Dell Financial Reports

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This paper examines Dell's current ratio, inventory turnover, debt ratio, net profit margin ratio, price per earnings ratio and return on equity. The paper calculates Dell's weighted average cost of capital and asserts investment in Dell seems an optimum choice. The paper explains also that the company follows a prudent short and long-term financial policy, the levels of inventory are significantly low and the financial results for Q2 of 2008, although not yet reflected in the share price, show strong figures.

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"The current ratio of a company, calculated by dividing the current asset value to the current liabilities value, shows that respective company's capacity to cover its short - term liabilities by using its current assets. It is an important measure that shows the short-term financial solidity of the company: if the current liabilities are much greater than the value of the current assets, it is likely that the company will start having financial problems in the very near future. This is why a value around 1 is generally advisable for this ratio."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Tyson, Lynn. Dell Issues Private Placement Debt. April 2008. On the Internet at http://dellshares.dell.com/archive/tags/SEC+Filings/default.aspx. Last retrieved on September 1, 2008
• http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=dell&d=t. Last retrieved on September 1, 2008

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