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Chapter 14 - financial statement analysis Flashcards

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income statement

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shows a firm’s revenues and expenses during a specified period

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classes of expenses

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  • Cost of goods sold: the direct cost attributable to producing the product sold by the firm
  • SG&A: corresponds to overhead expenses, salaries, advertising, and other costs of operating the firm that is not directly attributable to production
  • Interest expense on the firm’s debt
  • Taxes owed to federal and local governments
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operating income

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difference between operating revenues and operating expenses

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other income (expenses)

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from other, primarily nonrecurring, sources is then added (subtracted) to obtain earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

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EBIT

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Measures profitability abstracting from the interest burden attributable to debt financing and taxes

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common size IS

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all items are expressed as a percentage of total revenue

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economic earnings

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The real flow of cash that a firm could pay out without impairing its productive capacity

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accounting earnings

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  • Earnings of a firm as reported on its income statement
  • Affected by several conventions regarding the valuation of assets such as inventories (LIFO vs. FIFO) and by the way some expenditures sich as capital investments are recognized over time (depreciation expenses)
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balance sheet

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An accounting statement of a firm’s financial position at a particular time

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fundamental accounting equation

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Assets = Liabilities + Equity

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assets

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items that will bring future financial benefits

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current assets

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cash and other items sich as AR or inventories that will be converted into cahs within one year

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Long-term (fixed) assets

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  • Tangible fixed assets: items such as property, plant, or equipment
  • Intangible assets: hard to value
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Goodwill

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when one firm purchases another for a premium over its BV

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liabilities

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financial obligations

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current liabilities

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accounts payable and debts due within one year

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shareholder’s equity

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  • different between total assets and total liabilities
  • Net worth or book value
  • Divided into par value of stock, capital surplus (additional paid-in capital), and retained earnings
  • Par value + capital surplus represents the proceeds realized from the sale of the stock tp the public
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treasury stock

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Stock that has been repurchased by the company and is held in its treasury

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issued shares

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Shares that have been issued by the company

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outstanding shares

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Shares that have been issued by the company and are held by investors

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cash flow statement

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shows a firm’s cash receipts and cash payments during a specified period

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cash flow from operations

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  • Starts with net income, adjusts for non-cash items, and changes in working capital
  • Adds back depreciation expense
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cash flow from investing

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Investments in the assets necessary for the firm to maintain or enhance its productive capacity

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cash flow from financing

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issuance/redemption of outstanding securities or debt
- dividends

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Financial manager responsibilities

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  • Investment (capital budgeting) decisions: pertain to the firm’s use of capital
  • financing decisions: firm’s sources of capital
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Investment (capital budgeting) decisions

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  • pertain to the firm’s use of capital

Profitability of projects?
- ROA, ROE, ROC, economic value added
- Turnover ratios
- Profit margins

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financial decisions

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  • firm’s sources of capital
  • Debt ratios, coverage ratios
  • Current, quick, and cash ratios
  • NWC
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return on assets (ROA)

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  • Earnings before interest and taxes divided by total assets
  • ROA = EBIT / TA
  • Operating income / TA
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return on invested capital (ROIC)

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  • EBIT divided by long-term capital
  • ROC = EBIT / long-term capital
  • Operating earnings per dollar of long-term capital
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long-term capital

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shareholder’s equity + long-term debt

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return on equity (ROE)

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  • The ratio of net profits to common equity
  • ROE = NI / shareholder’s equity
  • NI realized by shareholders per dollar they have invested in the firm
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what does debt/equity mix affect

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ROE

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ROE, ROA relationship

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ROE = (1-tax rate) x [ROA+(ROA-interest rate)x(debt/equity)]

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If ROA exceeds borrowing rate…

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  • the firm earns more in its investments than it pays out to creditors
  • Surplus earnings are available to the equityholders, which increases ROE
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If ROA is less than the interest rate paid on debt…

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then ROE will decline by an amount that depends on the debt/equity ratio

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Economic value added (residual income)

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  • A measure of the dollar value of a firm’s return in excess of its opportunity cost
  • (ROC - CoC) x capital invested in the firm
  • Plowing back funds into the firm increases share value only if the firm earns a higher RoR on those funds than the opportunity cost of capital
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opportunity CoC

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market capitalization rate

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DuPont system

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Decomposition of profitability measures into component ratios

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ROE (decomposed) =

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(NI/equity) = (NI/pretax profit) x (pretax profit/EBIT) x (EBIT/sales) x (sales/assets) x (assets/equity)

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Operating profits margin (return on sales)

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ratio of operating profits per dollar of sales, (EBIT/sales)

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asset turnover (ATO)

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The annual sales generated by each dollar of assets, (sales/assets)

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Tax burden ratio

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NI/pretax profit

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what ratios do not depend on leverage

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  • operating profit margin
  • asset turnover
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what ratios are not affected by capital structure?

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  • tax burden ratio
  • operating profit margin
  • asset turnover
45
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what ratios are affected by capital structure?

