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External Financial Control: Financial Ratio Analysis

External Financial Control: Financial Ratio Analysis. Chapter 12. External Financial Control Tools. For many years analysts have studied organizations using external financial control tools, divided into two broad groups: Common size statements (vertical analysis): Balance Sheet

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External Financial Control: Financial Ratio Analysis

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  1. External Financial Control:Financial Ratio Analysis Chapter 12  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  2. External Financial Control Tools • For many years analysts have studied organizations using external financial control tools, divided into two broad groups: • Common size statements (vertical analysis): • Balance Sheet • Income Statement • Financial Ratios: • Profitability • Efficiency • Financial leverage • Liquidity • Asset use (Productivity) • Market Value  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  3. Common Size Balance Sheet (1 of 2) • The common size balance sheet has two purposes: • To identify trends in a company’s balance sheet components over time • For example, is working capital increasing or decreasing over time? • To compare balance sheet components of similar organizations • For example, is this organization holding more debt than similar organizations?  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  4. Common Size Balance Sheet (2 of 2) • In a common size balance sheet • Each item on the asset side of the balance sheet is expressed as a percent of total assets • Each item on the liabilities and shareholders’ equity side of the balance sheet is expressed as a percent of the total liabilities and shareholders’ equity  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  5. Common Size Income Statement • The common size income statement provides many valuable insights by identifying each of the cost elements as a percentage of sales • This provides guidance to management and investors of the opportunities and potential to reduce costs • Again it is useful to consider both the trend of these individual items through time and the comparison of these items with a competitor  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  6. Profitability Ratios (1 of 5) • Return on Assets = Net income  Total Assets • A measure of the return generated by the assets • Independent of how the assets are financed • Return on Common Equity = Net income  Common Equity • A ratio that measures the return to the organization’s shareowners • Reflects the effect of financial leverage • Occurs when the organization uses fixed income capital (like debt) in its capital structure • Financial leverage increases returns to the shareowners when the organization is profitable and reduces returns when it is unprofitable  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  7. Profitability Ratios (2 of 5) • Economic Value Added® • Computes the return to shareowners that exceeds the minimum return on investment that shareowners require • The calculation, beyond the scope of this text, requires an adjustment of GAAP income for its conservatism, a calculation of the organization’s weighted average cost of capital, and a calculation of the investment level in the organization • Examples of adjustments include: research and development and advertising are capitalized and expensed, goodwill is not written off, and the effect of the deferred income tax calculation is reversed  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  8. Profitability Ratios (3 of 5) • Market Value Added ® • Computes the excess of market value of the firm over total historical investments • An estimate of the organization’s cumulative value creation for shareowners • The calculation of market value added is beyond the scope of this text • Earnings Per Share (EPS) = (Net income – preferred dividends) weighted average number of shares outstanding • The weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year is readily available since organizations are required to report it in their financial statements  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  9. Profitability Ratios (4 of 5) • Earnings Per Share (cont.) • EPS is perhaps one of the most widely quoted financial measures of performance • It is the monetary unit return to the investor from holding the organization’s common stock • Fully diluted EPS computes the EPS as if all outstanding financial instruments that are convertible to stock (e.g., stock options and convertible debt) were exercised • Organizations are required to report fully diluted earnings per share in their annual reports • Dividend Yield Ratio = Dividends per share  market price per share  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  10. Profitability Ratios (5 of 5) • Dividend Yield Ratio (cont.) • Measures the cash return on the market price of a share • This is an important measure of shareowner return for shareowners that value dividends • The other element of shareowner return is the appreciation in share value • A low level of this ratio implies that either growth or the underlying value of the company’s assets are supporting the share price since no shareowner would be satisfied with a low return • Some people expect the amount of dividends paid to increase after recent changes in the tax law • The affect on dividend yield is unclear since this and other changes may increase stock prices  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  11. Efficiency Ratios (1 of 3) • Gross Profit Margin • Gross Profit  Sales • Measures the proportion of each sales dollar that is consumed by manufacturing costs • For this reason, analysts use the gross profit margin as a measure of manufacturing efficiency • The gross margin residual is what is available to cover all the non-manufacturing expenditures and to pay interest and taxes • Operating Profit Margin • Earnings before Interest & Taxes  Sales  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  12. Efficiency