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Chapter 6, Slide #2
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Days’ Sales in Receivables
Gross Receivables
Net Sales
365
• Should mirror the company’s credit terms
• Reading reflects end-of-year status of receivables
– Use of the natural business year (lower sales at year-end) can
understate result
• Compare
– Firm data for several years
– Other industry firms and industry averages
Chapter 6, Slide #3
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Inventory Cost
Chapter 6, Slide #4
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Liquidity of Inventory
Chapter 6, Slide #5
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Days’ Sales in Inventory
Ending Inventory
Cost of Goods Sold
365
• Indicates the length of time needed to sell all inventory on hand
• Use of a natural business year
– Understates number of day’s sale in inventory
– Overstates liquidity of inventory
• Implications of extremes
– High: excessive inventory for sales activity
– Low: inventory shortage and lost sales
Chapter 6, Slide #6
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Inventory Turnover
Cost of Goods Sold
Average Inventory
• Indicates the liquidity of inventory
• Determining average inventory
– End of year and beginning of year base points for
average mask seasonal fluctuations
– Internal analysis: use monthly or weekly amounts
– External analysis: use quarterly data
Chapter 6, Slide #7
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Inventory Turnover Comparison Issues
Chapter 6, Slide #8
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Inventory Inventory
Turnover in Days Turnover per Year
Chapter 6, Slide #9
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Current Assets: Operating Cycle
Current Assets
– Current Liabilities
= Working Capital
Cash Equivalents
+ Marketable Securities
+ Net Receivables
Current Liabilities
• Extremely conservative
– Unrealistic for a firm to have sufficient cash and
securities to cover all its current liabilities
• Appropriate context
– Firms with naturally slow-moving inventory and
receivables
– Firms that are highly speculative
Sales
Average Working Capital
• Measures the turnover of working capital per year
• Compare with
– Historical data
– Industry competitors
– Industry averages
• Assessment
– Low: potentially unprofitable use of working capital
– High: potential undercapitalization
• Comparisons
– 3 to 5 years of historical data
• Lowest value is the primary indicator of interest coverage
– Industry competitors and averages
Net Sales
Average Total Assets
Operating Income
Net Sales
Net Sales
Average Operating Assets
Net Sales
Average Net Fixed Assets
Operating Income
Average Operating Assets
Gross Profit
Net Sales
Sales
Beginning Inventory
– Cost of Goods Sold + Purchases of Inventory
– Ending Inventory
= Gross Profit
• Operating segments
– Separate financial information is available
– Evaluated by the chief decision making officer
• Geographical information
– Revenues earned
– Asset concentration
• Major customers
• Products and services