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Auditing IV - Financial Ratios Flashcards

Financial Ratios

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597957529What ratio measures a firm's short term ability to pay maturing obligations?Liquidity Ratio
616573703Working capital =Current assets - current liabilities
616573704Current ratio (working capital ratio) =Current assets / current liabilities
616573705Acid test ratio =(cash equivalents + marketable securities + net receivables) / current liabilities
616573706Cash ratio =(cash equivalents + marketable securities) / current liabilities
597957530What ratio measures how effectively an enterprise is using its assets?Activity Ratio
616573707A/R Turnover =net credit sales / average net receivables
616573708A/R Turnover in days =average net receivables / (net credit sales/365)
616573709Inventory turnover =COGS / average inventory
616573710Inventory turnover in days =average inventory / (COGS/365)
616573711Operating cycle =A/R turnover in days + inventory turnover in days
616573712Working capital turnover =Sales / average working capital
616573713Total asset turnover =net sales / average total assets
616573714A/P turnover =COGS / average A/P
616573715Days in A/P =average A/P / (COGS/365)
597957531What ratio measures the success or failure of an enterprise for a given time?Profitability Ratio
616573716Net profit margin =Net income / net sales
616573717Return on total assets =Net income / average total assets
616573718Return on assets =Net profit margin x total asset turnover
616573719Return on investments =(Net income + interest expense(1 - tax rate)) / average (long term liabilities + equity)
616573720Return on common equity =(Net income - preferred dividends) / average common equity
616573721Net operating margin percentage =Net operating income / net sales
616573722Gross profit margin percentage =Gross profit margin / net sales
616573723Operating cash flow per share =Operating cash flow / common shares outstanding
597957532What ratio measures interest to investors?Investor Ratio
616573724Degree of financial leverage =Earning before interest and taxes / earnings before taxes
616573725Earnings per share =(net income - preferred dividends) / weighted average number of common shares outstanding
616573726Price/earnings ratio =Market price per share / diluted earnings per share
616573727Dividend payout ratio =Dividends per common share / diluted earnings per share
616573728Dividend yield =Dividends per common share / market price per common share
616573729Book value per share =(Total stockholders' equity - preferred stock) / number of common shares outstanding
597957533What ratio measures the security for long term creditors/investorsLong term debt paying ability ratio
597957534What is the main limitation of ratios?They depend entirely on the reliability of the data on which they are based
597957535What is common size analysis?Common size f/s are used to compare a company's performance with the performance of other smaller/larger companies
616573730Debt / Equity =Total liabilities / common stockholders' equity
616573731Debt ratio =Total liabilities / total assets
616573732Times interest earned =Recurring income before taxes before taxes and interest / interest
616573733Operating cash flow / total debt =Operating cash flow / total debt

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