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Table of Contents
PART I. Art of Finance and Why it Matters
Chapter 1: What is FI? 2
Chapter 2: Art of Finance 2
P1: Toolbox
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PART V. Ratios 5
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4. Income Statement
An income statement shows how much profit a business entity has made
during a period of time based on the formula:
(sales) - (expenses) = (net profit)
The income statement is presented as a table of numbers as shown in Fig. xx
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(owners equity in the business) = (assets of the business) -(liabilities of the business)
7. Owner Equity
Owners Equity is the owners (shareholders) stake in the company as measured by accounting rules.
8. Assets
Assets are what the company owns that can be turned into cash. Examples:
Cash, bonds, stock
Machinery and equipment
Patents, trade secrets
Inventory
Cash keeps a company alive. Cash flow is a critical measure of its financial
health.
You need people to run the businessany business. You need a place of business, telephones, electricity, computers, supplies, and so on.
And you cant pay for all these things with profits because profits arent real
money. Cash is. Cash is king.
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PART V. RATIOS
Four categories to analyze performance:
Profitability ratios:
Leverage ratios:
Liquidity ratios:
Efficiency Ratios
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1. Debt to Equity
1 Debt to Equity Ratio 2 5
1 Total liabilities 2
1 Shareholder's equity 2
2. Interest Coverage
How much interest a company has to pay relative to how much it is making.
Shows how easy it is for a company to pay its interest
1 Operating profit 2
1 Interest Coverage 2 5
1 Annual interest charges 2
Used by banks
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Tricks (like operating leases used by airlines) used to make this ratio lookgood.
1 Debt to Equity Ratio 2 5
1 Total liabilities 2
1 Shareholder's equity 2
Liquidity means being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability.
In accounting current assets means assets that can be converted into cash in
1 year or less.
1. Current Ratio
Too low when this gets near 1; barely able to pay bills.
If this ratio gets too high, means you are holding onto too much cash
1 current assets 2
1 Current Ratio 2 5
1 current liabilities 2
2. Quick Ratio
2. Inventory Turns
Measures how many times your inventory turns over per year
1 360 days 2
1 Inventory Turns 2 5
1 DII 2
A measure of how many $s of sales your company gets for each $ invested in
PPE
1 Revenue 2
1 PPE turnover 2 5
5 3.9
1 PPE 1 from balance statement 2 2
A measure of how many $s of sales your company gets for each $ invested in
(all assets). How efficiently is company using all assets to generate revenue. /
1 Revenue 2
1 Total asset turnover 2 5
5 1.7
1 Total assets 1 from balance statement 2 2
Resources for capital expenditures are limited but there are an infinite # of
choices. ROI is how decisions are made
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