ANALYSIS AND INTEPRETATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Flashcards
It involves careful selection of data from financial statements in order to assess and evaluate the firmβs past performance, present condition, and future business potentials
Financial statement analysis
This analysis focuses on the relations among financial statements at a given point in time
Vertical analysis
It refers to how quickly an asset can be converted into cash. Companies need to continuously monitor the amount of liquid assets (current assets) relative to the amount they owe to short-term creditors (current liabilities), such as suppliers.
Liquidity Ratios
If a company has enough working capital, it assures that the company can pay its creditors in full and on time.
Net working
capital
It measures a rough estimate of the ability of the business to meet its currently maturing obligations; this ratio varies in great disparity from one industry to another
Current ratio
It is a more severe test of immediate
liquidity to meet currently maturing
obligations.
Quick ratio
(Acid-test ratio)
Formula of Net working capital
πΆπ’πππππ‘ ππ π ππ‘π β πΆπ’πππππ‘ ππππππππ‘πππ
Formula of Current Ratio
πΆπ’πππππ‘ ππ π ππ‘π
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πΆπ’πππππ‘ ππππππππ‘πππ
Formula of Quick ratio
ππ’πππ ππ π ππ‘π
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πΆπ’πππππ‘ ππππππππ‘ππ
or
πΆπ’πππππ‘ ππ π ππ‘π β πΌππ£πππ‘πππ¦ β ππππππ¦ππππ‘π
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πΆπ’πππππ‘ ππππππππ‘πππ
It measures the efficiency of collections. The higher the turnover, the better, as it would mean a greater number of times receivable is reinvested for more profit
Accounts receivable turnover
Formula of Accounts receivable turnover
πππ‘ ππππππ‘ π ππππ
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π΄π£πππππ πππππ’ππ‘π ππππππ£ππππ
It measures the average number of days to
collect a receivable. The shorter, the better.
Average collection period
or
Number of days in accounts receivable
Formula for Number of days in accounts receivable
365 πππ¦π
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π΄ππππ’ππ‘π ππππππ£ππππ π‘π’ππππ£ππ
Formula for Inventory turnover
πΆππ π‘ ππ πππππ π πππ
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π΄π£πππππ πππ£πππ‘πππ¦
Formula for Average collection period
Aπ£πππππ πππππ’ππ‘π ππππππ£ππππ
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π΄π£πππππ πππππ¦ π ππππ
It determines how fast the inventories are converted to sales. It indicates if a firm holds excessive inventories that are unproductive, which lessens the companyβs productivity.
Inventory turnover
It measures the average number of days that inventory is held before sale
Number of days in
inventory
Formula for Number of days in inventory
365 πππ¦π
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πΌππ£πππ‘πππ¦ π‘π’ππππ£ππ
or
π΄π£πππππ πππ£πππ‘πππ¦
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π΄π£πππππ πππππ¦ πππ π‘ ππ πππππ π πππ