An Analysis of Comparative Financial Statements between Sri Trang AgroIndustry Public Company Limited and Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to analyze the comparative financial budget between Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited (STA), and Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex), listed in stock exchange of Thailand. By collecting financial data during the year 2011 to 2015, comparing the data using the CommonSize Analysis, seismic shift compared to base year, and the financial ratio analysis.
The finding shows that
1) Compared to base year on total assets, Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited (STA) has increased its assets. The average inventory was 35.02 percent. Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) has lower assets, the average inventory was 21.31 percent. Non-current assets have increased both companies in total liabilities. Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited (STA) has increased liabilities. Most liabilities are overdrafts and loans from financial institutions. Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) has decrease liabilities from the maximum owed was 80.53% of the total, since the company uses its capital structure mainly from its liabilities. The revenue from sales and services of both companies have decreased due to falling rubber prices. As a result, Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited (STA) decreased from Baht 133,703.80 million in 2011 to Baht 61,291.78 million in 2015, decreased 54.16 percent. And Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) decreased from Baht 16,294.92 million in 2011 to Baht 8,855.54 million in 2015 or a decrease of 45.65 percent. However, this has also reduced the cost of sales. The net profit margin of Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited (STA) is expected to be stable at over one billion baht per year. Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) has continued to decline in losses. Due to lower financial costs and the company has improved.
2) Comparative analysis by financial ratios of the two companies found that the aspect ratio of quick ratio is relatively low. The rotation rate of total assets is not much different, which is close to the average of 2.15 times. In summary, the financial ratio of Sri Trang AgroIndustry Public Company Limited (STA) has a good financial ratio in 5 aspects and better than Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) on almost every aspect excluding the gross margin. Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) has the highest gross margin of 8.84% in 2015 and average 5.67% with 4.98% percent. And in terms of rotation rate of inventories, Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) rotates more than every year. The average is 7.84 times with 5.82 times. The Financial Ratio Analysis also shows that Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) has an average debt to equity ratio of 3.42 times. This has caused the company suffer losses due to high financial costs. While the company Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited (STA) has an average debt to equity ratio of 1.05 times.