Agricultural credit cooperatives are organizations established based on the principle of mutual assistance in order to protect the economic interests of producers and to meet their needs, especially in relation to their professions and livelihoods. These organizations play important roles in providing resources to individuals and businesses operating in the agricultural sector. The aim of this research is to perform the financial analysis of agricultural credit cooperatives in terms of Selected Operating and profitability rates. In addition, activity time and cash conversion time were also discussed and depth was provided to the analysis. In the analysis, the balance sheet and income statements of 16 agricultural credit cooperatives belonging to Amasya province within Samsun region Association were used for the period 2014-2018. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the average turnover rate of trade receivables is 1.13 and the collection period is 322 days and that the collection of receivables is difficult; inventories can be disposed of every 9.92 and 37 days per year, and in this respect, they perform better than the collection of receivables. On the other hand, it was determined that the activity time decreased over the years and that this situation was positive; however, the cash conversion period followed a partial upward course and this situation was negative. In terms of profitability ratios, 13 cooperatives had net profits of 6% on average and their equity profitability was 9% on average, while the other 3 cooperatives suffered losses.
Keywords: Agricultural Credit Cooperative, Financial Analysis, Ratio Analysis
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