FR&A Analysis Techniques Flashcards

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Activity Ratios

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Ratios that measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such as the collection of receivables and management of inventory

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Asset Utilization Ratios

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Ratios that measure how efficiently a comparing performs day to day tasks such as the collection or receivables and the management of inventory in the

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Basic EPS

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Net earnings available to common shareholders (net income - preferred dividends) divided by the weighted average of shares outstanding

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Cash conversion cycle

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DOH + DOS - Days in Payables

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Credit Analysis

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The evaluation of credit risk; the evaluation of the creditworthiness of a borrower or counterparty

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Credit risk

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The risk of loss caused by a counterparties or debtors failure to make a promised payment

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Debt to Assets Ratio

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A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total assets

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Debt to capital ratio

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A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by capital (debt + oe)

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Debt to Equity Ratio

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A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by shareholders equity

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Defensive interval ratio

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Liquidity ratio that estimates say an entity could meet cash needs. Cash + Marketable securities + receivables/ divided by daily cash expense

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Dividend Payout Ratio

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The ratio of cash dividends paid to earnings for a given period

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DuPont Analysis

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Decomposing ROE as the product of other financial ratios

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Financial Leverage

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Operating income / Debt

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Financial Leverage Ratio

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Avg Total assets/ average total equity

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Fixed charge coverage

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Solvency ratio: EBIT + lease payments / interest payments + lease payments

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Gross profit margin

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The ratio of gross profit to revenues

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Horizontal Analysis

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Common size analysis that involves comparing a specific financial statement with that statement in prior or future time periods; also cross-sectional analysis between companies

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Interest coverage

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Solvency ratio; EBIT/ interest payments

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Liquidity Ratios

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Financial ratios measuring the company’s ability to meet its short term obligations

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Net profit margin

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Net income / revenue

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Operating efficiency ratios

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Ratios that measure how efficiently a company performs day to days tasks, such as the collection of receivables and management of inventory

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Operating Leverage

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The use of fixed cost in operations

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Operating profit margin

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A profitability ratio calculated as operating income (income before interest and taxes ) divided by revenue

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Pretax margin

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A profitability ratio calculated as EBT/ revenue

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Price to Book value

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A valuation ratio calculated as price per share divided by book value per share

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Price to cash flow

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Price per share / cash flow per share

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Price to earnings ratio

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Valuation ratio: price per share / earnings per share

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Price to sales

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A valuation ratio calculated as price per share divide by sales per share

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Profitability ratio

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Ratios that measure a companies ability to generate profitable sales from its resources (assets)

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ROA

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Net income / average total assets

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ROE

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Net income / average equity

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Return on total capital

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EBIT / sum of short/long term debt and equity

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Solvency

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The ability of a company to fulfill its long term obligations.

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Solvency ratios

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Ratios that measure a companies ability to meet its long term obligations

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Sustainable growth rate

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The rate of dividend (and earnings) growth that can be sustained over time for a given level of ROE, keeping the capital structure constant without issuing common stock

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Valuation ratios

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Ratios that measure the quantity of an asset or flow (earnings) in relation to the price associated with a specific claim

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Vertical analysis

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Period analysis using only one reporting period or base statement; for ex an income statement in which all items are stated as a percentage of sales

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Working capital

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CA-CL