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MS 3609 Financial Statements Analysis
MS 3609 Financial Statements Analysis
Since 1977
LECTURE NOTES
Financial analysis is designed to determine the relative ratio of a firm with older, lower-cost fixed
strengths and weaknesses of a company. Financial assets compared to one with recently
analysis concentrates on financial statement analysis, acquired, higher-cost fixed assets.
which highlights the key aspects of a firm’s 4. The total assets turnover ratio measures
operations. the utilization, or turnover, of all the firm’s
Financial statement analysis involves a study of the assets.
relationships between income statement and balance
sheet accounts, how these relationships change over C. Debt management ratios measure the extent
time (trend analysis or horizontal analysis), and how a to which a firm is using debt financing, or
particular firm compares with other firms in its financial leverage, and the degree of safety
industry (bench-marking or vertical analysis). afforded to creditors. Financial leverage has
three important implications: (1) By raising
Financial statements are used to help predict the funds through debt, stockholders can maintain
firm’s future earnings and dividends. From an control of a firm while limiting their
investor’s standpoint, predicting the future is what investment. (2) Creditors look to the equity,
financial statement analysis is all about. From or owner-supplied funds, to provide a margin
management’s standpoint, financial statement analysis of safety, so if the stockholders have provided
is useful both to help anticipate future conditions and, only a small proportion of the total financing,
more important, as a starting point for planning the firm’s risks are borne mainly by its
actions that will influence the future course of events. creditors. (3) If the firm earns more on
investments financed with borrowed funds than
Three basic tools in financial statements analysis. it pays in interest, the return on the owners’
1. Horizontal Analysis or Trend Analysis. A capital is magnified, or “leveraged.”
technique for evaluating a series of financial
statement data over a period of time. Its purpose is 1. The debt ratio measures the percentage of
to determine the increase or decrease that has taken funds provided by creditors. Total debt
place, expressed either an amount or a percentage. includes both current liabilities and long-
2. Vertical Analysis or Common Size Analysis. It is term debt. The lower the ratio, the greater
a technique for evaluating financial statement data the protection afforded creditors in the
that expresses each item in a financial statement as event of liquidation. Stockholders, on the
a percent of a base amount. other hand, may want more leverage
because it magnifies expected earnings.
3. Ratio Analysis. This technique establishes 2. The times-interest-earned (TIE) ratio
relationships among financial statement accounts measures the extent to which operating
at given date or period of time. These ratios income can decline before the firm is
analyze firm’s liquidity, the use of leverage, asset unable to meet its annual interest costs.
management, cost control, profitability, growth, This ratio has two shortcomings: (1)
and valuation. Interest is not the only fixed financial
A. Liquidity ratios are used to measure a firm’s charge.
ability to meet its current obligations as they (2) EBIT does not represent all the cash
come due. The current ratio measures the flow available to service debt, especially if
extent to which current liabilities are covered a firm has high depreciation and/or
by current assets. It is the most commonly amortization charges.
used measure of short-term solvency. Acid-
test ratio is a more stringent measurement of D. Profitability ratios show the combined effects
an entity’s liquidity. of liquidity, asset management, and debt on
operating results.
B. Asset management ratios measure how 1. The profit margin on sales gives the profit
effectively a firm is managing its assets and per peso of sales.
whether the level of those assets is properly 2. The basic earning power (BEP) ratio is
related to the level of operations as measured calculated by dividing earnings before
by sales. interest and taxes (EBIT) by total assets.
1. Inventory turnover ratio is used to It shows the raw earning power of the
measure the velocity of inventory. firm’s assets, before the influence of taxes
2. Days sales outstanding (DSO), also called and leverage. It is useful for comparing
the “average collection period” (ACP), is firms with different tax situations and
used to appraise accounts receivable. The different degrees of financial leverage.
DSO represents the average length of time 3. The return on total assets (ROA) measures
that the firm must wait after making a sale the return on all the firm’s assets after
before receiving cash. interest and taxes.
