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01 Financial Reporting and Analysis Flashcards

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Financial Analysis Framework

Steps (6)

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  1. Context of the analysis
  2. Collected Data
  3. Process Data
  4. Analyze/Interpret
  5. Communicate Conclusions
  6. Follow Up
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Financial Analysis Framework

Context of the analysis (3)

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  • Statement of the purpose or objective of the analysis
  • List of specific questions to be answered
  • Timetable and budget resources for completion
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Financial Analysis Framework

Collected Data (6)

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  • Financial statements
  • Other financial Data
  • Questionnaires
  • Industry and economic data
  • Discussion with management and customers
  • Company site visits
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Financial Analysis Framework

Process data (4)

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  • Adjust financial statements
  • Common-size statements
  • Ratios and graphs
  • Forecasts
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Financial Analysis Framework

Analyze/Interpret (3)

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  • Historic development
  • Comparison with competitors
  • Derive buy, hold or sell decision

The answer is seldom a numerical answer alone

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Financial Analysis Framework

Communicate Conclusion

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Develop and issue an internal or external report, e.g. equity analysis report

Includes:

  • Summary and investment conclusion
  • Business summary
  • Risks
  • Valuation
  • Historical pro forma tables
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Financial Analysis Framework

Follow Up

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Periodically repeat steps 1-5 to determine whether changes to holdings or recommendation are necessary

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Role of Financial Reporting

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Provide information about the company’s performance, financial position, and changes in financial position over the reported period

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What do primary financial statements include?

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  • Income statement
  • Balance sheet
  • Cash flow statement
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What do secondary financial statements include?

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  • Statement of shareholder’s equity
  • Financial notes and supplementary schedules
  • Management’s discussion and analysis
  • Auditor’s reports
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What do primary and secondary financial statements (along with other information) allow analysts to do?

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  • Evaluate past, current, and prospective performance
  • Determine the creditworthiness of a company
  • Assigning debt rating or compliance with debt covenants
  • Forecasting future net income and cash flow
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Purpose of Financial Reporting Standards

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Limit the range of acceptable answers of how business transactions have to be reported

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Standard- Setting Body in the US

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the primary body setting the U.S. GAAP

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Standard- Setting Body in the EU

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Listed companies have to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for financial statements since 2005 issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

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IFRS Framework

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The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) framework, developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), is a set of accounting standards that provides guidelines for the preparation and presentation of financial statements globally.

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IFRS Framework - Objective

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Provide Fair presentation of

  • Financial position
  • Financial performance
  • Cash flows
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IFRS Framework - Qualitative Characteristics (4)

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  • Understandability
  • Relevance
  • Reliability
  • Comparability
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IFRS Framework - Qualitative Characteristics

Understandability

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Information should be understandable to users with basic knowledge of business, economic activities, accounting and who have the willingness to study the information with reasonable diligence.

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IFRS Framework - Qualitative Characteristics

Relevance

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Defined as the influence of an information at hand which must be material, i.e. that omission or misstatement of the information could make a difference to users’ decision

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IFRS Framework - Qualitative Characteristics

Reliability

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Defined as Information free from material error or bias and includes the following factors:

  • Faithful representation
  • Substance over form
  • Neutrality
  • Prudence
  • Completeness
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IFRS Framework - Qualitative Characteristics

Comparability

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Defined in the way that information should be presented in a consistent manner over time and between entities

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IFRS Framework - Reporting Elements

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Performance

  • Income
  • Expenses
  • Capital Maintenance Adjustments

Financial Position

  • Assets
  • Liabilities
  • Equity
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IFRS Framework - Constraints (3)

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  • Trade-off between timely information and the time it takes to prepare reliable and audited information -> Timeliness
  • The benefit from providing the information should exceed the cost of providing it
  • Qualitative characteristics are not directly captured in financial statements, e.g. environmental respectfulness, creativity, or customer loyalty
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IFRS Framework - Underlying Assumptions

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  • Accrual basis will reflect business transactions when they actually occur not necessarily when cash movement occurs
  • Going concern refers to the assumption that the company will business for the foreseeable future
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Classification of Business Activities - Groups

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Business Activities may be classified into three groups for accounting purposes:

  • Operating Activities
  • Investing Activities
  • Financing Activities

For an analyst it is crucial to understand in which of these areas a company is performing well and where not

