Smith & Nephew被控从事侵略性会计,可能使利润率膨胀1.7pt。 Smith & Nephew accused of aggressive accounting, potentially inflating profit margins by 1.7pt.

Smith & Nephew是一家生产人工髋关节的富时100指数公司，面临调查公司Dragoneye的指控，指控他们使用激进的会计手段来提高利润率。 Smith & Nephew, a FTSE 100 company that manufactures artificial hips, faces accusations from investigative firm Dragoneye of using aggressive accounting to inflate profit margins. 该公司声称该公司可能存在不适当的递延成本和被忽略的股票注销,有可能将去年17.5%的贸易利润率提高1.7个百分点。 The firm claims the company may have improperly deferred costs and neglected stock write-offs, potentially raising last year's 17.5% trading profit margin by 1.7 percentage points. 该公司否认这些指控,自10月1日以来股票下降了6.1%。 The company denies the allegations, and shares have dropped 6.1% since October 1.