AUD- Ratios Flashcards
Working Capital
Current assets – Current liabilities. This is a definition, not a ratio.
Current ratio
Current assets/Current liabilities
Quick ratio (acid-test ratio)
(Cash + Marketable securities + A/R)/Current liabilities
What do Liquidity Ratios Measure?
Measures of an entity’s short-term ability to meet its obligations.
List the Liquidity Ratios
Working Capital
Current ratio
Quick ratio
Current cash to debt ratio
List the Activity Ratios
Asset turnover
Receivable turnover
Inventory turnover
Number of days sales in inventory
List the Profitability Ratios
Profit margin on sales
Gross profit percentage
Rate of return on assets
Rate of return on common stockholders’ equity
Earnings per share
Price earnings ratio (P-E ratio)
List the Coverage Ratios
Debt to total assets ratio
Debt to equity ratio
Times interest earned
Cash to debt coverage ratio
What do Activity Ratios Measure?
Measures of an entity’s effectiveness putting its assets to use.
What do Profitability Ratios Measure?
Measures of an entity’s operating success (failure) for a period of time.
What do Coverage Ratios Measure?
Measures of the entity’s ability to meet its obligations over time (i.e., measures of long-term risk to creditors and the extent to which the entity has borrowed up to its available capacity).
Debt to total assets ratio
Total liabilities/Total assets
Debt to equity ratio
Total liabilities/Total stockholders’ equity
Times interest earned ratio
Income before interest expense and income taxes/Interest expense
Cash to debt coverage ratio
Net cash from operations/Average total liabilities