F2M7 Flashcards
Ratios are financial indicators that distill ___ information about a business entity
Relevant
Horizontal analysis
period to period comparison
Vertical analysis
to industry by comparing ratios in the other statements
Current Ratio
CA/CL
Quick Ratio
(CA-inventory)/Cl
With turnovers the __ the better
higher
A/R turnover
Sales / Average accounts receivable
Days in A/R
365 / sales/ending ar
Inventory turnover
COGS/ average inventory
Days in inventory
365/sales/ending inventory
A/P turnover
COGS/ average ap
Days in A/P outstanding
365/cogs/ending ap
What does the cash conversion cycle measure
core business generating revenue
Cash conversion cycle formula
days in a/r + days in inventory - days in a/p
What does asset turnover measure
effective asset use
too high would have unneeded resources and too low would be loosing sales
Asset turnover formual
sales/ average total assset
Do you use gross or net sales for turnover?
net (meaning minus returns and discounts)
Profit margin calc
net income/ net sales
ROA measures
turning assets into profit
DuPont ROA
same as regular ROA, but breaks it down
Return on Equity meaning
higher than the required rate, is it sustainable
Return on Equity formula
net income/ avg. total equity
Return on sales formula
EBIT/sales
EBIT= sales-COGS-S&GA-Dep
Return on sales meaning
operating margin but excludes the degree of financial leverage