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Financial Analysis Techniques Flashcards

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1
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Ratio Analysis

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Express relationships among data that can be used for internal comparison across firms

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Limitations of Ratios

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  • Financial ratios are not useful when viewed in isolation
  • Comparisons with other companies can be difficult when companies use different accounting methods
  • When companies operate in multiple industries, it is difficult to find a ratio that is comparable between industries
  • Conclusions cannot be made using a single ratio
  • Determining the target value of comparison for a ratio is difficult
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Common size statements

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normalize balance sheets and income statements and allow the analyst to more easily compare performance across firms and for a single firm over time.

  • vertical - expresses all BS accounts as a percentage of total assets
  • horizontal - expresses all IS items as a percentage of sales.
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Vertical common-size income statement ratios

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Income statement account / sales

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Horizontal common-size balance sheet ratios

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balance sheet account / total assets

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Activity Ratios

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Asset utilization or turnover ratios. They give indications of how well a firm utilizes various assets such as inventory and fixed assets

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Liquidity ratios

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Look at the ability to pay ST obligations as they come due

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Solvency ratios

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gives the analyst information on the firm’s financial leverage and ability to meet its longer-term obligations.

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Profitability ratios

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provide information on how well a company generates operating profits and net profits from its sales.

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Valuation ratios

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Compare the relative valuation of companies,

i.e. sales per share, earnings per share, and price to cash flow.

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Receivables Turnover

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= annual sales / average receivables

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Days of sales outstanding

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=365 / receivables turnover

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Inventory Turnover

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= COGS / Average Inventory

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Days of Inventory on Hand

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=365 / inventory turnover

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Payables Turnover

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=Purchases / average trade payables

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Number of Days Payable

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365 / payables turnover ratio

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Total Asset Turnover

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= revenue / average total assets

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Fixed Asset Turnover

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= revenue / average net fixed assets

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Working Capital Turnover

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=revenue / average working capital

  • working capital = current assets -current liabilities
    How the firm is using working capital in terms of dollars of sales per dollar of working capital.
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Current Ratio

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= Current Assets / Current Liabilities

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Quick Ratio

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= (Cash + marketable securities + receivables) / current liabilities

  • Does not include inventories and other assets that are not as liquid
22
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Cash Ratio

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=(Cash + marketable securities) / current liabilities

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Defensive Interval ratio

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  • indicates the number of days of average cash expenditures the firm could pay with its current liquid assets.
    = (cash + marketable securities + receivables) / average daily expenses

– here expenses are SG&A, COGS, and R&D

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Cash Conversion Cycle

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The length of time it takes to turn the firm’s cash investment in inventory back into cash.

= days of sales outstanding + days of inventory on hand - number of days payable

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Debt-to-equity ratio

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= total debt / total shareholders’ equity

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Debt-to-Capital ratio

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= total debt / (total debt + total shareholders’ equity)

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Debt-to-assets

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= total debt / total assets

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Financial Leverage

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= average total assets / average total equity

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Interest Coverage

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= EBIT / interest payments

30
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Fixed Charge Coverage

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= (EBIT + lease payments) / (interest payments + lease payments)

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Net Profit Margin

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= net income / revenue

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Gross Profits

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= net sales - COGS

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Operating Profits

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EBIT

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Net Income

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Earnings after Taxes (EAT), but before dividends

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Total Capital

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LT debt + ST debt + Common and preferred equity

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Total Capital

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Total Assets

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Gross Profit Margin

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Gross Profit / Revenue

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Operating Profit Margin

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Operating Income / Revenue
OR
EBIT / Revenue

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Pretax Margin

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= EBT / Revenue

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Return on Assets (ROA)

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= net income / average total assets

= (net income + interest expense(1 - tax rate))/ average total assets

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Operating Return on Assets

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Operating Income / average total assets

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Return of Total Capital (ROTC)

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= EBIT / average total capital

43
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Return on Equity (ROE)

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Net income / average total equity

44
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Return on Common Equity

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= (net income - preferred dividends) / average common equity

= net income available to common / average common equity

45
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DuPont system of analysis

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ROE = (Net income / Revenue)(Revenue/Avg. Total Assets)( Average Total Assets/Equity)
= Net Profit Margin * Asset Turnover * Leverage Ratio

  • A way to decompose ROE, and see what is changes are driving change in ROE
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Extended DuPont Analysis System

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ROE = (net income / EBT) (EBT/EBIT)(EBIT/Revenue)(revenue/avg. assets)(average assets / average equity)
= (tax burden)(interest burden)(EBIT margin)(asset turnover)(financial leverage)

47
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Sustainable growth rate (g)

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= RR * ROE

RR = retention rate
ROE = Return on Equity
48
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Retention Rate (RR)

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= (net income available to common - dividends declared)/(net income available to common)
= 1 - dividend payout ratio

49
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Dividend Payout Ratio

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= dividends declared / net income available to common

CFA Level 1 - Quantitative Methods (29 decks)

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