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Corporate Finance Group Assignment
Corporate Finance Group Assignment
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Student name: Nguyễn Kim Tuyến Student ID number: B1111914034
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CONTENT
Title Page
I. INTRODUCTION 3
II. REVIEW OF THE BALANCE SHEET OF VINAMILK IN THREE LATEST 4
YEAR
III. REVIEW AND COMPARISON BETWEEN BÚT SƠN AND THE INDUSTRY 5
IV. REVIEW AND COMPARISON BETWEEN BÚT SƠN AND BỈM SƠN 6
V. REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT YEAR-END INCOME STATEMENT OF 7
BÚT SƠN
VI. RATIO ANALYSIS 8
VII.THE COMPARISON BETWEEN BÚT SƠN AND BỈM SƠN IN RATIO 11
ANALYSIS
VIII. CONCLUSION 12
IX. REFERENCES 13
X. APPENDIX 14
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BÚT SƠN FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
I. Introduction
Vicem Packaging But Son Joint Stock Company is a subsidiary of Vietnam Cement Industry
Corporation, which produces and deals in all kinds of packaging, paper, and plastic products, but
mainly cement packaging, for domestic and foreign companies. But Son formerly known as Nam Ha
Cement Packaging Company was established on October 18, 1996, but later, on May 21, 2001, the
company renamed to Nam Dinh Cement Packaging Enterprise under But Son Cement Company. Once
gain on April 14, 2003, the Minister of Construction issued a decision to change Nam Dinh Cement
Packaging Enterprise of But Son Cement Company - Vietnam Cement Corporation into But Son
Cement Packaging Joint Stock Company. Finally, on November 1, 2011, the company changed its
name to VICEM But Son Packaging Joint Stock Company and remained the name until now. In the
official website of But Son, it stated that the company averagely produces 100 million packagings
every year, the production level of But Son Company is at an average position, with slightly
breakthrough compared to other companies who produce at 60 to 80 millions per year, and their profit
in 2019 was 453 billion VND. Currently, the company is located at Km2 Van Cao street, Nam Dinh
city, their website can be accessed through https://butsonpackaging.vn/. But Son’s Chief Executive
Officer and Vice-director now are Tran Ngoc Hung and Duong Minh Tuan, up to now, thanks to their
experienced leadership, the company keeps transforming every day and promising to develop
sustainably in the future. By applying successfully the latest technology in the production lines at the
factory, But Son has exported its packaging into many regions, including Southeast Asia, South Asia,
This paper focuses not only on But Son’s main financial statement, but also on examining
additional elements of the balance sheet, income statement, and other contexts. The primary portion of
this report will incorporate in particular, the figures of But Son’s sales, balance sheet, and statement of
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revenues for the last three years. The rest is about the contrast between But Son and its rivals in terms
The balance sheet (Appendix 2) showed us what did But Son have in current assets and non-current
assets; how much the firm owes in current liabilities, non-current-liabilities and represents the
As we can see from the table (Appendix 2), the year 2017 was reported to be the most remarkable
year of Bút Sơn, when the current assets and non-current were recorded in the highest numbers,
compared to the years 2018 and 2019. The current assets in 2017 were more than 740 billion VND,
higher than in 2018 when the current assets decreased to only more than 666 billion VND. However,
the current assets increased again to more than 709 billion VND in 2019. Nonetheless, the non-current
assets in these periods decreased year by year. While in 2017, But Son reported having more than 3,079
billion VND, in 2018 it was 2,864 billion VND - lower 1.08 percent compared to 2017, and in 2019 it
was recorded as 2,798 billion in non-current assets - lower than the year 2018 for about 1.02 percent.
The firm’s current liabilities in 2017 also was recorded in the lowest number while there was only
more than 1,746 billion VND, while in 2018 there was 1,953 billion VND - up nearly 1.12 percent, also
in 2019, the current liabilities are 2,063 billion VND, up 1.19 percent compared to 2017 and 1.06
percent compared to 2018. Notwithstanding, the firm’s non-current liabilities decreased surprisingly,
from 740 billion VND in 2017 to 225 billion VND in 2018 (lower nearly 3.29 percent), and the firm
was noted with only 35 billion VND in non-current assets at the end of 2019 (lower 6.41 percent
compared to 2018).
