Critical financial variation of ratios between healthy and workout construction firms

  • Published : 2015.10.11

Abstract

As domestic recession has had an adverse impact on many Korean companies in Korea, financial soundness has become a critical issues. It is essential to identify financial risk factors to prevent workout as well as to improve the financial condition of domestic construction companies. Therefore, this study derived important management indicators and the financial ratios that belong to each indicator through a comparative analysis between healthy companies and workout companies with financial statement. As a consequence, key financial ratios are derived into 3 of 25 ratios; Equity Ratio in stability indicator, Total Asset Turnover Ratio in activity indicator, and Labor Equipment Ratio in productivity indicator. So, Korean construction firms are required close monitoring these critical financial ratios indicating variation between construction companies which have opposing statuses in finance in order to keep sound financial condition and increase productivity.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Plant Research Project (Project ID: 14IFIP-B091004-01) funded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Korean government. The authors gratefully acknowledge their support.