SMART JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDIES VOL. 12 NO. 2 PAPER 5
DOI: 10.5958/2321-2012.2016.00013.0
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECT STEEL UNITS
 
K. Kanaka Raju* and Ch. Venkateswarlu**
*    Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Andhra University Campus, Tadealligudem, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
**    Associate Professor, Sasi Institute of Technology and Engineering, Tadepalligudem
 
The objective of this paper was to examine the financial performance of selected steel units and to provide suitable suggestions, to strengthen the financial performance of the steel units. The four companies selected for this study were Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, Steel Authority of India Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd and JSW Steel Ltd. The data were collected from 2005-06 to 2013-14. The technique of One Way ANOVA, was applied to test the hypotheses. The study found that there was no significant difference between the various ratios of profitability, financial structure, working capital and activity between the selected units.
 
KEYWORDS: Profitability Ratios, Financial Structure Ratios, Working Capital Ratios and Activity Ratios JEL CLASSIFICATIONS: M41, G3 FULL TEXT