Securities Analysis Flashcards

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Basic balance sheet equation

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Total Assets = Total Liabilities + Stockholders Equity

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2
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What’s Capital Surplus?

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Amount paid by shareholders above par value for shares (aka paid-in capital or paid-in surplus)

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Four components of stockholders equity?

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  1. Preferred stock
  2. Common stock
  3. Capital surplus
  4. Retained earnings
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4
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What’s effect of declaring and paying a cash dividend?

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Declaring: retained earnings reduce and current liabilities increase (reducing net working capital)
Paying: cash and current liabilities reduce in equal amount. No effect on net working capital.

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What’s the effect of a stock dividend?

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Only affects stockholders equity part of b/s: number of common increases, retained earnings decreases and capital surplus may be adjusted

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6
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Net working capital?

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Total current assets MINUS total current liabilities

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7
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Current ratio?

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Total current assets DIVIDED BY total current liabilities

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Quick assets?

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Current assets MINUS inventories

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9
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Acid test ratio?

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Aka Quick Assets Ratio:

Quick assets DIVIDED BY total current liabilities

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Cash assets ratio?

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(Cash PLUS marketable securities) DIVIDED BY total current liabilities

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11
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Rank liquidity ratios from most stringent:

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  1. Cash assets ratio
  2. Acid test / quick assets ratio
  3. Current ratio
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12
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How is cash flow calculated?

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Net income / loss PLUS depreciation

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13
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Long-term capitalisation?

A

Long term liabilities PLUS
preferred stock PLUS
total value of common stock (par value PLUS capital surplus PLUS retained earnings)

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Bond ratio?

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Value of bonds DIVIDED BY

total long-term capitalisation

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Preferred stock ratio?

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Value of preferred stock DIVIDED BY

total long-term capitalisation

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16
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Common stock ratio?

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(Par value of common stock PLUS capital surplus PLUS retained earnings) DIVIDED BY
total long-term capitalisation

17
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What does highly leveraged mean?

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High percentage of bonds outstanding relative to common and preferred stock

18
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Debt to equity ratio?

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(Bonds PLUS preferred stock) DIVIDED BY (par value of common PLUS capital surplus PLUS retained earnings)

19
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What are coverage ratios?

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Ability to meet obligations to bondholders and preferred stockholders

20
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Bond interest coverage?

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Ebit DIVIDED BY annual bond interest expense

21
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Preferred dividend coverage?

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Net income DIVIDED BY preferred dividend

Preferred dividend is par value of preferred MULTIPLIED by % dividend

22
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Net tangible assets per bond?

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(Total assets MINUS intangibles MINUS current liabilities) DIVIDED BY number of bonds

(Calculate this as Principal amount of outstanding bonds DIVIDED BY 1000)

23
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Operating profit margin?

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Operating income DIVIDED BY net sales

24
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Net profit margin?

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Net income (after interest and taxes) DIVIDED BY net sales

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Book value per share (net tangible asset value)?
(Total assets MINUS intangibles MINUS total liabilities MINUS par value of preferred) DIVIDED BY number of outstanding common shares
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Primary EPS?
(Net income MINUS preferred dividends) DIVIDED BY | number it outstanding common shares
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P/E ratio?
Market price DIVIDED BY | earnings per share
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Dividend payout ratio?
Dividend paid on common DIVIDED BY EPS
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How is current yield calculated?
Annual dividend per share DIVIDED BY market price
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What's short interest theory?
Analyses unclosed short positions. Thought to be bullish as covering positions will increase demand for the stock
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What's a head and shoulders formation?
Indication of a reversal. In a head and shoulders top the stock is peaking and vice versa
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What are resistance and support levels?
Levels which define the range within which a stock trades
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What's a breakout?
When a stock breaks through its resistance / support level