Analysis and evaluation of financial information Flashcards

1
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what are the ratios needed for accounting?

A

Gross profit margin%
mark up%
rate of inventory turnover (times and days)
profit in relation to revenue%
Expenses in relation to revenue%
ROCE%
current ratio :1
liquid capital ratio :1
trade receivable days
trade payable days
capital gearing%

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2
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What does ROCE stand for?

A

return on capital employed

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3
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what is the liquid capital ratio also know as?

A

Acid test

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4
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how do you work out gross profit margin?

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(Gross profit/ revenue)x100
shows percent of sales that are gross profit

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5
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how do you calculate Rate of inventory turn over? (both methods)

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times= COS/ average inventory
days= (average inventory/ COS)x365
number of times inventory is restocked or number of days

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6
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how do you calculate average inventory?

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(opening inventory+ closing inventory)/2

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7
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How do you calculate mark up?

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(gross profit/COS)x100
percentage added to cost of sales in terms of gross profit

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8
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What is the formula for expenses in relation to revenue?

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(expenses/revenue)x100
expenses as a percentage of sales

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9
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How do you calculate ROCE?

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(operating profit/ capital employed)x 100
shows return as a % of capital into the business

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10
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what is capital employed?

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total amount of capital used for the acquisition of profits by a firm or project

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11
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what is operating profit?

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profit before tax or interest has been removed

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12
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how do you calculate the current ratio?

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current assets/ current liabilities
shows current assets over current liabilities
amount of CA to pay CL

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13
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what is liquid capital ratio formula?

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(CA- inventory)/current liabilities
same as the current ratio but only the most liquid |CA

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14
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how do you calculate trade receivable days?

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(trade receivables/credit sales)x365
average time a credit customers take to pay a business

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15
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how do you calculate trade payable days?

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(trade payables/credit purchases)x365
average time a business takes to pay suppliers

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16
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how do you calculate capital gearing?

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(NCL/capital employed)x100
balance of share capital and loan capital
considering long term stability

17
Q

What ratios can be used to assess profitability?

A

Gross profit margin
mark up
profit in relation to revenue

18
Q

what ratios link to liquidity?

A

current ratio
acid test

19
Q

what ratios assess efficiency?

A

inventory turnover
trade payable days
trade receivable days

20
Q

what ratios assess capital structure?

A

Gearing

21
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what is the difference between cash and profits?

A

cash is physical money held/ available to spend at one point in time
profit is a paper calculation to assess whether a business makes a surplus on expenses

22
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what are the limitations of using ratios to assess a business performance?

A

it is not current.
ratio analysis does not take into account external factors such as a worldwide recession. ratio analysis does not measure the human element of a firm.
Need some comparison (competitor or industry average)