Week 4 & 5 - Analysis of Financial Statements 2 Flashcards
What is a ratio and what is it important to compare it to?
1) Two numbers, with one expressed as a ratio (or percentage) to the other,
• from Income Statement, and/or Statement of Financial Position
2)
- Trend over time
- Benchmarking to industry, competitors etc.
- Comparison to target or expectation
What are the five areas for ratio analysis?
- Profitability
- Liquidity, i.e. cash flow
- Gearing, i.e. the proportion of borrowings to shareholders investment
- Efficiency of use of assets
- Shareholder returns
What is the following ratio analysis about:
Profitability
increasing rates of profit on shareholders’ funds, capital and sales
What is the following ratio analysis about:
Liquidity, i.e. cash flow
adequate liquidity to ensure debts can be paid, but not such that funds are inefficiently used
What is the following ratio analysis about:
Gearing
debt commensurate with the business risk taken
What is the following ratio analysis about:
Efficiency of use of assets
efficiency through using investments to maximise sales
What is the following ratio analysis about:
Shareholder returns
a satisfactory return on the investment made by shareholders
What are the profitability ratios?
- Return on (shareholders’) investment (ROI)
- Return on capital employed (ROCE)
- Operating margin (Operating profit/sales)
- Gross margin (Gross profit/sales)
- Overhead/sales
What are the liquidity ratios?
- Working capital
- Acid test (or quick ratio)
What are the gearing ratios?
- Gearing
- Interest cover
What are the Activity/efficiency ratios?
- Asset turnover
Formulae for ROI:
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/brainscape-prod/system/cm/125/784/616/a_image_thumb.png?1659444205)
Formulae for ROI
and what does it stand for
Return on investment
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/brainscape-prod/system/cm/125/784/798/a_image_thumb.png?1659444205)
Formulae for ROCE
And what does it stand for?
Return on capital employed
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/brainscape-prod/system/cm/125/784/799/a_image_thumb.png?1659444205)
Formulae for Operating profit/sales
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/brainscape-prod/system/cm/125/784/800/a_image_thumb.png?1659444205)
Formulae for Gross profit/sales
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/brainscape-prod/system/cm/125/784/801/a_image_thumb.png?1659444205)
Formulae for Overhead/sales
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/brainscape-prod/system/cm/125/784/802/a_image_thumb.png?1659444205)