INTERPRETATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Ways of interpreting financial statements - Using individual items contained in financial statement. - Using ratios computed from items contained in Financial Statement (Ratio analysis) Reasons for interpreting accounts Accounts have to be analyzed and interpreted for the following logical points (1) Evaluation of the trading performance of a firm in order to have a measure of the quality of management running it. (2) Appraisal and monitoring
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Stockholder Ratios Stockholders are primarily interested in two things: (1) The creation of value‚ and (2) The distribution of value. Stockholder ratios such as earnings per share and return on common equity provide information about the creation of value for shareholders. The value is distributed to shareholders in one of two ways. Either the corporation issues dividends or repurchases stock. The remainder of the stockholder ratios—dividend yield‚ dividend payout‚ stock repurchase payout
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PROFITABILITY RATIOS One of the most important measures of a company’s success is its profitability. However‚ individual figures shown in the income statement/profit and loss account for gross profit and net profit mean very little by themselves. When these profit figures are expressed as a percentage of sales‚ they are more useful. This percentage can then be compared with those of previous years‚ or with the percentages of other similar companies. Changes in the gross profit percentage ratio can be
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METHODIST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHANA FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION LEVEL 300 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IV RATIO ANALYSIS OF FML UN-AUDITED ACCOUNTS OF 2010 AND 2011 Name Index No Programme 1. Osumanu-Sulemana Amidu BBAA/ET/123001 Accounting 2. Emmanuel Addae BBAA/ET/ 117726 Accounting 3. Benedicta Mawunu
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Capstone Checkpoint Reflection Scott Longo Xcom/285 Essentials of Managerial Communication February 09‚ 2013 Heather Parker Capstone Checkpoint Reflection This class has educated me in numerous useful resources which I may use in my future. However‚ I think that the biggest point that I have to take away from this course is that communications is not only chatting. Communications is a mixture of hearing and writing too. It is necessary in business communications to know how to efficiently
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ABSTRACT: In contrast to other major textile-producing countries‚ mostly mostly small-scale‚ nonintegrated spinning‚ weaving‚ cloth finishing‚ and apparel enterprises‚ many of which use outdated technology‚ characterize India’s textile sector. Some‚ mostly larger‚ firms operate in the “organized” sector where firms must comply with numerous government labor and tax regulations. Most firms‚ however‚ operate in the small-scale “unorganized” sector where regulations are less stringent and
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parmar on “Financial Efficiency-Modern methods‚ tools & Techniques” for the period from 1998-89 to 1994-95.He had made an attempt to analyze financial strength‚ liquidity‚ profitability‚ cost and sales trend and social welfare trend by using various ratios analysis‚ common size analysis and value added analysis. He made several suggestions for the improvement of profitability
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evaluate how well it is performing‚ one of those tools is the debt ratio calculation. The debt ratio shows the proportion of assets financed with debt‚ liabilities. It is calculated by the companies total liabilities divided by its total assets and is used as a percentage. Total assets and total debts can be found on the balance sheet. “It can be used to evaluate a business’s ability to pay its debt” (Nobles p. 89). The debt ratio can be used to evaluate a business’s ability to pay it’s debts.
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RATIO ANALYSIS Ratios | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Current Ratio | 0.98 | 0.79 | 0.91 | Quick Ratio | 0.66 | 0.41 | 0.46 | Working Capital | (43318926) | (480192556) | (199882615) | ------------------------------------------------- 2007 Current Ratio (C.R):- It shows the relationship between size of current assets and size of current liabilities. Current Ratio=Current Assets (C.A)/Current Liabilities (C.L) The standard of current ratio is (2/1) means
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STUDY RATIO ANALYSIS ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The traditional financial statements that comprise of the balance sheet and profit and loss account do not give enough information related to financial operations of the company. These financial statements prepared as per the statutory requirement of law need to be analyzed in order to evaluate the past performance of the company and the future prospects. The most widely used tool is Ratio Analysis. DEFINITION OF RATIO A way of expressing
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