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ratios_lyst8960
Chanchal Phore
KEY BENEFITS OF OUR COURSES
Accounting ratios refer to the ratios which gives significant relationship between two
accounting terms. It helps in analyzing the financial statements and for comparison and
decision making.
•Current Ratio
•Quick Ratio
Liquidity
Ratios
Current ratio
Current ratio is a relationship of current assets to current liabilities and is computed
to assess the short term financial position of the enterprise.
Ideal current ratio: 2:1
Current assets include current investments, inventories, trade receivables (debtors and bills
receivables), cash and cash equivalents, short-term loans and advances and other current
assets such as prepaid expenses, advance tax and accrued income, etc.
Current liabilities include short-term borrowings, trade payables (creditors and bills
payables), other current liabilities and short-term provisions.
Significance:
Current assets of a business must at least, be twice of its current liabilities so that even if
half the amount is realized from the current assets on time, the firm can still meet its
current liabilities in full.
Quick/Acid Test/ Liquid Ratio
Liquid assets are the assets which are either in the form of cash and cash equivalents or can
be converted into cash within a very short period.
OR
**Prepaid expenses are excluded as they are not expected to be converted into cash.
Significance:
For every rupee of current liabilities, there should at least be one rupee of liquid assets. It is
a better test of short term financial position of a company than the current ratio as it
considers only those assets which can be easily and readily converted into cash.
Example:
From the following information, calculate Current ratio, Liquid ratio and Super quick ratio.
Current Liabilities = Short term Borrowings + Trade Payables + Short term Provisions +
Other current liabilities
= 30,000
Solvency ratios
Solvency ratios are those ratios which show the ability of the enterprise to meet its long
term liabilities.
Many people confuse solvency ratios with liquidity ratios. Although they both measure the
ability of a company to pay off its obligations, solvency ratios focus more on the long-term
sustainability of company instead of the current liability payments.
Debt Equity Ratio
This ratio expresses the relationship between long term debts and shareholder’s funds. This
ratio indicates the proportion of funds which are acquired by long term borrowings in
comparison to shareholder’s funds.
Debt equity ratio is computed to assess long term financial soundness of the enterprise.
Long term debt includes long term borrowings and long term provisions.
Shareholder’s funds = Share Capital + Reserves and Surplus
= Equity Share capital+ Preference Share capital + Capital Reserve + Securities Premium +
General Reserve + Balance in Statement of Profit & Loss
OR
Shareholder’s funds = Non-current assets + Working Capital- Non-current Liabilities
Significance:
This ratio is calculated to ascertain the soundness of the long term financial policies of the
firm. It also indicates the extent to which the enterprise depends on external funds for its
business.
Example:
Non-Current Assets = Land & Building + Plant & Machinery + Intangible Assets
= 22,00,000
Example:
Items Amount
Land & Building 15,00,000
Plant & Machinery 6,00,000
Intangible Assets 1,00,000
Inventory 5,50,000
Trade Receivables 1,70,000
Trade Payables 1,20,000
Long Term Borrowings 12,00,000
Total Assets = Land & Building + Plant & Machinery + Intangible Assets +
Inventory + Trade Receivables = 29,20,000
= 29,20,000/12,00,000
= 2.43:1
Proprietary Ratio
This ratio indicates the proportion of total assets funded by owners or shareholders.
Example:
Items Amount
Total debt 30,00,000
Shareholder’s funds 12,00,000
Reserves and Surplus 8,00,000
Current Assets 15,00,000
Working Capital 9,00,000
= 6,00,000
= 24,00,000
= 42,00,000
= 12,00,000/42,00,000 = 0.285:1
*Reserves and surplus are already included in Shareholder’s funds.
Interest Coverage Ratio = (Profit before charging Interest and Income Tax)/
Fixed Interest Charges
Significance
This ratio indicates how many times the interest charges are covered by the profits
available to pay interest charges.
Example:
Equity ratio
The shareholder equity ratio indicates how much of a company's assets have been
generated by issuing equity shares rather than by taking on debt.
Profitability ratios
Gross margin compares the gross margin of a business to the net sales. This ratio measures
how profitably a company sells its inventory.
In other words, the gross profit ratio is essentially the percentage markup on merchandise
from its cost.
Gross Profit ratio = Gross Profit/ Net sales
Direct expenses are the expenses incurred directly in the production process of a product.
Indirect expenses are expenses incurred on administrative and office work of the company.
For example, labour expense is a direct expense but salary of accountant is indirect as
labour is used for production process whereas accountant is used to prepare financial
accounts for the company, which is not something it sells to the customer.
Significance
Gross Profit Ratio should be adequate enough not only to cover operating expenses but
also to provide for depreciation, interest on loans, dividends and creation of reserves.
