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 of the constituents of the Capital Structure and the cost
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low-income domestic consumers‚ rather than the world market. Policy reforms‚ which began in the 1980s and continued into the 1990s‚ have led to significant gains in technical efficiency and international competitiveness‚ particularly in the spinning sector. However‚ broad scope remains for additional reforms that could enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of India’s weaving‚ fabric finishing‚ and apparel sectors. INTRODUCTION The Indian textile industry is one of the largest in the world with a massive
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CLASSIFICATION OF RATIO ANALYSIS "Ratios" can be grouped into various classes according to "financial" activity or function to be evaluated. In view of the requirements of the various users of "ratios"‚ we can classify then into the following categories. Liquidity "Ratios" Profitability "Ratios" Solvency "Ratios" "Financial" statement "analysis" is a judgemental process. One of the primary objectives is identification of major changes in trends and relationships and the investigation of the
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Ratio analysis Track software‚Inc. ------------------------------------------------- Actual industy Average TS:Time series Ratio 2008 2009 2009 CS:Cross sectional | | | | Net working $21000capital | $58000 | $96000 | TS:ImprovingCS:Poor | Current 1.06 ratio | 1.16 | 1.82 | TS:ImprovingCS:Poor | Quick 0.63ratio | 0.63 | 1.10 | TS:ImprovingCS:Poor | Inventory 10.40Turnover
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expense a good indicator of the cost of using those buildings and equipment? Compare that situation to a company with new buildings and equipment where there will be large amounts of depreciation expense. The remainder of our explanation of financial ratios and financial statement analysis will use information from the following income statement: Example Corporation Income Statement For the year ended December 31‚ 2011 | | Sales (all on credit) | $500‚000 | Cost of Goods Sold | 380
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Financial Ratios The creditable performance calculation for the Valley of the Sun United Way (VSUW) is used to guarantee that their organization will perform at their most likely current ratio‚ long-term solvency ratio‚ contribution ratio‚ and general and management/expense ratio (Goetsch & Davis‚ 2010). The current ratio will enable VSUW to easily see their current expenses that may be aquired and make sure that the organization has enough resources to pay all of their current obligations
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Starbucks Ratio Analysis 2. Market Capitalization = closing price * shares outstanding = 37.29 * 742.6 = 27691.55 3. A. P/E = Price per share / Earnings per share = 37.29 / 1.66 = 22.46 times B. Market-to-Book = Market price per share / Book value per share = Price per share / (Total shareholders’ equity / Shares outstanding) = 37.29 / (4384.9 / 742.6) = 6.32 times C. Enterprise value-to-EBITDA=
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Ratio Analysis Ratio analysis is used to evaluate relationships among financial statement items. The ratios are used to identify trends over time for one company or to compare two or more companies at one point in time. Financial statement ratio analysis focuses on three key aspects of a business: liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency. Liquidity Ratios Liquidity ratios measure the ability of a company to repay its short‐term debts and meet unexpected cash needs. Current ratio The current
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3.86 | Source: Bank Alfalah Annual Report 2011 Profit after taxation for the year 2011 is Rs 1‚762‚691‚ which is just an increase of 3.5%‚ however earning per share‚ a ratio that is closely looked over by the shareholders of a company decreased from Rs. 3.92 to Rs. 3.86. The major reason for this decrease in this ratio is mainly the small increase in profits before taxation‚ increase in provisions and finally‚ the increase in share capital of Rs. 2 million from the past year. Figure [ 2 ]:
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Financing Change PRIVATE EQUITY DEMYSTIFIED An explanatory guide John Gilligan and Mike Wright Financing Change An initiative from the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty This is the first report to be published under Financing Change‚ the thought leadership programme of the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty. The faculty is the world’s largest network of professionals involved in corporate finance and counts accountants‚ lawyers‚ bankers‚ other practitioners and people in business among its members
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