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The stockholder’s equity represents the amount of money that had been invested in the firm and
supposed to be a source of funding for the business. According to the balance sheet, the stockholders’
equity had increased from 2017 to 2019 positively. In 2017, the amount of equity was 1,332 billion
VND, which increased 1.02 percent to nearly 1,352 billion VND in 2018. Likewise, in 2019, the
stockholder’s equity was 1,410 billion VND, up 1.04 percent compared to 2018.
III. Review and comparison between Bút Sơn and the industry
Among the plastic industry, packaging accounted for 35 percent, worth 5.2 billion USD.
Preliminary statistics show that food packaging accounts for 30% - 50%, electronics packaging
accounts for 5-10%, and pharmaceutical chemistry packaging accounts for 5-10%. Plastic packaging
has achieved a growth rate of 25% in a year and accounted for the highest proportion of revenue in the
structure of the plastic industry (38-39%). Simultaneously, plastic packaging products are also the most
Compared to the industry, VICEM But Son has 3 cement packaging factories equipped with 2
synchronous production lines, designed with a capacity of 50 million bags/year. This is a complete
technology consisting of 5 closed stages with 3 main types of products: KPK, PK, PP, and woven
curtains from PP material (to make the inner lining of cement bags). To improve the quality of products,
the company had invested billions of VND to install a production line of bottom-glued cement bags.
(Tân Phú Hưng Company, n.d.). Meanwhile, following the development of the packaging industry, in
2017, But Son aimed to produce 80 million bags; 1,500 tons of PP woven curtains, total revenue from
sales and service provision reached over 355,095 million VND (Appendix 3a). Likewise, in 2018, But
Son reported the total production as the numbers of 86.57 million bags with a total sales and services
revenue of more than 483 billion VND, exceeds the plan in 2018 (Appendix 3b). Similarly, the total
sales and services revenue in 2019 reached nearly 454 billion VND with the production of 76.74
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million Jumbo and cement bags, however, in this year, But Son had no plan to produce PP woven
Needless to say, VICEM But Son Packaging Joint Stock Company is able to keep up with the
industry growth. The firm’s products have the highest market share among companies that produce
IV. Review and comparison between Bút Sơn and Bỉm Sơn
VICEM Bim Son Packaging Joint Stock Company was established under Decision 1020
XMBS/TCLĐ of the President of VICEM Bim Son Cement Joint Stock Company on 5/12/1992. Along
with But Son in the packaging industry, there is Bim Son one of their competitors who is specializing
in plastic packaging and cement bag. Both of the two companies are having a long time of experience
and formed for the reason that their holding company wants to invest in a sustainable product line
which can produce cement bags for their business. However, But Son has increased the area, not only
self-supplied but exported more to outside. While But Son is aiming for a larger market with their
product range of up to 5 items, Bim Son just focuses on cement packaging with their 2 main items are
Jumbo and KPK packaging. But Son and Bim Son both compete with each other in committing quality
and environmentally friendly products, to gain customer trust within and outside the country. From the
statistics by CafeF (2019), But Son's revenue experienced significant growth from VND 424,410,668
to VND 453,576,634 in the range of the year 2016 to 2019. In contrast, Bim Son surfers a decrease
from their sale revenue which goes from VND 330,654,141 to VND 282,010,774 in the same time
period. This duration expresses the But Son’s success in their business and affects their effort to be in
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V. Review of the most recent year-end income statement of Bút Sơn
As for Appendix 5, after reviewing the Income Statement of Vicem But son Cement Joint Stock
Company (But Son) over the past 3 years, But Son’s total revenues fluctuated significantly in the
period 2017- 2019. This means But Son's total revenues in 2018 increased by 36,3% in comparison
with 2017, while decreased by 6,13% compared to 2019. Additionally, the cost of goods sold of But
Son continuously grew by 26% when compared with 2017. However, as total revenues above, this
still has a fluctuation from 2017 to 2019, by seeing a decrease in the cost of goods sold in 2019, fall by
7,2% compared to 2018. Besides, there was a gradual increase in total expense, in specific, the growth
rate of total expense in 2019 rose by 16,6% compared to 2017. Furthermore, in terms of other profits,
But Son’s losses in 2019 were 110 times in comparison with 2018. Moreover, the earnings per share of
But Son shows that the percentage of its increased gradually from 2017 to 2019, by 41,9%. Especially,
in the period 2018-2019, earnings per share of But Son has risen remarkably by 28,2%.