Ratios (2 of 3) • Operating Profit Margin (cont.) • Computes the proportion of each sales dollar that is available to pay interest and taxes and provide a return to shareowners • The relevance of the word operating in the name of this ratio is that revenues or expenses that are deemed to be unusual or non-operating items are not included in computing this ratio • Net Profit Margin • Net Income  Sales • Computes the proportion of total revenues that are available for distribution to the shareholders  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  13. Efficiency Ratios (3 of 3) • Net Profit Margin (cont.) • When this ratio is negative, as a result of a net loss, it is frequently not reported or reported as N/A (not applicable) since it cannot be interpreted in the same manner as a positive net profit margin  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  14. Financial Leverage Ratios (1 of 2) • Debt/Equity Ratio • Total Debt  Total Equity • A measure of financial risk • The higher the ratio the more financial risk • Because interest must be paid on debt irrespective of the organization’s profitability • While standards for what is an appropriate debt/equity ratio vary across industries, values between 50% and 70% are common • Debt Ratio • Total Debt  Total Equity • Another measure of financial risk  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  15. Financial Leverage Ratios (2 of 2) • Debt Ratio (cont.) • As in the case of the debt/equity ratio, the standards for what is an appropriate value vary across industries • Values between 33% and 66% are common  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  16. Liquidity Ratios (1 of 4) • Current Ratio • Current assets  Current liabilities • A measure of short run liquidity • It measures the organization’s ability to cover its short-term liabilities • The liabilities that are due in the upcoming fiscal year • Although the norm varies from industry to industry, a value of 2 is often considered to be appropriate • Quick Ratio • (Current assets – Inventory)  Current liabilities • Another measure of short run liquidity  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  17. Liquidity Ratios (2 of 4) • Quick Ratio (cont.) • The major difference between this and the current ratio is that the value of inventory is excluded in the calculation of the quick ratio on the grounds that inventory cannot be easily liquidated to pay current liabilities • Although the norm for an appropriate current ratio varies from industry to industry, a value of 1 is often considered to be appropriate • Times Interest Earned Ratio • EBIT  Interest expense • This is another measure of financial risk  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  18. Liquidity Ratios (3 of 4) • Times Interest Earned Ratio (cont.) • Since interest payments are contractual and required, this ratio provides insights into the organization’s ability to meet its interest payments • Since interest is paid with cash, not income, the times interest earned ratio may not be a good indicator of the organization’s ability to pay interest • Free Cash Flow • Net cash flow from operations – net cash flows from investment activities – cash dividends paid • Measures the excess of cash flow generated by operations over the amount of cash required to make investments to sustain the organization and pay dividends  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  19. Liquidity Ratios (4 of 4) • Free Cash Flow (cont.) • In effect it is residual or excess cash • Analysts originally viewed free cash flow as problematic since it represented funds that organizations might use speculatively • Over time this original meaning has changed and analysts now view free cash flow as a measure of the organization’s liquidity  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  20. Asset Use (Productivity) Ratios (1 of 6) • Accounts Receivable Turnover • Credit sales  Accounts receivable • Management’s ability to minimize inventory, accounts receivable, and other elements of working capital, for a given level of sales activity enhances the organization’s ability to reduce working capital and increase return on investment • For many organizations the investment in inventory and accounts receivable can be significant • However, a high turnover number is not necessarily good • Since granting trade credit is often a sales inducement, high turnover measures for accounts receivable may signal an organization that is managing its credit terms too tightly and losing sales  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  21. Asset Use (Productivity) Ratios (2 of 6) • Accounts Receivable Turnover (cont.) • To compute the accounts receivable turnover we need a statistic that is not commonly provided in the organization’s financial statements: the proportion of sales that are credit sales • For large organizations it is reasonably safe to assume that all sales are credit sales – so the analyst replaces credit sales with sales in the numerator of the accounts receivable turnover ratio • Factoring (selling) some A/R improves the turnover ratio, but tends to be evidence of an organization that has cash flow problems  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  22. Asset Use (Productivity) Ratios (3 of 6) • Accounts Receivable Turnover (cont.) • Moreover, since the cash obtained from factoring receivables will appear in the free cash flow statement, factoring compromises the interpretation of the cash management implications of the free cash flow number • Organizations that face highly varying demand over the year will experience highly fluctuating levels of accounts receivable • These organizations use average accounts receivable held to compute the accounts receivable turnover ratio  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  23. Asset Use (Productivity) Ratios (4 of 6) • Inventory Turnover • Cost of Sales  Average level of inventory • A measure of management’s ability to control its investment in inventory • Since the 1980’s managers have looked at inventory as a drain on return on investment and have looked for