Level 1 Assessment Financial Analysis Prodegree
Level 1 Assessment Financial Analysis Prodegree
Level 1 Assessment Financial Analysis Prodegree
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Note: In the exam, if there is not sufficient data to calculate averages for the purposes of ratios, you
can use the closing ratios. Instructions to this effect as regards specific questions have been specified
in the exam paper
Fundamental Measure of
RoE Organization’s Return to
Shareholders
[RoE = Profit after Tax / Average
Shareholders’ Equity]
Asset Turnover
Net Profit Margin x Ratio x Leverage
Current Ratio Current Assets / Calculates the cover that current assets have
Current Liabilities on current liabilities. Higher the better
Quick Ratio [Cash + Cash Calculates the cover that easily liquefying
Equivalents + assets have on current liabilities. Higher the
Receivables + S-T better
Investments] /
Current Liabilities
OR [Current Assets
– Inventory] /
Current Liabilities
Enterprise Value Market Cap + Net Total value of the enterprise from a “claims”
Debt + Minority point of view
Interest + Pref Reflects the market value of claims that equity
Share holders, pref holders and debt holders have
on the Company
EV / EBITDA Enterprise Value / Valuation multiple – how much is a company’s
EBITDA TOTAL VALUE as a multiple of its EBITDA
Note that since Enterprise Value denotes
claims of both debt holders and equity
holders, we have to take an appropriate
measure in denominator
Since EBITDA (or even EBIT) is profit available
to both Debt and Equity holders, we use it in
the denominator instead of PAT which is
profits only for equity holders
Dividend Yield DPS / Price at How much return a shareholder has earned /
which Share was can earn through dividends
Purchased OR
DPS / Current
Share Price
Total (P1 – P0 + Div. in Earnings of a shareholder over a period
Shareholder the Year) / P0 P0 = Initial Stock Price (or Purchase Price)
Return P1 = Stock Price on the day of calculation of
return
Dividends = Dividends received between the
days of P1 and P0
This measure of returns accounts for both
Capital Appreciation in Share Price as well as
Dividends