Industry training report: financial ratio & SWOT analysis Majlis Perbandaran Taiping / Fateen Shaheza Abd Rahim

Every company will have internal and external elements that influence its operations. This study will assess the potential variables influencing Majlis Perbandaran Taiping (MPT) in accomplishing their objectives and maximising profits. Due to the limitations of having the company's financial position for 2019 and 2020, this report has had focusing on financial ratios for 2018. The reason why this report only analysed financial ratios for the year 2018 was that the financial statements for 2019 and 2020 have yet not been gazetted. In addition to that, this report also covered SWOT and PESTEL analysis. According to the study, this firm had a strong liquidity position and a steady ratio for its activity ratio. MPT, on the other hand, has to enhance its leverage and profitability ratios. For example, this company's Return on Equity (ROE) in 2018 was lower than the industry average, implying that 15-20% is regarded as acceptable. Furthermore, the research revealed that technology and the Covid-19 epidemic are dangers to this firm, and the corporation's dependency on financial resources is one of its vulnerabilities. It is advised that this firm find initiatives to strengthen its financial position, as the poor financial position was the primary cause of difficulties such as excessive debt and low income.