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VI. Ratio analysis
Liquidity ratios calculate businesses' ability to satisfy their short-term commitments. Liquidity
ratios must be determined to determine the willingness of the company to cover short-term bills to
measure But Son's short-term solvency. In 2017, But Son's current ratio is 0.8 and steadily increases
until 2019 with 0.9. The growth shows a decrease in the company's short-term obligations. If growth
continues, the company's finances don't stop growing in the short term. At the same time, the quick
ratio of the company shows a continuously increasing trend. From 2017 to 2019, the quick ratio
changes from 0.6 to 0.7 indicating an increase of 0.1. The fast ratio has grown continuously, showing
that the company's inventories are on the rise. The ratio of cash in 2017 and 2018 can be considered
stable, the two parameters do not differ much between 0.0191 and 0.0186. Then, in 2019, the cash ratio
increases to 0.0229. Finally, the company is growing evenly in all the components of its solvency
coefficients.
Efficiency ratios decide how efficiently the business handles its revenue assets. The inventory
turnover ratio shows how much a stock is used or sold twice in a period of time. In 2017, the inventory
turnover ratio of But Son was 8.98, then in 2018 increased to 1.0, equivalent to 9.32. However, in the
following year, the But Son dropped, even lower than the first year, with an index of 8.05. According
to the above data, it is estimated that in 2017, But Son takes 40.6 days to turn inventory. In 2018, it
only took 39.1 days to increase inventory turnover to 9.32, but in 2019 it will increase to 45.2 days.
However, the period is longer than the previous two years but the inventory turnover ratio decreased.
Following that, revenue turnover decreased continuously from 2017 to 2018. Specifically, the
receivable turnover is 2.85 respectively; 2.44; 2.21. The above figure can be understood that in 2017,
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But Son took 127.8 days to obtain credit sales, 150.4 days in 2018 and 164.4 days in 2019. The growth
shows credit sales. But Son is quite slow. In addition, total assets turnover continuously increased from
2017 to 2018. Total assets turnover of But Son is 0.97 in 2017, 1.12 in 2018, then decreases to 1.05 in
2019. Hence, the company is in fine control of managing its sales and assets
Long-term credit ratings measure the willingness of a corporation to deal with its debt
It indicates that long term obligations have ample cash flow. The standard value of the overall
debt ratio is 1.0 or 100%. If this ratio consistently increases, the financial system becomes
dysfunctional, creating payment issues. Total Debt Ratio of But Son between years has not changed
significantly, with the index respectively 0.716; 0.755; 0.754. In 2017, the number of times the profit
that company earned is 53.67 but by 2018 the number of times the interest is lost is 3,098, which is
reduced to 50,572. However, after 1 year, the interest rate increased rapidly to 64,894. The debt-equity
ratio reflects a company's profitability and its potential to generate new equity. Debt equities' perfect
worth 1 to 1.5. But Son has increased in value from 2.52 in 2017 to 3.07 in 2019. We can see that debt
on equity is increasing, which will put investors at risk when investing in the public. company due to
inability to repay. Equity multiplier provides information on how the firm uses more equity and less
debt to finance asset purchases. 3,528, then to 2018 and 2019 the index increased and was quite stable
with the indexes of 4.09 and 4.07, respectively. We can see that an increase in equity multiplier means
that their investment is risky and their debt burden is high. From this chart we can see, But Son is
increasing debt usage and is likely to face many difficulties in the future.
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Profitability Ratio (Appendix 6d)
The profitability ratio tests how well the company handles its revenue expenses. The profit
margins that But Son achieved increased over 3 years, with indexes respectively 0.46, 0.69, and 0.83.
Return on assets demonstrates how profitable an organization is in relation to all of its assets. For
returns over 5% on assets, it is considered good. From 2017 to 2019, this rate steadily increased from
1.08 to 1.31. Return on equity calculation measured by the division of net profits by the equity of
shareholders. In addition, the optimal return on equity is between 15% and 20%. This rate of return
continued to increase over 3 periods. In general, the profitability situation is quite stable and on the way
to developing.