ways to minimize inventory as a percent of sales • Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing systems is the hallmark of this inventory management movement • However, JIT systems need to be error free since a breakdown at any point in the system will idle the system until the breakdown is repaired  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  24. Asset Use (Productivity) Ratios (5 of 6) • Inventory Turnover (cont.) • Organizations that face seasonal demand where inventory levels vary widely over the year use average inventory held during the year • The inventory turnover ratio uses cost of sales rather than sales in the numerator • Inventory is measured at cost; consistency requires that cost be used in the numerator • Total Asset Turnover • Sales  Total assets • Measures management’s ability to use assets effectively to generate sales  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  25. Asset Use (Productivity) Ratios (6 of 6) • Total Asset Turnover (cont.) • Holding too many assets will increase the capital invested in the organization and lower the return to capital • Asset use is the primary focus of the economic value added (EVA) measure discussed earlier • Fixed Asset Turnover • Sales  Net fixed assets • Works with the inventory turnover ratio and the accounts receivable turnover ratio to further explain the elements of the total asset turnover ratio  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  26. Market Value Ratios (1 of 3) • Price earnings (P/E) ratio • Market price of common stock  earnings per share • One of the most widely quoted market statistics • The P/E ratio cannot be computed when the company shows a loss • The P/E ratio indicates the number of years that, at the current earnings rate, it would take for the sum of earnings to equal share price • A high value indicates expectations for growth • Market value to book value • Market value per share  Book value per share • Computes the value that the market attributes to an organization as a proportion of its measured assets  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  27. Market Value Ratios (2 of 3) • Market value to book value (cont.) • We would expect this value to be more than one for a number of reasons: • Organizations have many resources such as employees and its reputation that do not appear on the balance sheet as assets • Assets are recorded at net book value (historical cost less accumulated depreciation) and not their current realizable value • Book value is taken as an approximation of the proceeds of liquidation attributable to the common shareowners  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  28. Market Value Ratios (3 of 3) • Market value to book value (cont.) • Therefore, the ratio reflects the premium over book value that the market assigns to the organization • When this ratio falls below 1 it signals that the market believes that the organization’s liquidation value is higher than its value as an ongoing business  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  29. Ratio Trends and Comparative Values • Individual ratio values are not meaningful in isolation • The trends of these values and their comparison to industry averages puts the ratios in context and supports interpretation • Financial ratio analysis provides an interesting first step in evaluating an organizations performance • In spite of limitations, analysts continue to use and interpret financial ratios • This widespread use reflects the belief that these ratios provide important insights • Particularly if combined with other information such as information gleaned about the organization’s strategic initiatives and information such as that contained in a balanced scorecard  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  30. Limitations of FinancialRatio Analysis (1 of 3) • Financial ratio analysis, however, has some limitations: • Comparing an organization that is in a single line of business with an organization that is a competitor but has multiple lines of business is likely to be a meaningless comparison of unlike organizations • Even though organizations might be comparable because they are in similar lines of business, they may use different accounting conventions making ratio comparisons between the two organizations meaningless  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  31. Limitations of FinancialRatio Analysis (2 of 3) • Interpreting trends in a single organization’s financial ratio may be difficult because of the effect of unknown economic or competitive forces on the organization • It may be difficult to determine an appropriate or acceptable value for a particular ratio, particularly if the industry is in a recession • When there are strong seasonality effects, making comparisons with financial data that is a snapshot of its financial activities at the organization’s year-end may be meaningless • When organizations manipulate or misrepresent their financial information, the financial ratios drawn from these data will be misleading  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  32. Limitations of FinancialRatio Analysis (3 of 3) • Like all numbers based on historical results, financial ratios look backward • It may be difficult or even meaningless to use past data to predict future performance • Because they are backward looking, financial ratios ignore an organization’s strategic initiatives and may misrepresent future results resulting from current initiatives • Despite these limitations analysts continue to use and interpret financial ratios • This widespread use reflects the belief that these ratios provide important insights  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

  33. If you have any comments or suggestions concerning this PowerPoint presentation, please contact:Terry M. Lease(terry.lease@sonoma.edu)Sonoma State University  2003 Prentice Hall Business Publishing, PowerPoint supplement to Management Accounting, 4rd ed., Atkinson, Kaplan, and Young, prepared by Terry M. Lease, Ph.D., CPA, Sonoma State University

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