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Classification of Business Activities - Operating Activities

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  • Part of the day-to-day business functioning of an entity
  • e.g. sale of meals for a restaurant or making loans by a bank

–> Ideally most of a company’s profits should come from its operating activities

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Classification of Business Activities - Investing Activities

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  • Associated with the acquisition and disposal of long-term assets
  • E.g. sale or purchase of a surplus equipment such as an oven for a restaurant
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Classification of Business Activities - Financing Activities

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  • Those activities related to obtaining or repaying capital
  • Two Primary sources: shareholders or creditors
  • E.g. taking a bank loan or issuing bonds
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Primary Financial Statements

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  • Balance Sheet
  • Income Statement
  • Statement of Cash Flows
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Primary Financial Statements - Balance Sheet

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Provides information about a company’s financial position at a point of time

  • It shows the entity’s assets, liabilities and owner’s equity at a particular date (Assets - Liabilities = Owners’ equity)
  • Two years are usually presented so that comparison can be made
  • Less significant accounts can be grouped into a single item
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Primary Financial Statements - Income Statement

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Provides information about a company’s profitability over a period of time

  • It shows revenue, expense and net income during the period (Revenue - Expenses = Net Income)
  • Less significant accounts can be groupe
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Primary Financial Statements - Statement of Cash Flows

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Provides information about a company’s cash flows over a period of time

  • Inflows (receipts) and outflows (payments) are shown (Delta Cash = CFI + CFF + CFO)
  • The cash flow are categorized according to the business activity
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Additional Required Financial Statements

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  • Statement of shareholders equity
  • Notes
  • Management discussion and analysis (MD&A)

Supplementary schedules are not subject to audits

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Additional Required Financial Statements - Statement of shareholder’s equity

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Provides information about the composition and changes in owner’s equity during a period of time (Owners’ equity = Contributed capital + Retained Earnings)

  • Contributed capital (preferred and common stock)
  • Retained earnings
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Additional Required Financial Statements - Notes

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Explain accounting methods, assumptions and estimates

  • Additional information on fixed assets, inventory, income taxes, pensions, debt, significant customers, sales to related party and export sales
  • Contingent losses
  • Subject to audit
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Additional Required Financial Statements - Management discussion and analysis (MD&A)

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  • Required by SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
  • Results from operations, including trends in sales and expenses
  • Capital resources, including trend in cash flows
  • Discontinued operations
  • Effects of currently known trends, events, and uncertainties
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Balance Sheet

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  • Starting point for analyzing a company’s financial position
  • Provides information about the company’s resources (assets) and its sources of capital (equity and liabilities/debt) at a particular point in time
  • It can also be referred to as the statement of financial position or statement of financial condition
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Equity

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A residual or balancing amount, taking assets and liabilities into account

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Balance Sheet - Format

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  • Report format lists assets, liabilities and equity in a single column
  • Account format follows the pattern of grouping different accounts into sub-categories to increase the readability of the balance sheet
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Balance Sheet - Classification of Assets

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Assets are classified as current or short-term when they are expected to be liquidated within one year

  • Current/noncurrent distinction is an attempt at incorporating liquidity expectations into the balance sheet
  • Current assets are allocated immediately when a cash transaction takes place
  • Non-current assets are allocated over the useful life of such assets
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Net Working Capital

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Excess of current assets over current liabilities

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Classified Balance Sheet

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Lists assets in order of liquidity (most to least), liabilities are listed in order of when they become due, equity is presented with contributed (or paid-in) capital first and retained earnings last

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Most current balance sheet items are

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  • Assets
  • Liabilities and Equity
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Assets - Examples

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Short-term/current assets

  • Cash and cash equivalents
  • Accounts receivable, net
  • Income tax receivable
  • Inventories
  • Deferred tax assets
  • Prepaid expenses and other assets

Long-term assets/non-current assets

  • Furniture, fixtures and equipment, net
  • Intangible assets, net
  • Investments
  • Deferred tax assets
  • Other assets
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Liabilities and Equity - Examples

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Current liabilities

  • Accounts payable
  • Accrued liabilities
  • Current portion of long-term debt
  • Income taxes payable
  • Deferred tax liabilities
  • Deferred revenue

Long-term debt
Stockholder’s equity

  • Additional paid-in capital
  • Retained earnings
  • Treasury stock, at cost
  • Accumulated other comprehensive income
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Assets - Definition

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Defined as economic resources controlled by the company and can be interpreted as a storage of wealth as they have not been recorded as expense on the income statement.

