Report to Investigate Fletcher Building Group Ltd as a Share Investment for Anaru Enterprises Ltd

Report to investigate Fletcher Building Group Ltd as a share investment for Anaru Enterprises Ltd

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 5

2 Findings 7

2.1 Profitability 7

2.1.1 Net Profit % 7

2.1.2 Operating Expense % 8

2.1.3 Rate of Return on Equity % 9

2.1.4 Sales Trend 10

2.2 Financial Stability 11

2.2.1 Equity Ratio 11

2.2.2 Debt Ratio 12

2.2.3 Gearing Ratio 13

2.3 Market Analysis 14

2.3.1 Earnings per share 14

2.3.2 Share price at the end of financial year 15

2.3.3 Dividend per share 16

2.3.4 Dividend Yield 17

2.4 Social Responsibility 18

2.4.1 Economic 18

2.4.2 Legal 19

2.4.3 Ethical 21

2.4.4 Discretionary 23

3 Conclusions 26

3.1 Profitability 26

3.2 Financial Stability 26

3.3 Market Analysis 26

3.4 Social Responsibility 26

4 Recommendations 27

References 28

Appendices 29

List of Figures

Figure 1 - Net Profit % 2009 and 2010.....................................................................7

Figure 2 - Operating Expense % 2009 and 2010.....................................................8

Figure 3 - Rate of Return on Equity % 2009 and 2010.............................................9

Figure 4 - Sales Trend % 2009 and 2010...............................................................10

Figure 5 - Equity Ratio % 2009 and 2010...............................................................11

Figure 6 - Debt Ratio % 2009 and 2010.................................................................12

Figure 7 - Gearing Ratio % 2009 and 2010............................................................13

Figure 8 - Earnings per Share % 2009 and 2010..................................................14

Figure 9 - Share price at the end of financial year 2009 and 2010.........................15

Figure 10 - Dividend per Share at the end o financial year 2009 and 2010...........16

Figure 11 - Dividend Yield at the end o financial year 2009 and 2010...................17

List of Tables

Table 1 - Net Profit % 2009 and 2010.........................................................................7

Table 2 - Operating Expense % 2009 and 2010.........................................................8

Table 3 - Rate of Return on Equity % 2009 and 2010................................................9

Table 4 - Sales Trend % 2009 and 2010..................................................................10

Table 5 - Equity Ratio % 2009 and 2010..................................................................11

Table 6 - Debt Ratio % 2009 and 2010....................................................................12

Table 7 - Gearing Ratio % 2009 and 2010...............................................................13

Table 8 - Earnings per Share % 2009 and 2010......................................................14

Table 9 - Share price at the end of financial year 2009 and 2010............................15

Table 10 - Dividend per Share at the end o financial year 2009 and 2010...............16

Table 11 - Dividend Yield at the end o financial year 2009 and 2010.......................17

1 Introduction

The purpose of this report is to research Fletcher Building Group Ltd as the Board of Directors of Anaru Enterprises Ltd is interested to make a share investment in Fletcher Building Group Ltd. This report is due on 6 July 2011.

The scope of this report will involve research on external information which will observe and analyse the financial data of the Fletcher Building Group Annual Financial Report for 2009 and 2010. The external information will be sourced from New Zealand Stock Exchange website and other sources of relevant information on the Fletcher Building Group website. Financial analysis includes:.Profitability - Net Profit %, Operation expense %, Rate of Return on Equity %, Sales Trend %;Financial Stability - Equity Ratio, Debt Ratio, Gearing Ratio; Market Analysis - Earnings per share, Dividends per share, Dividend yield.

Fletcher Building Group is a multi-Business company and its principal activity is to produce products and services that lead to improve environmental efficiency in their customers' buildings and infrastructure. This company has been established in 1909. In 1981, the merger of Fletcher Holdings, Challenge Corporation and Tasman Pulp and Paper created Fletcher Challenge, a multi-national corporation with construction, forestry, building, and energy business. Fletcher Building Group operate across a number of countries, from Australia home base, to the South Pacific, Asia, North and South America, Europe and Middle East.

At the Director's request there is a social responsibility performance evaluation- which determined the economic, legal, ethical and discretionary data for the organization.

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