon the spellings 😀

[awais21]

@isookvi
THANKS ALOT for your help and time, your suggestion was good it looks pretty good now,my RAP.

@trephena
thanx for your help , i know its difficult to be present all the time, but thanks for your time.

so i have done some changes in graphs
the ratios are evident through table and graphs as foolowing

table
Graph
graph content in bars: my company ratio, compet-1 ratio, compet-2 ratio, Industry average
is is good to show like that?
looking forward
Regards

[awais21]

Thanks @isookvi
Regarding step1,2,5 combination I will try to use the wise words as much as possible.
I am doing rap on cement company say À and its competitors Comp Y and Z , i did the comparison of À with Y and Z
E.G say gp was low Bcoz Fuel chargés moved up by 38% causing the oil and gas prices to go up hence fuel chargés shooted up , similar for power consumption and to give it à taste i did add y in my country fuel and power charges went up with réf etc.
Comp y and Z performed better Bcoz of augmentéd profits and gavé the reason for it
Now tell me that above approach was right or not
Do i still need industry AVG stuff or comparison with two companies in same industry, similar products ,same country operations is enough??
And thnx for Excel sheet charts i did the same like you suggested.
Thanks
Plz answer this too.
Why Trephena’s reply hasnt come yet 😀
No hard feelings isookvi you were also vert much of À help thanks
Regards

[awais21]

ok i saw the last line :D, i am doing rap on cement companis ,after some research on internet the local sales were up because highways and overhead bridges are being constructed by govt which causd many local cement comps to savor huge sales and some neighboring countries are going under massive infrastructure development caused the exports to sniff good highs 😀

[awais21]

thanks alot for your help 😀 @trephena

[awais21]

thanks @trephena
ok tell me about the following example
company A’s gp moved up due to healthy sales revenue increase of 147% which was due to 157% increase in domestic dispatches and 15% increase in exports.

now tell me please, that above example explains why gp is increased or not ??

thanks alot for your timely replies.

Regards

[awais21]

helllo ,i hope all of u r fine.
I need some help. Should i give exact reference from annual reports while attempting financial analysis?
e.g company A’s GP has increased by 7% in comparison to last year(ANNUAL REPORT COMPANY A , 2014, PAGE 20)

IS THE ABOVE EXAMPLE A GOOD ONE AND IS IT A “MUST” TO DO or i can do fin,analysis and in the end of the paragraph put in brackets the reference like following
“(Source:COMPANY A-Annual Report, 2014)
Kindly do reply as soosn as possible/\
Regards

[awais21]

@trephena

thanks

[awais21]

hi again
Is it necessary to find out efficiency ratios like payable days, inventory days etc?

ratios i am using are as follows
gp,np
current,quick/acid
dividend yield, payout ratio,eps,p/e
and d/e and interest coverage
are these enough or efficiency ratios should also be there??

[awais21]

@trephena
thankyou very much for the answer.
u r doing great service to people like me who are wandering around.
Keep up the good work

Regards

[awais21]

hi need the help !!!!
please tell me as soon as possible should i use consolidated f/s or single company f/s
i am almost done with typing in single company f/s in excel sheets of competitors and company i chose and left with ratio analysis only.
so should i go with single company f/s or consolidated f/s????

reply as soon as possible
thanks in advance

[awais21]

hello ,

I need your advice about f/s. Company i have selected is LUCKY Cement in Pakistan, and Its competitors are Fauji Cement Company ltd and Bestway cement ltd both in Pakistan. The problem is the Lucky Cement hasn’t issued their annual report yet but only unaudited quarterly statements, same is the case with Bestway cement but Fauji Cement company ltd annual report 2014 is available.
Now my question is can i use 2013,12 and 11 reports or i must use 2014??

[awais21]

hello ,

I need your advice about f/s. company i have selected is LUCKY Cement in Pakistan, and Its competitors are Fauji Cement Company ltd and Bestway cement ltd both in Pakistan. The problem is the Lucky Cement hasn’t issued their annual report yet but only unaudited quarterly statements, same is the case with Bestway cement but Fauji Cement company ltd annual report 2014 is available.
Now my question is can i use 2013,12 and 11 reports or i must use 2014??

sorry didn’t know that for f/s dates discussion there is separate thread. i have posted there as well.

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