Summary of ratios:
c RATION HOW CALCULATED. WHAT FP MEASURES
LIQUIDITY RATIOS
(Curent Ratio Current assets ‘The extent to which e firm can meet its shorter
(also known as working expt rato) Cureat labilives obligations.
Quick Ratio
(also known as ci et itio)
Defensive interval ratio
Cash + Acets Rec. + Temporary Invest
Current labiides
Cash + Acets Rec. + Temporary Invest
(GOGS + Operating Expenses ~ Depreciation
~ Other non-cash expenses 365,
‘The extent to which frm can meet its short tere
obligations without relying upon the sle of
“This rato shows how longs company can operate omits
cent guid aes without having to rlyon ans!
LEVERAGE (or COVERAGE)
RATIOS
Debt to total ases ratio
Deb o Equity ratio
Long term debt to equity ratio
“Times interest cared ratio
“Total debt
“otal asses
Total debt
"Fouad sharcholders equity
Long term debt
"Fora shareholders equity
Eamings before interest and taxes
‘The percentage of toa finds tat are provided by
creditors
‘The percentage of ol funds provided by eeitors
versus by omnes.
‘The balance benveen deb and equity ina fms ong
tem capital smote.
‘The extent 0 which eamings ean decline without the
firm becoming nabe to meet is annua interest costs.
Days sales in inventory
Fred Asset tumover
‘Total Assettumover
Accounts ecivable umover
Average collection period
(alo known as days sates in
receivables)
Taterest
ACTIVITY RATIOS
Inventory Tumover Cost of Goods Sold
Taventory of finished goods
(often cal, using average inv.)
‘To calculate days sales in inventory
365 days + inventory tumover ratio
Sales
Fiked assets
Seles
‘Foralasseis
Annual credit sales
“Accounts le
(often calc. using average AJR)
‘Accounts receivable
Total credit sales365 days
OR
365 + AIR tumover ratio
Whetber fim holds excessive stocks of inventories and
bow often fim i sling ite inventories
Sls productivity an plant and equipment uilization.
Whether a firm is generating a sufficient volume of
business forthe size of its asset investment
‘The average length of time it take a fim to collect credit
sales (in percentage tems).
‘The average length of time ittakes a firm to collect on
reditsles (in day)
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PROFITABILITY RATIOS
ros profit margin
Operating profit margin
Net profit margin
Ret on oa assets (ROA)
Retum on sharcholders equity (ROE)
amings pe share
Price eamings ratio
Payout ratio
Dividend yet
MARKET ANALYST RATIOS:
ate of eum on commen
Shareholders equity
Payout ratio
Price eamings ratio
Book Vale per Share
Sales minus cost of goods sold
sales
__Eummings before interest and taxes (EBT)
wales
Netincome
wales
Net income,
“Total assets
Net income
Foal shareholders’ equity
Income available to common shareholders
"Number of common shares outstanding
Market price per share
Eamings per share
Cash dividends
Ta income less prefered dividends
cash dividend per share
market pie per share
Not income less Prefered Dividends
“Average common shareoldets equity
Asabove
Assbove
Common share cept + comtibutedsuplos +
rained earning (iss prefered dividends in
ares, ia
‘aber of common shares outandny
“The otal margin evil to caver operating expenses
snd yield a pros.
Profabiliy without concern for interest and uses
‘Afertax profits per dollar of sles.
Afersax profs pr dolar of sets this ati is also
called return on investment (ROD.
‘Afertax profits per dollar of shareboldes’ investment in
the fin,
Earnings availabe to he holders of common soe
Atactveness of the firm to the market,
“This rato helps in assessing dividend policy, sit
inciates the amount of earnings actualy paid out 0
commen srareoldes. Companies tat reinvest their
‘comings have low payout aie. In these companies
{nvestreseck sare appreciation rather than dividends
“This aio ian indicstor ofthe ate of retum investors
an expect teas in the short tem
“Tris ratio shows how many dollar were eared and ae
valable foreach dolar invested by the common
tharsholders
“Tis rato measures the emount each share would ree ive
if tre company were liquidated an the basis ofthe
amounts reported on the balance sheet.
(GROWTH RATIOS (TRENDING.
(OR HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS)
[Noe thatthe trending below ijt on example trending ean be applied o any nancial
Sales ‘Annual percentage growth in total sles Fim’ growth rain sales
Netiscome ‘Annual percentage grow in profits Finn's growth rain profits
Eamings pr share ‘Annual percentage growth in EPS Fim’ growth rain EPS
Dividends per share “Annual percentage growth in divs per share__| Fim's growth rain dividends po share
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