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The Game of Financial Ratios Case Study Solution

Background

Jhun jhun wala and Sarkar are rivals from their school life. Due to rivalry among them both were high achievers in their school life. Both of them chose the same profession and hence their rivalry remains same during their professional lives.

Sudarshan R., a senior investment banker drafted a challenge for both of them. The challenge is that Sudarshan provided 10 companies and industries to them and asked them to match the data with the appropriate industry. He also said that the winner would be the one who provides first provides the right combination.

In this report, we gathered the data of the players from the provided industry list and then analysis provided data with our findings. This helps us in concluding which data belongs to which industry player.

Matching of Industries with appropriate Financials

Industry	Appropriate Financials
Cement	F
Retail food	H
Oil and gas	B
Hospitality	G
Automobile (two-wheeler)	J
Telecommunications	E
Banking	C
Information technology	D
Pharmaceutical	A
Heavy engineering	I

Reasons behind the Match

Overview

To match the financial with the appropriate industry we get the 2013 data of a player from the same industry and then compare the given financials with those results to obtain an effective result. The differences in some of the parameters are due to the fact that our chosen company performs well in some sector than the industry.

Industry	Financials	Reasons behind the Match
Cement	F	One of the players of the cement industry reported total asset, cash, bank balance, borrowing and shareholders equity of approximately 92218, 199, 21321 and 39912 respectively.While the reported total asset, cash, bank balance, borrowing and shareholders equity of F are approximately 69373, 442, 26906 and 26891 respectively.Hence by analyzing F data, we can conclude that heis very much similar to the player who operates in cement industry, therefore, we can conclude that the financial of F is seems to belongs to the cement industry.
Retail Food	H	One of the players of the retail food industry reported total asset, cash, bank balance, borrowing and shareholders equity of approximately 2298, 444, 20 and 1477 respectively. While the reported total asset, cash, bank balance, borrowing, and shareholders equity of H are approximately 8830, 232, 144 and 5635 respectively.Hence by analyzing H data, we can conclude that it is very much similar to the player who operates in the retail food industry, therefore, we can conclude that the financial seems to belong to the retail food industry.