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What is ratio ?
A ratio:It is the mathematical relationship between two quantities in the form of a fraction or percentage.
Advantages
To workout the profitability To workout the solvency Helpful in analysis of financial statement Helpful in comparative analysis of the performance To simply the accounting information Helpful for forecasting purposes
Disadvantages
Limited comparability False result Effect of price level changes Qualitative factors are ignored Costly techniques Effect of window-dressing (http://www.universalteacher4u.com/cbse/xii/acct heory/ch11/page1.htm) Expanation of advantages and disadvantages
Classification of ratios
Liquidity ratios Solvency ratios Activity or turnover ratios Profitability or income ratios
Liquidity ratios
This ratios helps us to find out the short-term solvency position of the business. Liquidity ratios include 2 ratios:current ratio or working capital ratio Quick ratio or acid test ratio or liquid ratio
Current ratio
Current assets Current liabilities The ideal ratio is 2:1 If the ideal ratio will decrease it means the liquidity position of the company become weak. If the ideal ratio will increase it means that the company is having ideal current assets
Quick ratio
Current assets (stock + prepaid) Current liabilities
The ideal ratio is 1:1 If the ideal ratio will decrease it means the liquidity position of the company become weak. If the ideal ratio will increase it means that the company is having ideal current assets
Solvency ratio
These ratios are calculated to judge the longterm solvency position of the company. Solvency ratios are of 3 types Debt equity ratio Total assets to debt ratio Proprietary ratio
share holder fund This ratio should remain below 2:1 Total assets to debt ratio Total asset Debt Proprietary ratios share holders fund (equity) total assets
* 100
avg.debtors = opening debtors + opening B/R + closing debtors + closing B/R 2 credit sales = total sales - cash sales - S/R
This ratio helps us to know that how much time the company will take to convert their credit sales into cash.
It helps us to know that in how many days / month the company will repay the funds to the creditors.
= in times
fixed assets it helps us to find out that how efficiently the company utilizing their fixed assets
= in times
working capital W/C = current assets current liabilities
it helps us to find out that how efficiently the company utilizing their working capital.
Profitability ratios
These ratios are calculated to judge the profitability of the company. Profitability ratios are of 10 types gross profit ratio Operating profit ratio Net profit ratio Operating ratio Return on capital employed Return on equity Return on equity shareholders fund Earning per share Dividend per share Price earning ratio
(1) Gross profit ratio:- G. p. / net sales * 100 This ratio helps us to know that how much gross profit the company is getting on sales.
(3) Net profit ratio = net profit/net sales *100 net profit = operating profit non operating expenses + non operating income (4) Operating ratio= cogs+ op expenses *100 net sales cogs+ operating expenses =operating cost
(6) Return on equity= net profit after tax *100 equity (7) Return on equity shareholders fund =net profit after int,tax& preference dividend *100
equity shareholders fund Equity share holders fund= equity share capital + reserves surplus miscellaneous
(8) Earning per share = net profit after int,tax & dividend
no. of equity shares issued (9) Dividend per share =amount of equity dividend proposed no. of equity shares issued (10) Price earning ratio = market price of the share EPS
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