Unit 4 Flashcards

1
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Comparing a firm’s ratios across time

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Trend Analysis

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2
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Comparing a firm’s financial ratios to other firms’ ratios or industry averages.

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Cross-sectional Analysis

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3
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Firms whose performance varies according to the season

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Seasonal Firms

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4
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A category of ratios that measure a firm’s ability to meet short-term obligations

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Liquidity Ratios

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5
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A category of ratios that measure how well a company uses its assets to generate sales or cash, showing the firm’s operational efficiency and profitability.

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Activity Ratios

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6
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A category of ratios that consider how a firm is financed.

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Leverage Ratios

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7
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A category of ratios that are commonly used to directly judge how well management is doing as they strive to maximize owner wealth

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Profitability Ratios

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8
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A category of ratios that are used to evaluate the current share price of a public firm’s stock

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Market Ratios

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9
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A liquidity ratios found by current assets less inventory, divided by current liabilities; also called the acid-test ratio

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Quick Ratio

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10
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The percentage of sales remaining after all costs have been deducted from a company’s total sales; indicates the profit earned by the firm

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Net Margin

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11
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An expanded formula of the return of equity, net margin times total asset turnover times leverage multiplier, which represent the components of profitability, activity (efficiency), and financing.

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DuPont Framework

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12
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Another name for debt or liability

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Leverage

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13
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Increased volatility in earnings as a result of using debt

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Financial Risk

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14
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The process of completing a financial analysis to compare a firm’s financial performance to that of other similar firms.

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Benchmarking

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15
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A feature of preferred stock specifying that if a company skips payment of a preferred stock dividend one year, it is still required to pay that dividend sometime in the future before paying any common dividends.

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Cumulative

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16
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The percent of net income distributed to the shareholders.

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Payout Ratio

17
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The percent of net income retained in the firm; also called the retention ratio.

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Plowback Ratio

18
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The percent of net income retained in the firm; also called the plowback ratio

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Retention Ratio

19
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measures how many times accounts receivable are “rolled over” during a year.

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Accounts Receivable Turnover

20
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measures the number of days it takes the firm to collect its receivables.

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Average Collection Period

21
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measures how many times the company turns over its inventory during the year.

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Inventory Turnover

22
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represents the total sales generated per dollar invested in the firm’s assets.

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Total Asset Turnover

23
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measures firm’s efficiency in utilizing its fixed assets (such as property, plant, and equipment).

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Fixed Asset Turnover

24
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is the summary measure of operating efficiency, which considers both the management’s success in controlling expenses, contributing to profit margins, and its efficient use of assets to generate sales.

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Operating Income Return on Investment

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measures the proportion of the firm’s assets that are financed by borrowing or debt financing.
Debt ratio
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shows the proportion of debt financing relative to equity financing.
Debt-to-Equity ratio
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measures the ability of the firm to service its debt or repay the interest on debt.
Times Interest Earned Ratio
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represents bottom-line earnings as a percentage of all assets utilized in the firm.
Return on Assets
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shows how much the firm earned as a percentage of each dollar of equity invested in the business.
Return on Equity
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shows how well the firm’s management controls its direct expenses to generate profits.
Gross Margin
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measures how much profit is generated from each dollar of sales after accounting for both costs of goods sold and operating expenses.
Operating Margin
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measures how much income is generated from each dollar of sales after adjusting for all expenses (including income taxes).
Net (Profit) Margin
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shows the relation between the market value of a share to its book value
Market-to-Book Ratio
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measures how attractive or reasonable a firm’s current price is, relative to its earnings.
Price-to-Earnings Ratio