FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS PROFITABILITY RATIO Return on capital employed (ROCE) ROCE Return on equity (ROE) ROE Return on assets (ROA) ROA 17% ↑ NEAR VALUE 15% ↑ 12% ↑ LEVERAGE OR DEBT RATIO Interest coverage ratio Should Be Higher ↑ Debt to equity ratio Should Be below-1 ↓ Debt to asset ratio Should Be low-% ↓ Financial leverage ratio Less Than or Equal To -1 ↑↓ VALUE RATIO Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E ratio) PE Price-to-book value (P/B ratio) CMP/BV Price-to-sale value (P/S ratio) CMP/SALE Should Be Higher ↓ PEER COMPARISON Should Be low ↓ PEER COMPARISON Should Be low ↓ PEER COMPARISON OPERATING RATIO Fixed asset turnover ratio Should Be Higher ↑ PEER COMPARISON Total asset turnover ratio Should Be Higher ↑ PEER COMPARISON Working capital turnover ratio Should Be Higher ↑ PEER COMPARISON 1 Earnings Per Share (EPS) 2 Price to Earnings Ratio (PE) 3 Price to Book Ratio (PBV) 4 Debt to Equity Ratio 5 Return on Equity (ROE) 6 Return on capital employed (ROCE) Increasing for the last 5 years Lower compared to competitors and industry average Lower compared to competitors and industry average Should be less than 1 (Preferably debt<0.5 or Zero) Should be greater than 15% (Last 3 Yrs Avg) Should be greater than 15% (Last 3 Yrs Avg) 7 Price to Sales Ratio (P/S) Smaller value is preferred 8 Current Ratio Should be greater than 1 9 Dividend Increasing for the last 5 years Average return on equity 3Years > 18% AND Average return on equity 5Years > 18% AND Return on capital employed > 15% AND Debt to equity < 1 AND Sales growth 3Years > 10% AND Sales growth 5Years > 15% AND Current ratio > 1