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
Formula for Fixed assets turnover
πππ‘ πππππ
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π΄π£πππππ πππ‘ πππ₯ππ ππ π ππ‘π
It measures the level of use of fixed assets
such as property, plant, and equipment to
generate sales.
Fixed assets turnover
It measures the ability of the business to use debt in maximizing the shareholderβs value.
Solvency Ratios or Financial Leverage
It measures the effectiveness of asset
utilization and determines the number of
times investments in assets are used to
generate sales.
Total assets turnover
Formula for Total assets turnover
πππ‘ πππππ
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π΄π£πππππ π‘ππ‘ππ ππ π ππ‘π
It measures the use of debt to finance operations and provides a measure of relative amount of resources contributed by the creditors and owners.
Debt-to-equity ratio
Formula for Debt-to-equity ratio
πππ‘ππ ππππππππ‘πππ
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πππ‘ππ π π‘πππβππππππ β²πππ’ππ‘π¦
It measures the relative share of creditors over the total resources of the firm
Debt ratio
or
Debt-to-assets ratio
Formula for
Debt ratio
or
Debt-to-assets ratio
πππ‘ππ ππππππππ‘πππ
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πππ‘ππ ππ π ππ‘π
1 β πΈππ’ππ‘π¦ πππ‘ππ
It measures the amount of resources
provided by the owners of the firm.
Equity ratio
Formula for Equity ratio
πππ‘ππ π π‘πππβππππππ β²πππ’ππ‘π¦
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πππ‘ππ ππ π ππ‘π
1 β π·πππ‘ πππ‘ππ
the income from operations before deducting interest and taxes
Times-interest- earned (TIE) or interest coverage ratio
a measure of operating effectiveness. It measures the ability of the business to recover long-term investments from money generated by its normal operating activities. It also measures earnings in relation to some base such as assets, sales, or capital.
Profitability Ratios
It measures net profit percentage per peso sales.it is the peso value of the net income earned for every
pesos of sales.
Profit margin on sales / Return on sales
(ROS)
It measures the gross profit
percentage on sales to recover
operating expenses.
Gross Profit ratio
t measures the proportion of the
cost of goods sold to sales.
Cost ratio
It measures the overall asset
profitability and indicates how the
management has employed
effective assets to produce income
Return on investment (ROI)
/
Return on assets (ROA