The four major categories of financial ratios are:
1) Profitability
Example of profitability ratios are:
Return on assets: Net Income/Total Assets
Return on investment 1: Net Income/Owners' Equity
Net profitability: Net Income/Net Sales
Gross profitability: Gross Profits/Net Sales
Earnings per share: Net Income/Number of Shares Outstanding
Investment turnover: Net Sales/Total Assets
2) Liquidity
Example of liquidity ratios are:
Current ratio: Current Assets/Current Liabilities
Quick ratio: Quick Assets (that can be cash, marketable securities,
and receivables)/Current Liabilities
Cash to total assets: Cash/Total Assets
Sales to receivables (or turnover ratio): Net Sales/Accounts
Receivable
Cash turnover: Net Sales/Net Working Capital
3) Leverage
Example of leverage ratios are:
Debt to equity ratio: Debt/Owners' Equity
Debt ratio: Debt/Total Assets
Interest coverage: Earnings before Interest and Taxes/Interest
Expense
4) Operating
Example of operating ratios are:
Annual inventory turnover: Cost of Goods Sold for the Year/Average
Inventory
Accounts receivable turnover Net (credit) Sales/Average Accounts
Receivable
Inventory holding period: 365/Annual Inventory Turnover
What are the four main categories of GDP ?
Using income statement, balance sheet, net revenues, and few financial ratios, please explain four main factors which have made it difficult for firms to achieve equity returns above the cost of capital in the securities Industry since the last global financial crisis of 2007/2008.
"The Balance Sheet, Ratio Analysis and the Financial Analyst" Many financial ratios can be utilized to analyze financial statements. These fall into four (4) primary categories. Many financial analysts tend to utilize one (1) or two (2) of the following ratio categories when evaluating a company: Liquidity Ratios Activity Ratios Profitability Ratios Coverage Ratios Imagine that you are a financial analyst. Discuss the ratios you would most likely focus on when you conduct your analyses. Provide a rationale for your...
Which of the following are major categories of ratios used to analyze the financial condition of an organization as derived from line items found in the financial statements? Choose all that apply. Liquidity Activity. Difference between gross and net average. Ratio of Medicare patients.
Question 36 All of the following are one of the four main categories of transactions in QuickBooks except: A. Owners B. Customers C. Vendors D. Banking
1. What are the four main categories of resources? Explain each of them. 2. Explain what happens in the simple circular flow diagram. 3. (a) Explain what can we learn from a country's production possibilities curve? (b) How can a nation production possibilities curve shift inward? (c) Why the production possibilities cure is bowed-out in shape? 4. Will a nation tend to export or import goods for which it has comparative advantage? Explain
QUESTION 4: A. In learning about ratios, we could simply study the different types or categories of ratios, or we could use ratios to answer some important questions about a firm's operations. We prefer the latter approach and have chosen the following four questions as a map in using financial ratios: 1. How liquid is the firm? 2. Is management generating adequate operating profits on the firm's assets? 3. How is the firm financing its assets? 4. Are the owners...
How do you evaluate each of the four groups of financial ratios, including liquidity ratios, asset efficiency (asset management) ratios, capital structure (solvency) ratios, profitability ratios, and market value ratios? Use examples to describe formulas, explain calculation steps and sources of data (input from which financial statement—income statement or balance sheet), and state final answers.
Using 2016 & 2017 financial statements for Home Depot and Amazon stocks, prepare two financial ratios for each of the following categories:. liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, and profitability ratios. You should have a total of six ratios for each stock, per year. What challenges, strengths, or weaknesses do you see? Please be articulate.
What are the four categories of Risk in community Integration? Please discuss all four categories providing specifics.