ACCT1501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Accounts Receivable
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Saturday, 13 May 2017
Accounting & Financial Management 1A
Financial Statement Analysis
-Using financial statements to evaluate an entity’s financial performance & position
-Comparisons - previous years, competitors, other factors
-Used for creditors & shareholders (providers of capital), managers (performance
evaluation), regulators (compliance with standards), customers, suppliers
-‘Common size’ financial statements
•Balance sheet items as % of total assets
•Income statement items as % of sales revenue
•Removes effect of company size
-Ratio Analysis:
•Ratio - proportion of one account over another (relationship between selected data)
•Profitability Ratios: Company’s ability to earn profits
-Should exceed zero (a positive return)
-Higher ratios are more preferable
(i) Return on Assets (ROA)
•Ability to earn on company’s assets
•ROA = Operating Profit After Tax ÷ Total Assets
(ii) Return on Equity (ROE)
•Rate of return on amount of shareholders’ equity
•ROE = Operating Profit After Tax ÷ Shareholders’ Equity
(iii) Profit Margin (PM)
•Percentage of sales revenue that ends up as profit
•PM = Operating Profit After Tax ÷ Sales Revenue
•Gives some indication of pricing strategy or competition intensity in industry
•Gross Margin = Gross Profit (Sales revenue - COGS) ÷ Sales Revenue
-Further indication of company’s product pricing & product mix
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Document Summary
Using nancial statements to evaluate an entity"s nancial performance & position. Comparisons - previous years, competitors, other factors. Used for creditors & shareholders (providers of capital), managers (performance evaluation), regulators (compliance with standards), customers, suppliers. Common size" nancial statements: balance sheet items as % of total assets, income statement items as % of sales revenue, removes effect of company size. Ratio analysis: ratio - proportion of one account over another (relationship between selected data, pro tability ratios: company"s ability to earn pro ts. Further indication of company"s product pricing & product mix. Measures pro tability in buying (or manufacturing) & selling goods before. Average number of days to collect accounts receivable: relationship between ratios: du pont system of ratio analysis. Roa = pro t margin x asset turnover. Roe = roa x leverage (total assets shareholders" equity: liquidity ratios: ability to pay its short term debts when due (i) current ratio, cr = current assets current liabilities.