3. The fixed assets turnover ratio measures 4. The return on common equity (ROE)
how effectively the firm uses its plant and measures the rate of return on the
equipment. A potential problem can exist stockholders’ investment. Stockholders
when interpreting the fixed assets turnover invest to get a return on their money, and this
ratio tells how well they are doing in an Significance: Tests the ability of a firm to meet its
accounting sense. currently maturing obligations through the use of
current assets
E. Market value ratios relate the firm’s stock price
to its earnings, cash flow, and book value per 2. Acid-test ratio = Total Liquid Assets/ Total Current
share, and thus give management an Liabilities
indication of what investors think of the Significance: A stringent test of a firm’s ability to
company’s past performance and future pay current liabilities
prospects. If the liquidity, asset management,
debt management, and profitability ratios all 3. (Cash ratio: Cash + Marketable
look good, then the market value ratios will be securities)/Current liabilities
high, and the stock price will probably be as Significance: Test the ability of a firm to meet its
high as can be expected. current obligation in the strictest manner
1. The price/earnings (P/E) ratio shows how
much investors are willing to pay per peso 4. Accounts Receivable Turnover = Net Credit Sales/
of reported profits. P/E ratios are higher Ave. Accts Receivable
for firms with strong growth prospects, Significance: Tests the efficiency of credit and
other things held constant, but they are collection policies. Evaluates the quality of
lower for riskier firms. accounts receivable
2. The price/cash flow ratio is the ratio of
price per share divided by cash flow per 5. Average Collection Period = Accounts
share. It shows the peso amount investors Receivable/Average Daily Credit Sales
will pay for P1 of cash flow.
3. The market/book (M/B) ratio, calculated as 6. Inventory Turnover = Cost of goods sold/ Ave.
market price per share divided by book Inventory
value per share, gives another indication of Significance: Measures the efficiency in managing
how investors regard the company. inventory
The Extended Du Pont Equation shows how return on 7. Working Capital Turnover = Net Sales/ Ave.
equity is affected by assets turnover, profit margin, Working Capital
and leverage. The profit margin times the total assets Significance: Evaluates adequacy and effectiveness
turnover is called the Du Pont Equation. This equation in the use of working capital
gives the rate of return on assets (ROA):
8. Asset Turnover = Net Sales/Ave Total Assets
The ROA times the equity multiplier (total assets Significance: Measures the efficiency of managing
divided by common equity) yields the return on equity assets
(ROE). This equation is referred to as the Extended
Du Pont Equation: Debt Management (Solvency) Ratios
8. Debt Ratio = Total Liabilities/Total Assets
Benchmarking is the process of comparing the ratios Significance: Shows proportion of all assets that
of a particular company with those of a smaller group are financed with debt
of “benchmark” companies, rather than with the entire
industry. 9. Equity Ratio = Total Owners’ Equity/Total Assets
Significance: Shows proportion of assets provided
Benchmarking makes it easy for a firm to see exactly by owners
where the company stands relative to its competition.
10. Debt to Equity Ratio = Total Liabilities/Total
Inherent problems and limitations Owners’ Equity
1. Ratios are often not useful for analyzing the Significance: Measures the debt relative to
operations of large firms that operate in many amount of owners’ equity
different industries because comparative ratios are
not meaningful. 11. Book Value per Share = Total Common
2. Inflation affects depreciation charges, inventory Equity/Number of Common Shares Outstanding
costs, and therefore, the value of both balance Significance: Measures recoverable amount in
sheet items and net income. For this reason, the case of liquidation assuming assets are realized
analysis of a firm over time, or a comparative at their book values
analysis of firms of different ages, can be mis-
leading. 12. Times Interest Earned = EBIT/Annual Interest
3. Ratios may be distorted by seasonal factors, or Expense
manipulated by management to give the Significance: Measures how many times interest
impression of a sound financial condition (window expense is covered by operating profit
dressing techniques).
4. Different operating policies and accounting Profitability
practices, such as the decision to lease rather than 13. Gross Margin ratio = Gross Profit/Net Sales
to buy equipment, can distort comparisons. Significance: Measures profitability after covering
cost of product sold
SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RATIOS
14. Operating Profit Margin = Operating Profit/Net
Liquidity Sales
1. Current ratio = Total Current Assets/ Total Significance: Measures profit generated after
Current Liabilities covering operating expense
15. Net Margin = Net Profit/Net Sales year’s working capital, the current ratio, and the acid-
Significance: Measures profit after covering all test ratio. Give the effect in terms of increase (+),
expenses decrease(-), or no effect (0).
Requirements: Compute the balance or amount for the 6. Camper Company has 40,000 shares of common
following: stock outstanding. The following data pertain to
1. Cash these shares for the most recent year:
2. Accounts receivable Price originally issued P25 per share
3. Inventory Book value, December 31 P40 per share
4. Fixed assets Market value, January 1 P50 per share
5. Current liabilities Market value, December 31 P60 per share
6. Long-term debt The total dividend on common stock was
7. Equity P480,000. What is the Camper Company's
dividend yield ratio for the year?