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Current Assets - Definition

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Consumed within the longer of one year or the firm’s operating cycle

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Cash - Definition

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Currency or demand deposits

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Short-term investments - Definition

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Debt or equity investments for which a ready market exists and management intends to sell them within one year or operating cycle

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Accounts Receivable - Definition

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Amounts owed to the firm by customers, valued at net realizable value

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Notes Receivable - Definition

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Amount owed which will not be collected within the typical collection period, interest is charged on notes receivable

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Inventory - Definition

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Products that will be sold in the normal course of business, valued at the lower of cost or market price

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Prepaid Expenses - Definition

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Services paid for but not yet used (e.g. insurance, rent)

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Property, Plant and Equipment - Definition

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Long-term assets which are used in the value-adding process and are not intended to be sold within one year

  • Direct and indirect costs must be capitalized and depreciated over lifetime
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Intangible Assets - Definition

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Economic resources lacking tangible existence (e.g. patents, goodwill), valued at historical cost reduced by the amount amortized

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Liabilities - Definition

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Defined as the amounts received which have not been reported on the income statement as revenues or income and have to be repaid

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Current Liabilities - Definition

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Will be paid within the longer of one year or the firm’s operating cycle

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Accounts Payable - Defiinition

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Amount owed to supplier not yet paid for

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Wages, rent and other payables - Definition

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Amount owed for services used but not yet paid for

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Notes payable - Definition

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Amounts owed to creditors, usually with explicit interest expense

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Dividends Payable - Definition

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Owed to owners, i.e. declared but not yet paid dividends

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Current portion of long-term debt - Definition

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The portion that will be paid within one year

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Long-term liabilities - Definition

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Owed to creditors, valued at the present value of future cash flows

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Equity - Definition

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Represents the portion belonging to the shareholder of a business

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Contributed (paid-in) capital - Definition

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Stockholder’s investment in the firm’s equity

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Common stock - Definition

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Portion of stockholder’s investment valued at par or stated value

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Other paid-in-capital - Definition

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Excess of stockholder’s investment over the stock’s par value

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Retained Earnings - Definition

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Net income less the amount distributed to the owners from the beginning of the business, it does not represent ready cash

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Different value definitions in financial reporting (4)

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  • Fair value
  • Historical cost
  • Current cost
  • Present value
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Different value definitions in financial reporting - Fair Value

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Fair value is the amount at which an asset could be exchanged or liability settled in an arm’s length transaction. When an asset trades regularly its fair value is determined by its market price (sometimes referred to as fair market value)

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Different value definitions in financial reporting - Historical Cost

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Historical cost of an asset or liability is its cost at acquisition, including any cost of acquisition and preparation

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Different value definitions in financial reporting - Current cost

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Current cost is the amount at which the asset could be replaced

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Different value definitions in financial reporting - Present Value

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Present value is the discounted value of future cash flows which can be assigned to this asset

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Current Assets

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Short-term or current assets are those assets hold for less than one year or hold for trading

They are managed to meet the companies seasonal cashflow needs

Examples:

  • Cash and cash equivalents
  • Marketable securities (held at fair value or at cost)
  • Accounts receivable (trade receivables) are amounts owed to the busiess for products already delivered
  • Inventory are physical products that will eventually be sold either in their current form (finished goods) or as input to the manufacturing process (raw materials and work-in-progress)
  • Other current assets are not easily classifiable into the above categories, e.g. prepaid expenses
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Accounts receivable and bad debt

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  • Sales can be recorded directly, i.e. credit sales and debit cash, when cash is received immediately or as a current asset, i.e. credit sales and debit accounts receivable, if cash is to be received at later time
  • Uncollectible accounts cannot or will not be paid by the customer
    -> Direct write-off
    -> Allowance method for doubtful accounts is preferred and consistent with matching principle
  • Accounts receivable can be subject to factoring, i.e. with or without recourse
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Accounts receivable and bad debt - Promissory Note (+features)

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A promissory note is an obligation to pay a specific amount at a specific point in the future. A/R balance is “traded” for longer-term notes receivable. Usually notes have the following features

