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Chapter 16 Ratios Flashcards

1
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What are the Liquidity Ratios?

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1) Working Capital
2) Current Ratio
3) Acid-Test Ratio

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What is the formula for Working Capital?

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Current Assets- Current Liabilities

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What is the significance of the working capital ratio?

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Measures the company’s ability to repay current liabilities using only current assets.

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4
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What is the formula for current ratio?

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Current Assets/Current Liabilities

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What is the significance of current ratio?

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Test of short-term debt-paying ability.

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What is the formula for the acid-test ratio?

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(Cash + Market Securities + Accounts Receivable)/Current Liabilities

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What is the significance of the acid-test ratio?

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Test of short-term debt-paying ability without having to rely on inventory.

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What are the Asset Management Ratios?

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1) Accounts Receivable Turnover
2) Average Collection Period
3) Inventory Turnover
4) Average Sale Period
5) Operating Cycle
6) Total Asset Turnover

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9
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What is the formula for the accounts receivable turnover?

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Sales on Account/Average Accounts Receivable Balance

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What is the significance of the accounts receivable turnover?

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Measures how many times a company’s accounts receivable have been turned into cash during the year.

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11
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What is the formula for the average collection period?

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365 Days/Accounts Receivable Turnover

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What is the significance of the average collection period?

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Measures the average number of days taken to collect an accounts receivable.

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13
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What is the formula for inventory turnover?

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Cost of Goods Sold/Average Inventory Balance

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What is the significance of inventory turnover?

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Measures how many times a company’s inventory has been sold during the year.

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What is the formula for the average sale period?

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365 Days/Inventory Turnover

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What is the significance of inventory turnover?

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Measures the average number of days taken to sell the inventory one time.

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What is the operating cycle formula?

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Average Sale Period + Average Collection Period

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What is the significance of the operating cycle?

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Measures the elapsed time from when inventory is received from suppliers to when cash is received from customers.

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19
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What is the formula for total asset turnover?

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Sales/Average Total Assets

20
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What is the significance of the total assets turnover?

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Measures how efficiently assets are being used to generate sales.

21
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What are the Debt Management Ratios?

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1) Times Interest Earned Ratio
2) Debt-to-Equity Ratio
3) Equity Multiplier

22
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What is the formula for the times interest earned ratio?

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Earnings before interest expense and income taxes/Interest expense

23
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What is the significance of the times interest earned ratio?

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Measures the company’s ability to make interest payments.

24
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What is the formula for the debt-to-equity ratio?

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Total Liabilities/Stockholder’s Equity

25
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What is the significance of the debt-to-equity ratio?

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Measures the amount of assets being provided by creditors for each dollar of assets being provided by the stockholders.

26
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What is the formula for the equity multiplier?

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Average Total Assets/Average Stockholder’s Equity

27
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What is the significance of the equity multiplier?

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Measures the portion of a company’s assets funded by equity.

28
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What are the Profitability Ratios?

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1) Gross Margin Percentage
2) Net Profit Margin Percentage
3) Return on Total Assets
4) Return on Equity

29
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What is the formula for the gross margin percentage?

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Gross Margin/Sales

30
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What is the significance of the gross margin percentage?

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Measuers profitablity before selling and administrative expenses.

31
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What is the formula for the net profit margin percentage?

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Net Income/Sales

32
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What is the significance of the net profit margin percentage?

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A broad measure of profitability.

33
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What is the formula for return on total assets?

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(Net Income + [Interest Expense x (1- Tax Rate)])/Average Total Assets

34
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What is the significance on the return on total assets?

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Measures how well assets have been employed by management.

35
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What is the formula for return on equity?

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Net Income/Average Stockholders’ Equity

36
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What is the significance of the return on equity?

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When compared to the return on total assets, measures the extent to which financial leverage is working for or against common stockholders.

37
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What are the Market Performance Ratios?

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1) Earnings per Share
2) Price-Earnings Ratio
3) Dividend Payout Ratio
4) Dividend Yield Ratio
5) Book Value Per Share

38
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What is the formula for Earnings Per Share?

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Net Income/Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding

39
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What is the significance of the earnings per share?

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Affects the market price per share, as reflected int he price-earnings ratio.

40
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What is the formula for the price-earnings ratio?

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Market price per share/Earnings per share.

41
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What is the significance of the price-earnings ratio?

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An index of whether a stock is relatively cheap or relatively expensive in relation to current earnings.

42
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What is the formula for the dividend payout ratio?

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Dividends per share/Earnings per share.

43
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What is the significance of the dividend payout ratio?

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An index showing whether a company pays out most of its earnings in dividends or reinvests the earnings internally.

44
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What is the formula for the dividend yield ratio?

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Dividends per share/Market Price per Share

45
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What is the significance of the dividend yield ratio?

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Shows the return in terms of cash dividends being provided by a stock.

46
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What is the formula for Book Value per Share

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Total Stockholders’ Equity/Number of Common Shares Outstanding

47
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What is the significance of the book value per share?

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Measures the amount that would be distributed to common stockholders if all assets were sold at their balance sheet carrying amounts and if all creditors were paid off.

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