This document provides formulas for calculating common financial ratios. It defines ratios for operating cycle, liquidity, profitability, activity, financial leverage, shareholder ratios, and return ratios. Key ratios include current ratio, quick ratio, inventory turnover, accounts receivable turnover, profit margin, times interest earned, earnings per share, price-earnings ratio, return on assets, and return on equity. The ratios measure aspects of working capital management, profitability, leverage, and shareholder returns.
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Financial Analysis formulas
1. Financial ratio formulas
Prepared by Pamela Peterson Drake
1. Operating cycle
Inventory Inventory
Number of days of inventory
Average day's cost of goods sold Cost of goods sold / 365
= =
Accounts receivable Accounts receivable
Number of days of receivables
Average day's sales on credit Sales on credit / 365
= =
Accounts payable Accounts payable
Number of days of payables
Average day's purchases Purchases / 365
= =
Note:
Cost of Ending Beginning
Purchases =
goods sold inventory inventory
+ +
Number of days Number of days
Operating cycle
of inventory of receivables
= +
purchasesof
daysofNumber
sreceivableof
daysofNumber
inventoryof
daysofNumber
cycleoperatingNet +=
2. Liquidity
sliabilitieCurrent
assetsCurrent
ratioCurrent =
sliabilitieCurrent
Inventory-assetsCurrent
ratioQuick =
Sales
sliabilitieCurrent-assetsCurrent
ratiosalestocapitalworkingNet =
3. Profitability
Gross income
Gross profit margin
Sales
=
Operating income
Operating profit margin =
Sales
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2. Net income
Net profit margin
Sales
=
4. Activity
Inventory
soldgoodsofCost
turnoverInventory =
receivableAccounts
creditonSales
turnoverreceivableAccounts =
assetsTotal
Sales
turnoverassetTotal =
assetsFixed
Sales
turnoverassetFixed =
5. Financial leverage
assetsTotal
debtTotal
ratioassetstodebtTotal =
assetsTotal
debtterm-Long
ratioassetstodebtterm-Long =
equityrs'shareholdeTotal
debtTotal
ratioequitytodebtTotal =
Total assets
Equity multiplier =
Shareholders' equity
Interest
taxesandinterestbeforeEarnings
ratiocoverage-interest-Times =
paymentLeaseInterest
paymentLeasetaxesandinterestbeforeEarnings
ratiocoveragecharge-Fixed
+
+
=
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3. 6. Shareholder ratios
goutstandinsharesofNumber
rsshareholdetoavailableincomeNet
shareperEarnings =
Dividends paid to shareholders
Dividends per share
Number of shares outstanding
=
Dividends
Dividend payout ratio =
Earnings
Market price per share
Price-earnings ratio =
Earnings per share
7. Return ratios
Operating income
Basic earning power ratio = Operating return on assets =
Total assets
Net income
Return on assets =
Total assets
Net income
Return on equity =
Shareholders' equity
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