  • Maturity date
  • Maturity value
  • Interest rate
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Inventory - Options to value goods

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Goods are valued according to the chosen cost flow assumption. The actual physical flow may take on a completely different pattern

  • First-in, first-out (FIFO)
  • Weighted average-cost method (WAC)
  • Specific identification method
  • Last-in, first-out (LIFO) is allowed under U.S. GAAP, but not allowed under IFRS
  • Inventory accounting should best match the cost of goods sold (CoGS) for the accounting period
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Inventory - LIFO vs. FIFO

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Financial statement adjustments have to be conducted to compare companies using different inventory accounting

LIFO to FIFO:

  • US GAAP requires all companies using LIFO to report a LIFO reserve (ResLIFO) which is the difference between ending inventory using FIFO and LIFO
    -> Add LIFO reserve
    -> Increase retained earning and deferred tax liability
    -> Adjust income statement

FIFO to LIFO:

  • No Precise calculation
    -> Estimating industry inflation ratio
    -> Average cost to LIFO

In general, LIFO should be used to examine profitability or cost rations, whereas FIFO is used for assets and equity ratios

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Current Liabilities

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Liabilities are probable future payments and current liabilities are expected to be due within one year

  • Trade and other payables (accounts payable)
  • Notes payable
  • Current portion of noncurrent borrowings
  • Current tax payable
  • Accrued liabilities (accrued expenses)
  • Unearned revenue (deferred revenue)
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Depreciation

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Depreciation is the process of allocating the cost of an asset over time and is subject to management’s strategy

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Long-term assets

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Long-term assets have a useful life of greater than one year and are used for production of the company’s goods or services

  • They are reported as their carrying value or book value, i.e. historical cost less accumulated depreciation
  • They may be written down to market value if they loose their revenue-generating ability
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Depreciation (Definition and Methods)

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Depreciation is the process of allocating the cost of an asset over time and is subject to management’s strategy

Methods

  • Straight-line method
  • Units-of-production method
  • Double-declining-balance
  • Sum-of-the-years digit method
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Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets are the amounts paid by a company to acquire certain rights that are not represented by the possession of physical assets

  • Identifiable intangibles can be acquired singly, e.g. patents
  • Unidentifiable intangibles cannot be acquired singly, e.g. accounting goodwill
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Intangible assets that might not be recorded on the balance sheet and that are expensed

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  • Internally generated brands, customer lists, etc.
  • Start-up, training, reorganization costs
  • Advertising and promotion
  • Almost all R&D costs
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Financial Instruments

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  • Financial assets include investments in stocks, bonds, and similar instruments
  • Financial liabilities include bonds, notes payable, and similar instruments
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Financial Instruments - Assets: Market to Market

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If the asset is held for trading or classified as available for sale it is mark-to-market, i.e. the value is adjusted to reflect current market condition

  • In case of trading securities the unrealized gain is included on the income statement
  • In case of available-for-sale securities the unrealized gain is not included on the income statement, but deferred as other comprehensive income
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Financial Instruments - Assets: Held-to-Maturity

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If the asset is classified held-to-maturity it is measured at cost, hence unrealized gains are not reflected on the income statement or on the balance sheet

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Equity - Definition

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The residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting its liabilities

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Components of Equity - Minority Interest (or non controlling interest)

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Minority interest (or noncontrolling interest) in subsidiaries that have been consolidated but are not wholly owned

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Components of Equity - Retained Earnings (or retained deficits)

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Retained earnings (or retained deficits) amounts which passed through the companies income statement but have not been paid to the owners

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Components of Equity - Treasury Stock (or own shares repurchased)

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Treasury Stock (or own shares repurchased) may occur if management considers the shares undervalued or wants to limit dilution from employee stock compensation plans.

