LM 10: Financial Analysis Techniques Flashcards
What is the difference between a vertical analysis & horizontal analysis of a balance sheet?
vertical analysis: only one reporting period, dividing all items percentage of total assets
horizontal analysis involves multiple time periods or companies. focuses on the percentage increase or decrease in each item.
What is the vertical analysis of the income statement?
vertical analysis: percentage revenue or total assets
What is cross-sectional analysis & another name for it?
Cross-sectional analysis (aka relative analysis) compares a specific metric of one company to another (P/E ratios or multipler)
What are the 3 techniques in model building and forecasting? SSS
- sensitivity analysis
- scenario analysis
- simulation analysis
What is sensitivity analysis?
A what-if technique that shows range of possible outcomes given different assumptions (inputs)
What is scenario analysis?
models market conditions that put pressure on a portfolio
What is simulation?
computer model to run sensitivity and scenario analysis and generates forecasts based on probability of each outcome.
What are the 5 types of financial ratios?ALSPV
- Activity ratios
- Liquidity ratios
- Solvency ratios
- Profitability ratios
- Valuation Ratios
What are activity ratios?
measure the efficiency of a company’s operations
What are the 9 activity ratios? IDRDPNWFT
- Inventory turnover
- Days of inventory on hand (DOH)
- Receivables turnover
- Days of sales outstanding (DSO)
- Payables turnover
- Number of days payables
- Working capital turnover
- Fixed asset turnover
- Total asset turnover
What is inventory turnover formula and use?
measure of how many times the inventory is sold and replaced over a given period.
cost of goods sold/ average inventory
What is days of inventory on hand (DOH) formula and use?
measurement of how many days it takes a business to sell through their stock of inventory.
number of days in period/ inventory turnover
inventory / (COGS/ 365)
What is receivables turnover formula and use?
measures the number of times a company collects its average accounts receivable balance
revenue / average receivables
What is days sales outstanding (DSO) formula and use?
measures the average number of days it takes a business to receive payment for goods and services purchased on credit
number of days in period / receivables turnover
accounts receivable/ (sales/365)
What is payables turnover formula and use?
measures the rate at which a company pays off its suppliers.
credit purchases / average accounts payables
What is number of days payable formula and use?
measure number of days it take for company to pay off its suppliers
number of days in period / payables turnover
accounts payable / (COGS/365)
What is working capital turnover formula and use?
measures how effective a business is at generating revenue for every dollar of working capital put to use.
revenue /average working capital
What is fixed asset turnover formula and use?
measures how efficient a company is at generating sales from its existing fixed assets.
revenue / average net fixed assets
What is total asset turnover formula and use?
measures the efficiency with which a company uses its assets to produce sales.
revenue / average total assets
What are liquidity ratios?
measure company ability to meet short term obligations
What are the 5 liquidity ratios? CQCDC
- Current ratio
- Quick ratio
- Cash ratio
- Defensive interval ratio
- Cash conversion cycle
What is the current ratio formula and use?
measures a company’s ability to pay short-term obligations
current assets / current liabilities
What is quick ratio formula and use?
measures company’s ability to convert liquid assets into cash to pay for short-tern expenses and whether emergencies
(cash + short-term marketable securities + receivables) / current liabilities.
What is cash ratio formula and use?
measure company’s ability to cover its short-term obligations using only cash and cash equivalents
(cash + short-term marketable securities) / current liabilities.
What is the defensive-interval ratio formula and use?
estimates the number of days that a company can continue operating using only its liquid assets
(short term, cash + marketable securities + receivables) / daily cash expenditures
What is cash conversion cycle formula and use?
measures how many days it takes a company to convert the cash it spends on inventory back into cash by selling its product.
days of inventory on hand (DOH) + days sales outstanding (DSO) - number of days of payables
What are solvency ratios?
measure company ability to meet long-term obligations
What are the 2 types of solvency ratios? DC
- debt ratios
- coverage ratios
What are the 5 debt ratios? DDDFD
- debt to assets ratio
- debt to capital ratio
- debt to equity ratio
- financial leverage
- debt to EBITDA
What is the debt to assets ratio and use?
total amount of debt a company has relative to its assets
total debt / total assets
What is the debt to capital ratio and use?
measurement of a company’s financial leverage
total debt/ (total debt + total shareholders equity)
What is debt to equity ratio formula and use?
tells you how much debt you have per $1 of equity
total debt / total shareholders equity
What is financial leverage formula and use?
measures amount of debt a company is taking to finance and grow its business
average total assets / average total equity
What is debt to EBITDA formula and use?
measuring the amount of income generated and available to pay down debt before covering interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses.
total debt / EBITDA