Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Statement Analysis
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Liquidity Ratios
come off the Balance Sheet measure as on a particular day i.e. the day that the Balance Sheet was prepared Important: measuring the ability of a company to meet both its short term and long term obligations
Current Ratio
obtained by dividing the 'Total Current Assets' of a company by its 'Total Current Liabilities test of liquidity for a company expresses the 'working capital' relationship of current assets available to meet the company's current obligations Current Ratio = Total Current Assets/ Total Current Liabilities
Quick Ratio
obtained by dividing the 'Total Quick Assets' of a company by its 'Total Current Liabilities company could be carrying heavy inventory as part of its current assets, which might be obsolete or slow moving Thus eliminating inventory from current assets and then doing the liquidity test Acid Test of Liquidity
expresses the true 'working capital' relationship of its cash, accounts receivables, prepaid and notes receivables available to meet the company's current obligations Quick Ratio = Total Quick Assets/ Total Current Liabilities Quick Assets = Total Current Assets (minus) Inventory
Debt to Equity Ratio = Total Liabilities / Owners Equity or Net Worth example from our Balance sheet: Debt to Equity Ratio = $186,522 / $133,522 Debt to Equity Ratio = 1.40 Interpretation: Lumber & Building Supply Company has $1.40 cents of Debt and only $1.00 in Equity to meet this obligation.
Efficiency Ratios
ratios that come off the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement Important: measuring the efficiency of a company in either turning their inventory, sales, assets, accounts receivables or payables ability of a company to meet both its short term and long term obligations because if they do not get paid on time how will you get paid paid on time
Interpretation: Lumber & Building Supply Company takes approximately 48 days to convert its accounts receivables into cash. Compare this to their Terms of Net 30 days. This means at an average their customers take 18 days beyond terms to pay.
Accounts Payables to Sales Ratio = [Accounts Payables / Net Sales ] x 100 example from our Balance sheet and Income Statement: Accounts Payables = $152,240 (from Balance sheet ) Net Sales = $727,116 (from Income Statement) Accounts Payables to Sales Ratio = [$152,240 / $727,116] x 100 Accounts Payables to Sales Ratio = 20.9%
Interpretation: 21% of Lumber & Building Supply Company's Sales is being funded by its suppliers.
Profitability Ratios
how successful a company is in terms of generating returns or profits on the Investment that it has made in the business If a business is Liquid and Efficient it should also be Profitable
Return on Assets
ability to utilize the Assets employed in the company efficiently and effectively to earn a good return measures the percentage of profits earned per dollar of Asset and thus is a measure of efficiency of the company in generating profits on its Assets Return on Assets = (Net Profit / Total Assets) x 100
Interpretation: Lumber & Building Supply Company generates a 3.85% percent return on the capital invested by the owners of the company