Financial analysis project

Profitability
The profitability ratios from the year 2017- 2019; has shown a rise and fall in the profit margin for the Cardingham collectibles. The ratio as of the year 2019 for this company was 7.40percent, which was a bit on the lower side as compared to the previous years. In 2018, the profit margin was relatively high, with an average of 10.30 percent. Cardingham collectibles saw a significant increase in the year 2017, which was at 8.10 percent, while Max plastics had a lower profit margin at an average of 5.59 percent. The return on the assets and equity have increased with a good margin all through the years for Cardingham collectibles. In 2017, the average return on assets was 7.84 percent, which saw a rise in this average in the year 2018. However, for the year 2019 dropped with a small margin but was higher than that of Max plastics. The return on equity for the year 2017 was at 17.08 percent. This equity rose with 2percent in the year 2018 but later reduced in 2018 with another margin of 2percent. The return on equity for Max plastics was relatively good and higher when compared to all the other years for Cardingham collectibles.
Other items
The total liabilities for the Cardingham collection as per the year 2019, was at 1,387,451, which was higher than the previous year 2018, which had 865,905. In 2017, this company had 565,269, which means that Cardingham collectibles have had an increase in the total liabilities. Max plastics had a total of 3,948,251 total liabilities, which is high when compared to what Cardingham collectibles have. This means that Max plastics have a good flow of cash inside the company. The total operating costs for the year 2017 for Cardingham collectibles were at 804,562, which rose in the year 2018, which settled it at 1,006,317. In 2019, the total operating costs for this company rose to 1,627,216, which was a rapid increase. Max plastics had a high operating cost as of the year 2019 as compared to Cardingham collectibles. Max plastics had an operating cost of 3,740,940. This figure shows that during the year 2019, Max plastics experienced low profits. The higher the operating costs, the lower the profits, the lower the operating costs, the higher the profits.