Financial Ratio Analysis - Additional question 17

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Additional question 17

Paddy Power plc is a service business that provides sports betting services a chain of licensed betting offices principally in Ireland together with telephone and on-line interactive betting.

You are required to undertake a full review of Paddy Power's

profitability
rates of return
liquidity
asset usage

Consequently, you need to go to the database and obtain all of the information you need to evaluate the ratios under each of the above headings.

You should find the following additional information useful: include as much of this information as possible in your analysis of the business.

NOTE: all of Paddy Power's data are in Euro.

Paddy Power plc Five Year Review (Euro '000)	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Turnover	461,075	362,825	269,640	193,501	154,915
Operating profit	8,507	10,629	7,037	5,566	4,477
Profit on ordinary activities before taxation	9,092	10,950	7,065	5,585	4,521
Profit on ordinary activities after taxation	7,329	8,013	4,958	3,577	2,721
Net assets	30,733	26,088	16,207	14,122	10,678

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