Taking from the table above, market value ratios are used to evaluate the current share price of
a publicly-held company's stock. These ratios give equity analysts a basic framework of a company and
can possibly help to identify undervalued or overvalued stocks. Book value per share (BVPS) is used as
a benchmark to see if the market value per share is higher or lower, which can be used as a basis for
stock buying or selling decisions. It grew up slightly over 3 periods. The P/E ratio also known as the
price/earnings multiple is one of the most popular ratios used by investors to determine the value of a
share. There was a downward trend in PE ratios during the year 2017 to 2019. While PE ratios in 2017
showed an upward trend, it suddenly dropped continually in 2018 and 2019. It can be seen that with
high PE ratios, the stock is more richly valued in 2017 because investors are paying a higher price for
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VII. The comparison between Bút Sơn and Bỉm Sơn in ratio analysis
According to the statistics of Cafef Vietnam (2019), the total revenue and COGS of But Son
increased significantly from 2017 to 2018 but there is a slight drop in 2019. Meanwhile, Bim Son's
total revenue and COGS are decreasing steadily during this period. This reveals the business strategies
In 2019, based on the statistics of Cafef.vn (Appendix 6 ad 7), efficiency ratios are 1.06%,
8.06% and 2.22% prefer asset turnover, inventory turnover, and receivables turnover of But Son,
alternatively. When Bim Son is a competitor with But Son, these ratios are 1.26%, 10.24%, and 1.61%
As a result of this, Bim Son is better than But Son because Bim Son takes less time to get inventory,
assets and get a cycle. Therefore, Bim Son uses and manages effectively in their assets and liability.
There is no doubt that the But Son's sales are much higher than the Bim Son in this 3-year
period. But Son has been constantly improving in terms of technique and machinery, meanwhile, Bim
Son, one of the development firms in the cement industry, has stalled because of projects on factory
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VIII. Conclusion
To sum up, But Son is gaining such financial power compared to the packaging market. For
instance, in the discussion between this firm and packaging competitors, its export items have more
than 2.5 times in comparison with Bim Son. In terms of ratio analysis, this firm is also showing
positive results such as a burly and effective efficiency ratio even though there is a slight drop in 2019.
It can beat the strong packaging competitor in its industry is Bim Son. However, although But Son
automatically has a strong and highly-praised financial structure, it can be predicted that But son is
becoming slower in growing up. Therefore, it might be the chances for others, as can be mentioned
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IX. Reference
Thăng Long Packaging (October, 2020), Overview of the Packaging Industry in Vietnam.
Retrieved from
<https://thanglongpackaging.com.vn/2020/10/06/khai-quat-chung-ve-nganh-bao-bi-viet-nam/ >
Tân Phú Hưng Packaging Joint Stock Company (n.d.), Focus on the development of the packaging
<http://www.tanphuhung.com.vn/chu-trong-phat-trien-nganh-cong-nghiep-san-xuat-bao-bi.html >
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X. Appendix
2) Balance Sheet
(In VND)
Bút Sơn 2017 2018 2019
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c) Total output of Bút Sơn in 2019 (Annual report in 2019)
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5) Income Statement
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6) Ratio Analysis
(Times)
a) Liquidity ratios
Bút Sơn 2017 2018 2019
Current ratio 0.794282247 0.884436852 0.90374999
Quick ratio 0.625158855 0.718408447 0.740595015
Cash ratio 0.019136254 0.018697007 0.022910953
b) Efficiency ratios
Bút Sơn 2017 2018 2019
Inventory turnover 8.981902147 9.326671501 8.057954495
Day’s sales in inventory 40.63727193 39.13507621 45.29685545
Receivables turnover 2.855513718 2.426223324 2.21892579
Day’s sales on receivables 127.8228844 150.4395726 164.4940095
Assets turnover 0.972527929 1.129517811 1.058077735
d) Profitability Ratio
Bút Sơn 2017 2018 2019
Profit Margin 0.46 0.693053138 0.834583302
Return on Assets (ROA) 1.08 1.16 1.31
Return on Equity (ROE) 3.83 4.76 5.32
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7) Rate Comparison
(Times)
Liquidity ratios
Bỉm Sơn 2017 2018 2019
Current ratio 1.65620012 1.779517786 1.751265943
Quick ratio 1.489011106 1.510766824 1.493729196
Cash ratio 0.166548022 0.032425994 0.158396908
Efficiency ratios
Bỉm Sơn 2017 2018 2019
Inventory turnover 11.4881905 8.780479735 10.24481868
Day’s sales in inventory 31.77175728 41.56948265 35.62776574
Receivables turnover 1.714140179 1.784288948 1.611904817
Day’s sales on receivables 212.9347438 204.5632802 226.4401695
Assets turnover 1.322628277 1.443729359 1.261051845
Profitability Ratio
Bỉm Sơn 2017 2018 2019
Profit Margin 0.00
Return on Assets (ROA) 5.59 2.6 2.34
Return on Equity (ROE) 13.68 5.78 5.35
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8) PEER EVALUATION FORM
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