Capital contributed by owners is evidenced through the issuance of common stock and preferred stock. The number of shares outstanding equals the number of shares issued minus those shares repurchased (treasury stock)

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Components of Equity - Treasury Shares

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Treasury shares are nonvoting and do not receive dividends if declared by the company

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Components of Equity - Accumulated Comprehensive Income

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Accumulated comprehensive income (or other reserves) is derived from foreign currency translation adjustments, minimum pension liability adjustment, unrealized gains on available-for-sale investments and derivatives (U.S. GAAP)

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Common Size Balance Sheet

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  • Comparing companies on an absolute basis is difficult and the balance sheet must be adjusted for size
  • Common-size statements normalize absolute values
    -> All items of the balance sheet are expressed as a percentage of total assets
    -> The items of a common-size income statement are expressed as percentage of sales
  • This format is used to compare companies of different size within the same industry and with the firm’s own history (horizontal)
  • It allows for a quick assessment of certain financial ratios such as gross profit margin or net income margin
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Long-Term Liabilities

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Long-term debt represents a legal obligation to repay the amount borrowed plus interest

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Interest Coverage Ratio

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Interest coverage ratio (a.k.a. times interest earned) represents the ability of the company to satisfy the debt commitments

97
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Common Features of Bonds (5)

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  • Principal value (a.k.a. par value, principal, maturity value, redemption value, or face value)
  • Interest rate (a.k.a. coupon rate, nominal rate)
  • Security (secured/unsecured bond)
  • Ownership (bearer/registered bond)
  • Term to maturity (term/serial bond)
98
Q

Mortgage

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Long-term liability that is typically backed by real estate or land. Typically, equal payments are made at regular intervals including interest and repayment

99
Q

Leases

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Executory contracts, may be equivalent to an asset purchase using long-term debt

  • Capital Lease
  • Operating Lease
100
Q

Capital Lease

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Treated as purchased property

  • Transfer ownership by end of lease / contains a bargain purchase option
  • Lease term is > 75% of estimated economic life
  • PV of minimum lease payments > 90% of market value
101
Q

Operating Lease

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no obligation / receivable appears on the lessee’s balance sheet

102
Q

Pension Plan

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An Agreement under which an employer agrees to pay monetary benefits to employees once their period of activity ends

  • Defined Contribution Plan
  • Defined Benefit Plan
103
Q

Pension Plan - Defined Contribution Plan

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A fixed or variable contribution to the employee’s retirement account (pension fund) is made, the employer bears the risk of investment performance, no provisions are constituted

104
Q

Pension Plan - Defined Benefit Plan

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The employer promises a monetary benefit upon retirement

105
Q

Income Statement

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The income statement presents information on the financial results of a company’s business activities over a period of time

  • Also called statement of operations, statement of earnings or profit and loss (P&L)
  • Generally the most relevant financial statement for company valuation
    -> For fixed-analysts: The ability to make the promised payments is derived from the income statement
106
Q

Income Statement - Components

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  • The top line typically reports revenue as the amounts charged for delivery of goods and services from ordinary business activity
  • The bottom line reports the companies net income -> Viewed as the single most relevant line in financial statements
  • Financial income and expenses are nonoperating items and reported separately
  • Minority interests represent the portion of income that belongs to minority shareholders of consolidated subsidiaries
107
Q

Multi-Step Income Statement

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Shows gross profit subtotal

  • Single-Step Income Statement does not provide this lie item
108
Q

Income Statement - What can Expenses be grouped by?

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  • Nature (e.g. depreciation)
  • Function (e.g. cost of goods sold including salespeople’s salary, material cost, depreciation, and other direct sales-related expenses)
109
Q

Income Statement: Revenue Recognition

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Defines whether and to which extend a business transaction and the resulting revenue is attributed to a given accounting period

110
Q

The recognition of revnue needs following conditions to be satisfied (IASB)

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  • Significant risks and rewards of the ownership are transferred to the buyer
  • Neither continuing managerial involvement nor effective control are retained
  • The amount of revenue can be measured easily
  • It is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the seller
  • The cost incurred can be measured reliable
111
Q

Common-size income statement

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As for the balance sheet it is the first step towards comparison across time (time-series analysis) or different sizes (cross-sectional analysis)

  • The common-size adjustment of the income statement is performed by stating each line item as percentage of revenue
112
Q

Most Common Income Statement Ratios

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  • (Net) profit margin (or return on sales)
  • Gross profit margin
113
Q

Cash Flow Statement

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Provides information about a company’s cash receipts and cash payments during a period

114
Q

Formats for reporting cash flows

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Indirect and direct format

115
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Formats for reporting cash flows: Direct Method

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  • Shows the specific cash inflows and outflows
  • Income statements are adjusted to remove the effect of accruals

Primary argument in favor of the direct method: It provides information on the specific sources of (operating) cash receipts -> Indirect method only shows the net result of the receipts and payments

