Essay About Firms Saputo Inc And Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

This Report Is an Analysis of the Following Two Firms Saputo Inc (sap) and Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (mfi).
[pic 1]FINE 5200 ASSIGNMENT 1Nov 1st, 2018 Group Members:Akshat DavadaErdert LoshiParidhi BohraTarun AgarwalTable of ContentsExecutive Summary        21.Industry and Company Overview        31.1 Industry Overview        31.2 Company Overview        42. Common Size Statement Analysis        63. Ratio Analysis        84. Conclusion        10Appendix 1: Basic Overview of the Dairy Industry        11Appendix 3: PESTLE Analysis        13Appendix 4: SWOT Analysis        14Appendix 5: Competitors        15Appendix 6: Screen Shots of the Annual Report        176a. Maple Leaf Food Inc Balance Sheet        176b. Maple Leaf Food Inc Income Statement        186c. Saputo Inc Balance Sheet        196d. Saputo Inc Income Statement        20Appendix 7: Common Size Statements        217a. Maple Leaf Food Inc Balance Sheet        217b. Maple Leaf Food Inc Income Statement        227c. Saputo Inc Balance Sheet        237d. Saputo Inc Income Statement        24Appendix 8: Financial Ratio Analysis        258a. Maple Leaf Foods Inc Ratio Calculation        258b. Saputo Inc Ratio Calculation        29Executive Summary This report is an analysis of the following two firms Saputo Inc (SAP) and Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (MFI).  These two firms operate in different industries, Saputo operated in the dairy industry and Maple Leaf Foods operates in the meat/protein industry. However, they are impacted by similar economic issues. These economic concerns are the change in consumer preferences, trade agreements with other countries, supply management and the changes in the foreign currency exchange rates. While these two firms are both in the mature stages of the business cycles and any future growth is to occur externally opposed to organically they are using different acquisitions strategies from one another.