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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Financial statement Analyisi
-It is the art of transforming data from financial statements into information that is
useful to informed decision making.
Income Statement
- Summarizes the revenues and expenses of the firm over a particular period of time.
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Types of Ratio
Balance Sheet Ratio
- Liquidity Ratio
- Financial Leverage ( or debt)
Income statement or income statement/ balance
sheet ratio
- Coverage
- Activity
-Profitability Ratio
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Current Ratio - Measures ability to meet the current debts with current asset
= Current Asset
Current Liability
Acid test Ratio (Quick Asset) - Measures ability to meet current debts
with most liquid(quick) current asset.
Debt- To- Total- Asset Shows the relative extent to which the firm is
using borrowed money.
Coverage Ratio - Ratios that relate the fianacial charges of a firm to its
ability to service or cover them.
Inventory Turnover - Measures how many times the inventory has been
turned over (sold) during the year; provides insight into liquidity of inventory and
tendency to overstock
= Cost of Goods Sold/ Average Inventory
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Income statement or income statement/
balance sheet ratio
Inventory Turnover in Days - Average number of days the
inventory is held before it is turned into accounts receivable through sales.
Trend Analysis
In the analysis of financial information, trend
analysis is the presentation of amounts as a
percentage of a base year.
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