Module 6 Ratio Analysis and Interpretation
Module 6 Ratio Analysis and Interpretation
Financial ratios relate or connect two amounts from a company's financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement
of cash flows, etc.). The purpose of financial ratios is to enhance one's understanding of a company's operations, use of debt, etc.
The use of financial ratios is also referred to as financial ratio analysis or ratio analysis. That along with vertical analysis and horizontal
analysis (all of which we discuss) are part of what is known as financial statement analysis.
• They are based on just a few amounts taken from the financial statements from a previous year. Current and future years
could be different due to innovations, economic conditions, global competitors, etc.
• The comparison is useful only with companies in the same industry. This becomes difficult when other companies operate in
several industries and their financial statements report only consolidated amounts.
• Companies may apply accounting principles differently. For instance, some U.S. companies use LIFO to assign costs to its
inventory and cost of goods sold, while some use FIFO. Some companies will be more conservative when estimating the
useful life of equipment, when recording an expenditure as an expense rather than as an asset, and more.
• Since financial statements reflect the historical cost principle, some of a company's most valuable assets (trade names, logos,
unique reputation, etc. that were developed internally) are not reported on the company's balance sheet.
• They provide a minuscule amount of information compared to the information included in the five main financial statements
and the publicly traded corporation's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Form 10-K).
Now that you have learned about 15 of the more common financial ratios, we want you to experience calculating them by using the amounts in a
corporation's financial statements. This will deepen your understanding and will help your retention for future use.
The financial ratios to be calculated are arranged in the same order as they were discussed above:
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Calculations of Debt to Equity and Debt to Total Assets Ratios
Continue using the amounts in Example Corporation's balance sheet to compute these two financial ratios:
• Debt to equity ratio as of December 31, 2019: __________
The following income statement for Example Corporation should be used to calculate the four financial ratios which appear beneath it:
Calculations of Gross Margin, Profit Margin, Earnings Per Share, and Times Interest Earned
Use the amounts in Example Corporation's income statement (above) to compute these financial ratios:
• Gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2019: __________
• Profit margin for the year ended December 31, 2019: __________
• Earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2019: ________
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• Times interest earned for the year ended December 31, 2019: ________
Calculating the Ratios Using an Amount from the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement
Financial ratios such as the "turnover" ratios and the "return on" ratios will need 1) an amount from the annual income statement, and 2)
an average balance sheet amount.
An average balance sheet amount is needed since the balance sheet reports the amount for only the final moment of the accounting year. For the
required calculations that follow, we indicate the average balance sheet amount.
Calculations of the Ratios: Receivables Turnover, Day's Sales in Receivables, Inventory Turnover, Days' Sales in Inventory, Return on Stockholders'
Equity
Calculate the following ratios using Example Corporation's income statement and our calculated average balance sheet amounts* which are included
in the following questions:
• Receivables turnover ratio for the year 2019 assuming the average* accounts receivable balance during the year was computed to be
$42,000: __________
• Days' sales in receivables (average collection period) for the year 2019: __________
• Inventory turnover ratio for the year 2019 assuming that the average* inventory balance during the year was computed to be $30,000:
_________
• Days' sales in inventory (days to sell) for the year 2019: _________
• Return on stockholders' equity for the year 2019 assuming that the average* stockholders' equity balance during the year was computed
to be $278,000: _________
*We are providing the average balance sheet amounts based on the corporation's internal records for all days in 2019. Using only the balance sheet
amount from the final moment of 2019 (or the average of the final moment of 2018 and 2019) may not be typical of the balance sheet amount for all
365 days in the year.
You can check your answers using the following table:
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Use the following statement of cash flows (SCF) for the related ratio calculation appearing after the SCF:
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1. Current Ratio
3. Cash Ratio
4. Debt Ratio
Grumpy Cat Company decided to undergo financial analysis of their operations for 2020 and 2019. You are being hired as the financial analyst who
will help Grumpy Cat understand each component better. The following information was provided to you:
Reference:
www.accountingcoach.com
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Current Assets
Non-Current Asset
Current liabilities
Noncurrent liabilities
Shareholders' Equity
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Reference:
www.accountingcoach.com