Company Balance Sheets Analyzer

Besides assets and liabilities information, the balance sheet can also tell you where the company’s funds come from and what they are spent on. This tool takes an X-ray picture of the balance sheet for each financial year and presents the data in a graphical form so you can easily spot trends and significant movement items in the balance sheets.

+Features

Balance sheets are constructed graphically for easy spotting of trends and significant movements.
Find out where the company’s funds come from.
Find out what management do with the company’s funds.
Investigates how the company grows – organically or via acquisitions.

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Balance Sheets Analysis for "WPP WPP PLC" from 2006 to 2018

Balance Sheets At-A-Glance

* ST - Short-term LT - Long-term

Balance Sheets In Numbers

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Goodwill/Total assets	37%	35.2%	37.2%	38.9%	37.4%	38.2%	38%	37.9%	37.3%	37.1%	38.2%	38.5%	39%
Net fixed assets/Total assets	15.6%	15.2%	17.4%	18.2%	16.4%	16.1%	16.1%	15.1%	15.9%	16.4%	17.1%	16.5%	13.9%
Cash/Total assets	11.3%	11.8%	10.5%	7.5%	8.1%	7.9%	7.8%	8.9%	9.4%	8.3%	7%	7.1%	7.8%
Net current assets/Total assets	36.1%	37.8%	34.9%	35.5%	38.2%	37.8%	38.1%	38.1%	37.4%	38.2%	37.6%	37.9%	39.3%
Shareholders funds/Total funds	26%	23%	23.6%	26.4%	26.5%	27%	27.4%	30.3%	28%	26.6%	27%	28.2%	27.7%
LT debts/Total funds	8.3%	10.1%	16.3%	16%	14.8%	15.8%	14.8%	14.1%	15.5%	16.2%	16.1%	18.6%	16.6%
Net LT liabilities/Total funds	10.7%	9.5%	10.5%	10.3%	9.1%	9.5%	9.2%	8.5%	9.4%	7.8%	8.4%	7.2%	6.6%
ST debts/Total funds	4.8%	5.7%	5.1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	1.5%	1.5%	1.2%	1.3%
Net current liabilities/Total funds	50.2%	51.7%	44.5%	47.3%	49.6%	47.8%	48.6%	47.1%	46.1%	47.9%	47%	44.9%	47.7%
Interest-bearing debts/Total assets	13.1%	15.8%	21.5%	16%	14.8%	15.8%	14.8%	14.1%	16.4%	17.7%	17.6%	19.7%	17.9%

Use Of Funds For 2017 To 2018

	Source	Use
Long-Term	£581m	£889m
Short-Term	£1,094m	£786m
Total	£1,675m	£1,675m

Summary

For 2017 to 2018 funds are not prudently allocated.
For 2018, 73.7% of long-term assets are goodwill.
From 2006 to 2018 shareholders wealth increased by 145.2%.

+Tips & Advice

Lookout for any major changes in the figures and be sure to find the reasons behind those changes. Sometimes you may uncover a potential investment opportunity or a nasty surprise.
Growing cash reserves often signal strong business performance. The business accumulates cash much quicker than management can find potential projects to invest. If management cannot find better use for the cash then management should return the cash to the shareholders through special dividends payment or share buyback.
Hard-to-measure intangible assets such patents, smart business processes and organic built brands are often not in the balance sheet.
Companies that are grown by acquisitions often shown increasing goodwill in the balance sheet. Over paid acquisitions can lead to future goodwill write-off that can depress earnings and share price.
Conservatively run business uses long-term funds to fund long-term assets.