Under U.S. GAAP, if the direct method is used the company has to provide the indirect method in the footnotes

116
Q

Formats for reporting cash flows: Indirect Method

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  • Derives the cash flow from reported net income as a result of a series of adjustments:
    -> Adjustments are made for noncash items, for nonoperating items and for net changes in operating accruals
  • The indirect method is used for forecasting future cashflows
117
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Cash Flow Analysis - Interpretation

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  • CFO tell how much cash is generated by sales activity
  • Cash flows can indicate problems with liquidity and solvency, i.e. negative CFO indicates that the company relies on external funding
  • Cash flow trends are particularly useful when compared to income trends over time -> Discrepancies suggest that earnings trend is not reliable
118
Q

Major sources of cash for a company

A

Vary with its stage of growth

  • Mature Companies: Primary source of cash should be operating activities
  • Consistently negative cash flow from operation will restrict access to other sources of cash in the long run
  • Negative or null investing cash flow is a sign for missing growth opportunities
  • Operating cash flow should suffice to cover capex. The best estimate for capex often is the CFI
119
Q

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

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Measures the cash available for discretionary purposes

120
Q

Indicator for Earnings Quality

A

Comparing CFO with net income

e.g. high net income and poor operating cash flow -> Sign for poor earnings quality

121
Q

Aim of Cash Flow Analysis

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Analyze whether the operating cash flow and net income are consistent in the future

122
Q

Common-Size Cash Flow Statement - Approaches

A

Two approaches usually applied

  • Each line item is expressed as percentage of net revenue
  • Each line item of cash outflow (inflow) is expressed as percentage of total cash outflow (inflow)

-> Common-size format makes it easier to analyze trends and is useful for forecasting cash flows

123
Q

Cash Flow: Performance Ratios (5)

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Used to assess performance (profitability) and coverage (solvency)

  • Cash flow to revenue: Measures the cash generated per dollar revenue
  • Cash return on assets: Measures the cash generated from all resources
  • Cash return on equity: Measures the cash generated from owners source
  • Cash to income: Measures the cash-generating ability of operations
  • Cash flow per share: Measure the operating cash flow on a per share basis
124
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Cash Flow: Coverage Ratios (6)

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  • Debt coverage: Measures financial risk and financial leverage
  • Interest coverage: Measures the ability to meet interest obligations
  • Reinvestment: Measures the ability to acquire assets with operating cash flow
  • Debt payment: Measures the ability to repay debt with operating cash flows
  • Dividend payment: Measures the ability to pay dividends with operating cash flow
  • Investing and financing: Measures the ability to acquire assets, pay debts, and make distribution to owners
125
Q

Earnings per Share (EPS)

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Basic EPS is the amount of income available to common shareholders, hence after the distribution of preferred dividends, divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding over a period

The number of common stock outstanding increases as a result of a stock dividend, stock bonus, or a stock split

  • Particular importance to an equity investor
  • IFRS: Presentation of (basic) EPS is required on the face of the income statement
126
Q

Dilution

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An increase in common stock outstanding -> Reduces the EPS of current stockholders

127
Q

Objective of financial reporting

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Provide users with information necessary to evaluate a firms financial position

128
Q

Objective of tax reporting

A

Determine taxable income and hence taxes payable

129
Q

Differences in financial and tax reporting

A

The differences in the two reporting systems create tax liabilities and prepaid taxes or deferred tax assets

  • Primary reason for differences: Different depreciation methods
130
Q

Balance Sheet Debt

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The liability amount reported does not equal the total cash outflow required to satisfy the debt

131
Q

Project Finance

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Debt that is repaid solely from the operations of a particular activity

132
Q

What does the issue of a bond “at par” mean?

A

The amount borrowed may differ from the face value

Only if the market rate of interest equals the coupon rate the amounts are the same and the bond is issued “at par”

133
Q

Bond covenants/Debt covenants

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Creditors use debt covenants in lending agreements to protect their interests by restricting activities of the debtor

If any covenant is violated the creditor can demand the repayment of the debt after the stated grace period

134
Q

Leasing

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Leasing allows the use of certain assets for specific periods and stipulated rental payments including some or all of the benefits and risks of ownership

  • Legally the lessor owns the entity and rents the asset to the lessee who can be treated as the economic owner
135
Q

Why do firms engage in leasing?

