Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Statement Analysis
STATEMENT
ANALYSIS
BSBA – IIA
GROUP 1
The goal of financial management is to maximize the stockholders’
wealth through the current value of the existing stock (Ross et al.,
2008).
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Is the summarized data of a company’s assets, liabilities, and equities in the
balance sheet and its revenue and expenses in the income statements
Its objectives is to provide information about the financial position, result of
operations, and cash flows of an enterprise that is useful for decision-making
to a wide range of users.
FINANCIAL MANAGERS
Use financial statements in financing, investing, and formulating dividend
policy decisions.
Concerned primarily with the standing of the company and its profitability that
leads to maximization of stockholders’ wealth.
Use financial statements as their first-hand information about the company’s
performance in the past and its prospects in the future.
Use financial statements to get information and feedback in assessing the
economic progress of the firm.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Use the financial statements as a tool in ascertaining the company’s capability
to produce cash in making payments.
Knowing the financial health of a firm places the creditors in a much safer
position if ever loans are granted to a company in need of additional capital.
COMPONENTS OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
Cash Flow Statement
Accounting Policies and Notes to Financial Statements
BALANCE SHEET
It is a statement showing the financial position of the company at a particular
time.
Composed of company’s assets and liabilities and stockholders’ equity.
BALANCE SHEET - ASSETS
The first section of the balance sheet lists all the assets of the firm.
Current assets
Cash and other items such as accounts receivable and inventories that can be
converted to cash within one year.
Prepaid expenses and accrued income.
Non-current assets
Assets compromise by land, building, machinery, equipment, furniture and
fixture, transportation vehicle, and many more.
BALANCE SHEET -
LIABILITIES
Liabilities section comprises of current and non-current liabilities.
Current liabilities
Accounts payable, short-term notes payable, accrued expenses, taxes
payable, interests payable, and other obligations that are due within one year.
Non-current liabilities
Long-term notes payable, bonds payable, and other obligations which are
due beyond one year.
BALANCE SHEET –
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Net worth or the residual value of the company.
Divided into par value stock, additional paid-in capital, and retained earnings.
FMA Company
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2014
Sales P 200,000
Less: Sales returns and allowances 40,000
Net Sales P 160,000
Less: Cost of Goods Sold 100,000
Gross Profit 60,000
Less: Operating Expenses
Selling Expenses P 22,000
General Expenses 8,000 30,000
Income from operations P 30,000
Add: Non-operating income 6,000
Income before interest expenses P 36,000
Less: Interest Expense 4,000
Income before tax expense P 32,000
Less: Income Taxes (35%) 11,200
Net Income P 20,800
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
A financial statement that shows the firm’s cash receipts and cash payments
during a specified period of time.
Recognizes only transactions in which cash changes hands.
SAMPLE OF USE OF CASH
FLOW STATEMENTS
The cash from operating activities is compared with the company’s net
income.
If the cash from operating activities is consistently greater than the net income, the
company’s net income or earnings is said to be of “high quality”.
If the cash from operating activities is less than net income, a red flag is raised as to
why the reported net income is not turning into cash.
SAMPLE OF USE OF CASH
FLOW STATEMENTS
The cash flow statement identifies the cash that is coming in and going out of
the company.
If a company is consistently generating more cash than it is using, the company will
be able to increase its dividend, buy back some of its stock, reduce debt, or acquire
another company.
Some financial decisions such as capital budgeting decisions are based on cash
flow.
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
These are guidelines used in the preparation of financial statements.
Detailed information not appearing in the financial statements is also located
in this part for clarification, for instance, the method used in depreciating the
assets (straight-line method, sum-of-the-years’ digit method, declining
method) valuation of inventory (FIFO, LIFO, moving average), and issuance
of capital stocks.
LIMITATIONS OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Differences in accounting methods between companies sometimes make
comparisons difficult.
We used the LIFO method to value inventory.
we used the average cost method to value inventory.
4 TYPES OF SOME OF THE
LIMITATIONS OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.
There are variations in the application of accounting principles.
Financial statements are interim in nature.
Financial statements do not reflect changes in the purchasing power of the
peso
Financial statements do not contain all significant facts about the business.
An activity ratio broadly describes any type of financial metric that helps
investors and research analysts gauge how efficiently a company uses its assets
to generate revenues and cash.
ACTIVITY RATIO
Activity ratios may be utilized to compare two different businesses within the
same sector, or they may be used to monitor a single company's fiscal health
over time.