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  • interest burden ratio
  • leverage ratio
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interest-burden ratio

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  • Pretax profits/EBIT = (EBIT-interest expense)/EBIT
  • Higher the financial leverage, the lower the IB raito
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interest coverage ratio (times interest earned)

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  • A financial leverage measure arrived at by dividing EBIT by interest expense
  • Interest coverage = EBIT/interest expense
  • High coverage ratio indicates that annual earnings are significantly greater than annual interest obligations
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leverage ratio

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Measure of debt financing, (assets/equity)

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compound leverage factor

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interest burden x leverage ratio

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inventory turnover ratio

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COGS/average inventory

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days sales in receivables (average collection period)

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  • Accounts receivable per dollar of daily sales
    Average level of AR expressed as a multiple of daily sales
  • (Average AR/sales) x 365
  • Number of days’ worth of sales tied up in AR
  • Average leg between the date of sale and the date payment is received
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liquidity

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The ability to convert assets into cash at short notice

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current ratio

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  • Current assets/current liabilities
  • Ability to pay off CL by liquidating in CA
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Quick (acid test) ratio

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  • A measure of liquidity similar to the current ratio except for exclusion of inventories
  • (cash + marketable securities + receivables) / CL
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cash ratio

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  • Ratio of cash and marketable securities to current liabilities
  • Cash ratio = (cash + marketable securities) / CL
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Market-to-book-value ratio (P/B)

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Market price / book value per share

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price/earnings ratio (P/E)

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  • ratio of a stock’s price to its earnings per share
  • How much the market is willing to pay for a dollar of earnings
  • Market views the firm as having attractive growth opportunities
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ROE =

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= earnings/BV = (market price/BV) / (market price/earnings)

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comparability problems

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GAAP manipulability, inflation, capitalization of leases and other expenses, treatment of pension costs, and allowances for reserves

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LIFO

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  • last-in, first-out accounting method of valuing inventories
  • If costs rise, accurately measures the COGS today, but underestimates the current value of the remaining inventory
  • Lower reported profit and balance sheet value of inventories
  • Lower estimate of TA and BV of equity
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FIFO

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  • first-in, first-out accounting method of valuing inventories
  • More realistic estimate of economic earnings (real sustainable CF) because of up-to-date prices for COGS
  • Induces BS distortions when it values investment in inventories at original cost
  • Investment base in which return is earned is undervalued, during inflation
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economic depreciation

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amount the firm must reinvest to sustain its real CF at the current level

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accounting depreciation

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  • portion of the original acquisition cost of an asset that is allocated to each period over an arbitrarily specified life of the asset
  • Reported in financial earnings
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depreciation for tax vs reporting

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  • tax purposes: currently allows the entire investment to be written off immediately
  • reporting purposes: firms are more likely to depreciate an investment smoothly over some assumed lifetime, using SL depreciation
  • Most firms use accelerated depreciation for tax purposes and SL depreciation in financial statements
  • Because conventional depreciation is based on the historical cost, measured depreciation in periods of inflation is understated relative to replacement cost, and real economic income is correspondingly overstated
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inflation and interest expense

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  • Nominal interest rates include an inflation premium that compensates the lender for inflation-induced erosion in the real value of principal
  • Mismeasurement of real interest means that inflation results in an understatement of real income
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Fair value accounting (mark-to-market)

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Use of current market values rather than historic cost in the firm’s financial statements

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Allowance for bad debt

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  • Most firms sell goods using trade credit and must make an allowance for bad debt
  • Unrealistically low allowance overstates the payments the firm is likely to receive and therefor reduces the quality of reported earnings
  • Rising average collection period on AR could be evidence of potential problems with future collections
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nonrecurring items

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  • Some items that affect earnings should not be expected to recur regularly
  • Asset sales, effects of accounting changes, interest rate movements, or unusual investment income
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earnings smoothing

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E.x. “Releasing” earnings by reversing transactions and thereby creating the appearance of steady earnings growth

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revenue recognition

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  • GAAP accounting allows firms to recognize a sale before it is paid
  • Sometimes it can be hard to know when to recognize
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how can you detect the quality of earnings using AR?

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If AR increases faster than sales, or becomes a larger % of total assets, beware of these practices

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contingent liabilities

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might have to pay in the future

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differences in international reserving practices

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  • Some countries allow firms considerably more discretion in setting aside reserves for future contingencies than the US
  • Additions to reserves result in a charge against income, so reported earnings are subject to managerial discretion
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differences in international depreciation practices

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  • In the US, firms typically have separate accounts for tax and reporting purposes
  • Accelerated depreciation for tax, Sl depreciation for reporting
  • Most other countries do not allow dual sets of accounts
  • And use accelerated depreciation which results in lower reported earnings
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International financial reporting standards (IFRS)

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A principles-based set of accounting rules adopted by about 100 countries around the world, including the European Union

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“Principles-based”

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general approaches for the preparation of financial statements

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