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  • Avoid reporting high debt levels and leverage ratios
  • Reduce the probability of technical default under restrictive covenants
136
Q

Classification of Leasing

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  • Capital Leasing
  • Operating Leasing
137
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Classification of Leasing: Capital Leasing

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Leases are classified as capital (vs. operating) if one of the following criteria hold:

  • The title is transferred to the lessee at the end of the lease period
  • A bargain purchase option exists
  • The lease period is at least 75% of the assets life
  • The present value of the lease payments is at least 90% of the fair value of the asset (using the minimum of the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate or the rate implicit in the lease)
138
Q

Classification of Leasing: Operating Leasing

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  • No entry in B/S is made
  • The rent expense is charged to income and cash flow from operations
  • Footnote disclosure of the lease payments for the next five years is required
139
Q

Take-or-pay and throughput arrangements

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  • Commitment to buy a minimum quantity of an input, usually raw material
  • Neither the asset nor any borrowings used to secure the commitment are recognized. However, they can be found in footnotes
140
Q

Financial Ratios

A

Financial analysis applies analytical tools to financial data to assess a company’s performance and trends

141
Q

Financial Ratios - Limitations of ratio analysis (3)

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  • Homogenity of a company’s operating activities
  • Use of alternative accounting methods
  • Judgement and interpretation by the analyst
142
Q

Benefits of Financial Ratios

A

Ratios are important in predicting stock returns and are an effective instrument in selecting investments and predicting financial distress

143
Q

For the evaluation of what facets of a company’s performance are Financial Ratios used? (5)

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  • Internal liquidity
  • External liquidity
  • Operating performance
  • Risk profile (business and financial)
  • Growth potential
144
Q

Objects to ratio analysis (5)

A
  • Stock valuation
  • Systematic risk measurement
  • Financial Ratios
  • Bond Ratings
  • Forecasting bankruptcy
145
Q

Activity Ratios (6)

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Activity ratios, asset utilization ratios, or operating efficiency ratios reflect the efficient management of working capital and long-term assets

  • Inventory Turnover
  • Receivable Turnover
  • Payables Turnover
  • Net working capital / Working capital turnover
  • Fixed Asset Turnover
  • Total Asset Turnover
146
Q

Activity Ratios - Inventory Turnover or Days of inventory at hand (DOH)

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Indicates the inventory management effectiveness

  • Inventory Turnover = CoGS/Avg. Inventory
  • DOH = 365/Inventory Turnover
146
Q

Activity Ratios - Receivable Turnover or days of sales outstanding (DSO)

A

Reflects how fast the company collects cash from customers

146
Q

Activity Ratios - Payables Turnover and number of days of payables

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Measures the number of days the company takes to pay its suppliers

146
Q

Activity Ratios - Net working capital

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Net working capital = Current assets - Current liabilities

147
Q

Activity Ratios - Working Capital Turnover

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Indicates how efficiently the company generates revenue with its working capital

  • Near zero or negative working capital render ratios incapable of interpretation

Net Sales/Avg. Working Capital

147
Q

Activity Ratios - Fixed Asset Turnover

A

Measures how efficiently the company generates revenues from its investment in fixed assets

Net Sales/Avg. net fixed assets

147
Q

Activity Ratios - Total asset turnover

A

Measures the company’s overall ability to generate revenues with a given level of assets

147
Q

Liquidity Ratios (5)

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  • Current Ratio
  • Quick Ratio
  • Cash Ratio
  • Defensive inverval ratio
  • Cash conversion cycle
147
Q

Liquidity Ratios - Current ratio

A

Indicates liquidity -> Implies inventories and accounts receivable to be liquid

Current Assets/Current Liabilities

147
Q

Liquidity Ratios - Quick ratio

A

Quick ratio is a more stringent/conservative measure of liquidity than the current ratio

(Cash+Marketable Securities+Receivables)/Current Liabilities

147
Q

Liquidity Ratios - Cash ratio

A

Reliable measure of liquidity even in crisis situation

  • Only highly marketable assets are included
  • The most stringent liquidity measure
147
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Liquidity Ratios - Defensive interval ratio

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Measures how long the company can continue to pay its expenses from its existing liquidity

(Cash+Marketable Securities + Receivables)/Daily cash expenditure)

