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what is Market Capitalization?
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market value of equity=to share price x number of shares outstanding

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what is Book Value of Equity ?

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net worth of the firm according to the balance sheet. the book value measures shareholders’ cumulative investment in the company

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Market Value Added?
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market capitalization - book value of equity

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Market to Book Ratio?

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ratio of market value to book value of equity

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what is Cost of Capital?

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what investors can earn by investing on their own

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what does Economic Value Added measure?

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measures the profit of a firm after deducting all costs including the cost of the capital

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EVA or residual i8ncome is a better measure..?

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of a company performance than accounting profits

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what does EVA recognize?

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that a firm creates value only if it can earn more than its cost of capital

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how do we calculate EVA?
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net income + after tax net finance expense - (cost of capital x total capitalization)

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what is Net Operating Profit after Taxes(NOPAT)?

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the sum of net income and after tax net finance (or interest) expense. it is what the company would earn if it had no debt

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how do we calculate Return on Capital?
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NOPAT / total capitalization

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how do we calculate Return on Assets?
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NOPAT / total assets

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how do we calculate Return on Equity ?
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net income / equity

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14
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what are some problems with EVA and Accounting Rates of Return ?

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  • based on book values for assets, debt, and equity are not market values
  • not all assets appear on the balance sheet
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what are Efficiency Ratios?

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they measure how efficiently a company uses its many types of assets

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16
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how do we calculate Asset Turnover?
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total revenues or total sales / total assets at start of year

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17
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how do we calculate Inventory Turnover ?
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cost of sales / average inventories

18
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how do we claulcate Average Days in Inventories ?
formula

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average inventories / cost of sales (/365)

19
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how do we calculate Receivables Turnover ?
formula

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revenues / average trade receivables

20
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how do we calculate Average Collection Period ?
formula

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average trade receivables / average daily revenues

21
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what does the success of a company depend on?

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it depends not only on the volume of sales but not how much profit is generated from those sales

22
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how do we calculate Profit Margin ?
formula

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net income or earnings / revenues

23
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how do we calculate Operating Profit Margin ?
formula

A

NOPAT / revenues

24
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what is the DuPont Formula ?

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some profitability of efficiency ratios can be linked in useful ways. a breakdown of ROA into the product of turnover and margin

25
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what are Leverage Ratios?

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they measure how much financial LEVERAGE (FIXED OBLIGATION) the firm has taken on

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how do we claulcuate Long-term Debt Ratio?
formula

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long term debt or non-current liabilities / total assets

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how do we calculate Longterm debt-to-equtiy ratio?
formula

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long term debt / total equity

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how do we calculate Total Debt Ratio ?
formula

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tota debt / total assets

29
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how do we calculate Times Interest Earned (TIE)?
formula

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EBIT or operating income / interest expense

30
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how do we calculate Cash Coverage Ratio?
formula

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EBIT + depreciation and amortization / interest expense

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how do we calculate EBITDA?
formula

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EBIT + depreciation and amortization

32
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what is Liquidity ?

A

access to cash or assets that can be turned into cash on short notice

33
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how do we calculate Net Working Capital ?
formula

A

current assets - current liabilities

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how do we calculate Current Ratio?
formula

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current assets / current liabilities

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Quick (Acid-Test) Ratio?
formula

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quick assets / current liabilities

36
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Cash Ratio?
formula

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cash and cash equivalents / current liabilities

37
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how do we interpret financial ratios?

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  • compare to a natural benchmark
  • compare to industry ratios and averages
  • compare to principal competitors
  • compare over time-trend
38
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what are the Roles of Financnial Ratios?

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  • provide a bird’s eye view of the performance of a firm
  • do not tell the whole story
  • transparency
39
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why are Return on Capital and Return on Assets better measures of operating performance ?

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they use net operating profit after taxes

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