Example
If Gross Profit is 25% on cost, then goods costing 100 have been sold for 125.
Indirect expenses & losses = Office exp. + Selling exp. + Interest on Long
term Borrowings + Accidental Losses
Significance
This ratio measures the rate of net profit earned on Revenue from Operations. It helps in
determining the overall efficiency of the business operations. An increase in the ratio over
the previous year shows improvement in the overall efficiency and profitability of the
business.
Example
Net Profit Ratio = (Net Profit after Tax/ Net sales)* 100
= (4,00,000 /24,00,000) *100
= 16.67%
Operating Ratio and Operating Profit Ratio are inter-related. Total of both these ratios will
be 100. A rise in ‘Operating Ratio’ will lead to a similar amount of decline in ‘Operating
Profit Ratio’ and vice versa. For example, if Operating Ratio is 60%, it means that the
Operating Profit Ratio is 40%.
Operating Ratio
Operating ratio establishes relationship between operating costs and net sales.
Operating cost includes “direct cost of goods sold, administrative, selling and distribution
expenses, interest on working capital loans, discounts, bad debts”.
It excludes incomes and expenses, which have no relation with production or sales.
For example “interest and dividend received on investment, interest on loans and
debentures, profit or loss on sale of fixed assets”.
Operating income includes Trading Commission received and Cash discount received.
Significance
Lower the operating ratio, the better it is, as it will leave higher margin of profit on Revenue
from Operations.
Example
Calculate Operating Profit Ratio and Operating Ratio from the following information:
Items Amount
Cash revenue from operations 1,00,000
Net purchases 2,97,000
Credit Revenue from Operations 3,00,000
Carriage Inward 3,000
Administrative Expenses 40,000
Profit on Sale of Fixed Assets 10,000
= 4,00,000
= 3,00,000
= 1,00,000
= 40,000
= 60,000
= 15%
= 85%
Return on Investment
This ratio shows the overall profitability of the business. It is calculated by comparing the
profit earned and the capital employed to earn it.
DuPont Formula
Return on Equity = Net Profit Margin × Assets Turnover × Equity Multiplier
The net profit after tax was Rs. 1,50,000, and the tax had amounted to Rs. 50,000
Profit before interest and tax = Rs. 1,50,000 + Debenture interest + Tax
= Rs. 4,00,000 + Rs. 1,00,000 + Rs. 1,84,000 + Rs. 4,00,000 = Rs. 10,84,000
Return on Investment = Profit before Interest and Tax/ Capital Employed × 100 = Rs.
2,40,000/Rs. 10,84,000 × 100 = 22.14%
It shows how effectively inventory is managed by comparing cost of goods sold with
average inventory for a period.
Significance
This measures how many times average inventory is "turned" or sold during a period.
Low turnover of inventory may be due to bad buying, obsolete inventory, etc., and is a
danger signal. High turnover is good but it must be carefully interpreted as it may be due to
buying in small lots or selling quickly at low margin to realise cash.
Example
Purchases 5,50,000
= 90,000
Note: Cost of goods sold is also known as cost of revenue from operations.
It measures how many times a business can turn its accounts receivable into cash during a
period.
In other words, the accounts receivable turnover ratio measures how many times a
business can collect its average accounts receivable during the year.
This ratio shows how efficient a company is at collecting its credit sales from customers.
Higher ratios mean that companies are collecting their receivables more frequently
throughout the year.
Trade receivable turnover ratio = Net credit sales/ average Trade
receivable
Net credit sales = credit sales – sales return
Average debtors = (opening debtors + opening bills
receivable + closing debtors + closing
bills receivable)/ 2
** Doubtful debtors are not to be deducted from debtors since the purpose is to find out
days for which sales are tied up in debtors.
Example
Credit revenue from operations = Total revenue operations for the year - Cash
revenue operations for the year
= 1,60,000
= 40,000
= 12/4 = 3 months
Significance:
It indicates the speed with which the amount is being paid to trade payables.
The higher the ratio – The better it is – Trade Payables are being paid more quickly –
Increases credit worthiness of the firm.
Average Payment Period indicates the period which is normally taken by the firm to make
payments to its trade payables.
Example:
Creditors 20,00,000
Debtors 54,00,000
= 29 days (approx.)
Note: Since credit purchases are not mentioned, amount of total purchases has been taken.
Also average trade payables are not mentioned in the question, the ratio has been
calculated on the basis of total figures.
Example
Items Amount
Revenue from Operations 18,00,000
Inventory 3,60,000
Trade Receivables 1,70,000
Marketable securities 50,000
Cash and Bank 20,000
Trade Payables 1,40,000
Provision for Tax 10,000
= 6,00,000
= 150,000
= 4,50,000
Or