147
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Liquidity Ratios - Cash conversion cycle (net operating cycle)

A

Indicates the time that elapses from the point when a company invests in working capital until cash is collected

DOH + DSO - Number of days payables

148
Q

Solvency

A

Solvency refers to the ability to fulfill long-term debt obligation

149
Q

Solvency Ratios (Debt Ratios) (4)

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  • Debt-to-asset ratio
  • Debt-to-capital ratio
  • Debt-to-equity ratio
  • Financial leverage ratio
150
Q

Solvency Ratios (Debt Ratios) - Debt-to-asset ratio

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Measures the percentage of total assets financed with debt

  • Higher debt means higher financial risk and thus weaker solvency

Total Debt/Total Assets

151
Q

Solvency Ratios (Debt Ratios) - Debt-to-capital ratio

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Measures the percentage of a company’s capital represented by debt

152
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Solvency Ratios (Debt Ratios) - Debt-to-equity ratio

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Measures the amount of debt relative to equity capital

  • Alternative definitions use market values

Total Debt/Shareholder’s Equity

153
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Solvency Ratios (Debt Ratios) - Financial leverage ratio (or simply leverage ratio)

A

measures the amount of total assets supported for each unit of equity

Avg. Total Assets/Avg. Total Equity

154
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Solvency Ratios (Coverage Ratios)

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  • Interest Coverage
  • Fixed Charge Coverage

-> Both ratios are often used by creditors to assess the risk connected to an investment
-> Maintenance of these two ratios are very common covenants

155
Q

Solvency Ratios (Coverage Ratios) - Interest Coverage

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Measures the number of times a company’s EBIT could cover its interest payments

  • It indicates the company’s ability to service its debt from operating earnings

EBIT/Interest Payments

156
Q

Solvency Ratios (Coverage Ratios) - Fixed Charge Coverage

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Measures the ability to cover fixed charges thus including leasing payments into the calculation

(wie Intest coverage nur mit zusätzlichem Lease)

(EBIT+Lease Payments)/(Interest+Lease Payments)

157
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Sales) (4)

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  • Operating Profit Margin
  • Net profit Margin or net income margin
  • Gross Profit Margin
  • Pretax Margin
158
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Sales) - Gross Profit Margin

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Indicates the percentage of revenue available to cover operating and other expenditures

  • Higher gross profit margin indicates a competitive advantage

Gross Profit/Revenue

159
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Sales) - Operating Profit Margin

A

Includes operating costs into the calculation (compared to Gross Profit Margin)

  • The margin should develop in line with gross margin else operating costs should be analyzed

Operating Income/Revenue

160
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Sales) - Pretax Margin

A

Also called earnings before tax

Reflects the effects on profitability of leverage and other non-operating items

EBT/Revenue

161
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Sales) - Net profit margin or net income

A

Calculated as revenue minus all expenses

  • Generally this ratio is to be adjusted for nonrecurring items
162
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Investment) (4)

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  • Return on Assets
  • Operating ROA
  • Return on Capital
  • Return on Equity
163
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Investment) - Return on assets

A

Measures the return earned by a company on its assets

  • Some analysts prefer to add back the tax adjusted interest expenses because assets are financed by equity or debt

NI/Avg. Total Assets

164
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Investment) - Operating ROA

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Corresponds to ROA but on a pre-interest and pretax basis

Operating Income or EBIT/Avg. Total Assets

165
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Investment) - Return on Total Capital

A

Measures the profit earned on all capital employed

EBIT/Avg. Total Capital

166
Q

Profitability Ratios (Return on Investment) - Return on equity

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Measures the return earned by a company on its equity capital, including minority interest, preferred equity, and common equity

NI/Avg. Total Equity

167
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DuPont System

A
  • Approach to decompose and analyze return on equity
  • It breaks down RoE into a function of different ratios, so an analyst can distinguish between different RoE drivers
  • If RoE is low, the company has at least a poor profit margin, a poor asset turnover, or is not leveraged
168
Q

Extended DuPont System

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Breaks the net profit margin down further

  • Net income is substituted by earnings before tax times tax retention rate
  • EBT is simply EBIT less interest expenses

->This version of the DuPont equation emphasizes that higher leverage does not always yield higher RoE.  As leverage rises so does the interest expansions

Financial Analysis (5 decks)

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