PROBLEM NO. 3.
The following ratios and other data pertain to the 7. Whitney Company has a times interest earned
financial statements of the Bulacan Company for the ratio of 3.0. The company's tax rate is 40% and its
year then ended. interest expense is P21,000. Compute the
Current ratio 1.75 to 1 company's after-tax net income.
Acid-test ratio 1.27 to 1
Working capital P33,000 8. Russell Securities has P100 million in total assets
Fixed assets to stockholders’ equity ratio 0.625 to 1 and its corporate tax rate is 40 percent. The
Inventory turnover (based on cost of company recently reported that its basic earning
closing inventory) 4X power (BEP) ratio was 15 percent and its return on
Gross profit percentage 40% assets (ROA) was 9 percent. What was the
Earnings per share P0.50 company’s interest expense?
Average age of outstanding accounts
receivable (based on calendar year of 365 9. Culver Inc. has earnings after interest but before
days) 73 days taxes of P300. The company’s times interest
Capital stock outstanding; 20,000 no par 20,000 no par earned ratio is 7.00. Calculate the company’s
Earnings for the year as a percentage of interest charges.
capital stock 25%
The company has no prepaid expenses, deferred, PROBLEM NO. 5.
intangible assets or long-term liabilities. Shaker Corporation experienced a fire on December 31,
20X2, in which its financial records were partially
Requirement: Reconstruct in as much detail as is destroyed. It has been able to salvage some of the
possible the company’s balance sheet and income records and has ascertained the following balances:
statement for the year. 12/31/20X2 12/31/20X1
Cash P 300,000 P100,000
PROBLEM NO. 4. Receivables (net) 720,500 1,260,000
Answer each of the following questions independently. Inventory 2,000,000 1,800,000
1. How much cash does Gray Computer Co. have if Accounts payable 500,000 900,000
the firm has a current ratio of 2.5, a quick ratio of Notes payable 300,000 600,000
1.2, and current liabilities of P12,000? Gray's Common stock, P100 par 4,000,000 4,000,000
credit sales are P98,000 and its average collection Retained earnings 1,135,000 1,010,000
period is 40 days. (Assume 365 days per year.) Additional information:
1. The inventory turnover is 3.6 times
2. Net sales for the year were P720,000, cost of 2. The return on common stockholders’ equity is
goods sold, operating expenses and income tax, 22%. The company had no additional paid in
P655,200. Asset turnover during the year was 1.8 capital.
times. Compute the return on assets. 3. The receivables turnover is 9.4 times
4. The return on assets is 20%
3. Return on assets, 15%; Asset turnover, 1.5 times; 5. Total assets as at December 31, 20X1, were
Net income, P600,000. How much were net sales P6,050,000.
and net profit margin?
Requirements: Compute the following:
4. Stern Company has 100,000 shares of common 1. Cost of goods sold for 20X2
stock and 20,000 shares of preferred stock 2. Net income for 20X2
outstanding. There was no change in the number 3. Total assets as at December 31, 20X2
of common or preferred shares outstanding during
the year. Preferred stockholders received PROBLEM NO. 6.
dividends totaling P140,000 during the year. The Pioneer Company’s partial income statements
Common stockholders received dividends totaling indicate the following data:
P210,000. If the dividend payout ratio was 70%, 20X2 20X1
how much is the net income? Net sales 1,680,000 1,500,000
Cost of goods sold 1,200,000 1,125,000
5. The market price per share of Fallen Co. stock at Gross profit P 480,000 P375,0000
the beginning of the year was P60.00 and at the Units sold 80,000 75,000
end of the year was P72.00. Net income for the
year was P48,000. Dividends to the preferred Requirement: Prepare an analysis of gross profit
stockholders for the year totaled P12,000, and variation for Pioneer Company.
dividends of P2.50 per share were paid on the
6,000 shares of common stock outstanding during PROBLEM NO. 7.
the year. What is the price-earnings ratio at year The gross profit statements for 20X2 and 20X1 of Mimi
end? Company follow:
What debt ratio did Atty. Tristan propose in order notes payable on the balance sheet) to purchase
to raise the return on equity (ROE) to 150 percent the inventory. Assume that the value of the
of the present level? remaining current assets will not change. The
a. 0.52 c. 0.68 company’s bond covenants require it to maintain
b. 0.61 d. 0.72 a current ratio that is greater than or equal to
1.5. What is the maximum amount that the
14. A firm has a debt/equity ratio of 50 percent. company can increase its inventory before it is
Currently, it has interest expense of P500,000 on restricted by these covenants?
