Carrefour is a large French retailer with operations worldwide. It has a presence in Belgium through nine Carrefour Planet stores. According to the document, Carrefour's balance sheet shows decreasing stock levels and investments but more liquid resources, while debts have increased. The profit and loss account shows rising operating profits from 2007-2008. Financial metrics like liquidity, profitability, and solvency are above key thresholds, indicating the company is in a stable financial position despite challenges from competition and economic crisis.

1. Estée de Meester
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2. Table of contents
• Carrefour
• The balance
• Active
• Passive
• The profit- and loss account
• Conclusion statement
• General liquidity
• The profitability of individual capital
• The solvability
• The year graphic
• Conclusion
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3. Carrefour
• French multinational retailer
• Boulogne Billancourt, France, in Greater Paris
• Largest hypermarket chains in the world
• Second largest retail group in the world in terms of
revenue
• Third largest in profit.
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4. • Future potential in Belgium
• Nine Carrefour Planet’s
• Mons
• Turnover of 4.2 billion euro in Belgium
• Turnover of 90 billion euro worldwide
• Total net of 433 million euro
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5. The balance - Active
• Stock decreases
• Money investmenst decreasing
• More liquid resources
• Active of the balance
• In money expressed value
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6. The balance - Passive
• More individual power
• Debts rise
• Debts >1 year declined
• Debts <1 year increased
• Loan capital -> huge
• Now declining
• Passive of the balance
• Resources
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7. Profit and loss account
• Operation income – and costs
• Operation profit rise
• Debts decreased
• 2007-2008
• Net returns
• Certain period
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8. Conclusion statement
• Carrefour does better
• 2010
• 2011 better
• High costs -> competition, crisis
• People are afraid
• Don’t trust the enterprise
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9. General liquidity
• 1,33
• Pay off debts
• Short term
• >1 : enterprise safe
• <1 : dangerous situation
• Too high liquidity rate:
• - Enterprise invests to much
• - to many long-lasting debts
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10. The profitability of individual capital
• About 17%
• Profit of an enterprise
• Every entrepreneur earns
• Invested capital
• High return
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11. The solvability
• 1,79
• Enough own capital
• Pay off debts
• Liquidation
• >1: enterprise -> solvable
-> able to pay off all debts
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12. The year graphic
• 15 years
ago
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13. • 5 years
ago
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14. • 1 year
ago
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15. • 1 month
ago
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16. Conclusion
• Liquidity and solvability >1
• Share reasonable price -> crisis
• Crisis over -> Carrefour revive quickly
• Turnover increased
• Statements look acceptable
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