Financial Ratios Flashcards
Activity ratios
“Efficiency”: collecting accounts receivables, inventory turnover. How effectively assets or resources are being used
Inventory turnover Payables turnover Receivables turnover Days of sales outstanding Payables turnover Number of days of payables Working capital turnover Fixed asset turnover Total asset turnover
Liquidity ratios
Ability to meet short term obligations
Current ratio Quick ratio Cash ratio Defensive interval ratio Cash conversion cycle
Solvency ratios
Ability to meet long term obligations. Aka leverage ratios or LTD ratio
Debt to assets Debt to capital Debt to equity Financial leverage Interest coverage Fixed charge coverage
Profitability ratios
Ability to generate profit
Gross profit margin Operating profit margin Pre tax margin Net profit margin Operating ROA ROA Return on total capital ROE Return on common equity
Valuation ratios
Quality of an asset or flow, ie earnings, associated with ownership, ie per share
Inventory turnover
Cogs / average inventory
Days of inventory on hand (DOH)
365 / inventory turnover
Inventory turnover: COGS/ avg inventory
Receivables turnover
Revenue/ average accounts receivables
Days of sales outstanding (DSO)
365 / receivables turnover
Receivables turnover: revenue/ average accounts receivables
Payables turnover
Purchases / accounts payable
Purchases: COGS + ending inventory - beginning inventory
Purchases
COGS + ending inventory - beginning inventory
Number of days of payables
365 / payables turnover
Payables turnover: purchases / average accounts payable
Working capital
Current assets - current liabilities
Working capital turnover
Revenues / average working capital
high is better
Fixed asset turnover
Revenue/ net fixed assets
Current ratio
Current assets / current liabilities
Quick ratio
Cash + marketable securities + accounts receivables
/ current liabilities
Cash ratio
Cash + marketable securities
/ current liabilities
Defensive interval ratio
Cash + marketable securities + AR
/ Daily cash expense
Daily cash expense: ( sum expenses) - noncash/ 365
- higher is better
Cash conversion cycle
DOH + DSO - number of days payable
lower is better
Debt to assets
Total debt / total assets
Lower is better
Debt to capital
Total debt / total debt + sh.equity
Lower is better
Debt to equity
Total debt / total sh.equity
Lower is better
Financial leverage
Average total assets / average total equity
Higher is better