P5,000,000 of total debt outstanding. Its tax rate a. P0.50 million c. P1.33 million
is 40 percent. If the firm’s ROA is 6 percent, by b. P1.00 million d. P1.66 million
how many percentage points is the firm’s ROE
greater than its ROA? 21. A fire has destroyed a large percentage of the
a. 3.0% c. 7.4% financial records of the Carter Company. You
b. 5.2% d. 9.0% have the task of piecing together information in
order to release a financial report. You have
15. A firm has sales of P1,640, net income of P135, found the return on equity to be 18 percent. If
net fixed assets of P1,200, and current assets of sales were P4 million, the debt ratio was 0.40,
P530. The firm has P280 in inventory. What is the and total liabilities were P2 million, what would be
common-size statement value of inventory? the return on assets (ROA)?
a. 15.01 percent c. 16.18 percent a. 10.80%
b. 15.68 percent d. 30.42 percent b. 0.80%
c. 1.25%
16. Given the following data for total sales (P’000): d. 12.60%
Year Peso sales
2021 P50,000 Use the following information for the next two questions.
2022 55,000 The current assets of Mayon Enterprise consists of
2023 56,000 cash, accounts receivable, and inventory. The
2024 53,000 following information is available:
A table showing trend percentages for 2021 – Credit sales 75% of total sales
2024, respectively, using 2021 as the base year Inventory turnover 5 times
would reveal: Working capital P1,120,000
a. 100%; 110%; 102%; and 95% Current ratio 2 to 1
b. 100%; 10%; 2%; and (5%) Quick ratio 1.25 to 1
c. 100%; 110%; 112%; and 106% Average Collection period 42 days
d. 94%; 104%; 106%; and 100% Working days 360
22. The estimated inventory amount is:
17. Nelson Company's current liabilities are P50,000, a. 840,000 c. 720,000
its long-term liabilities are P150,000, and its b. 600,000 d. 550,000
working capital is P80,000. If Nelson Company's
debt-to-equity ratio is 0.32, its total long-term 23. The estimated costs of goods sold is:
assets must equal: a. 840,000 c. 6,000,000
a. P625,000 c. P825,000 b. 720,000 d. 4,200,000
b. P745,000 d. P695,000
Use the following information for the next two questions.
18. Info Technics Inc. has an equity multiplier of 20X2 20X1
2.75. The company’s assets are financed with Net sales P5,520,000 P4,000,000
some combination of long-term debt and common Cost of goods sold 3,795,000 3,000,000
equity. What is the company’s debt ratio? Gross profit P1,725,000 P1,000,000
a. 25.00% c. 36.36% 24. Assume that the selling price increased by 20
b. 52.48% d. 63.64% percent effective January 1, 20X2. What is the
amount of increase in sales due to change in
19. Adventure Corporation was organized on January selling price and units sold, respectively?
1 with the following capital structure: a. P920,000 and P600,000
10% cumulative preferred stock, par and b. P1,104,000 and P416,000
liquidation value of P100; authorized, c. P720,000 and P800,000
issued and outstanding 2,000 shares P200,000 d. P(1,380,000) and P2,900,000
Common stock, par value, P5; authorized
40,000 shares; Issued and outstanding 25. Independent of the preceding question, assuming
20,000 shares 100,000 that the cost price per unit decreased by 4
Adventure’s net income for the first year ended percent effective January 1, 20X2. How much
December 31 was P1,880,000, but no dividends were the change in sales due to change in
were declared. How much was Adventure’s book quantity sold and change in cost of goods sold
value per common share at December 31? due to change in unit cost?
a. P90 c. P98 Change in Sales Due Change in Cost of
b. P99 d. P120 to Change in Goods Sold Due to
Quantity Change in Unit Cost
20. Iken Berry Farms has P5 million in current assets, a. P1,270,800 increase P158,125 decrease
P3 million in current liabilities, and its initial b. P249,200 increase P953,125 decrease
inventory level is P1 million. The company plans c. P1,262,400 increase P151,800 decrease
to increase its inventory, and it will raise d. P1,262,400 increase P953,125 decrease
additional short-term debt (that will show up as
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