Working With Financial
Statements
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Key Concepts and Skills
 Know
how to standardize financial statements
for comparison purposes
 Know how to compute and interpret important
financial ratios
 Know the determinants of a firm’s profitability
and growth
 Understand the problems and pitfalls in
financial statement analysis
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Chapter Outline
 Standardized
Financial Statements
 Ratio Analysis
 The Du Pont Identity
 Internal and Sustainable Growth
 Using Financial Statement Information
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Standardized Financial Statements

Common-Size Balance Sheets


Compute all accounts as a percent of total assets
Common-Size Income Statements

Compute all line items as a percent of sales
Standardized statements make it easier to compare
financial information, particularly as the company
grows
 They are also useful for comparing companies of
different sizes, particularly within the same industry

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Ratio Analysis
 Ratios
also allow for better comparison through
time or between companies
 As we look at each ratio, ask yourself what the
ratio is trying to measure and why is that
information important
 Ratios are used both internally and externally
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Categories of Financial Ratios
 Short-term
solvency or liquidity ratios
 Long-term solvency or financial leverage ratios
 Asset management or turnover ratios
 Profitability ratios
 Market value ratios
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Sample Balance Sheet
Numbers in thousands
Cash
A/R
6,489 A/P
340,220
1,052,606 N/P
86,631
Inventory
295,255 Other CL
1,098,602
Other CA
199,375 Total CL
1,525,453
Total CA
1,553,725 LT Debt
871,851
Net FA
2,535,072 C/S
1,691,493
Total Assets
4,088,797 Total Liab.
& Equity
4,088,797
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Sample Income Statement
Numbers in thousands, except EPS & DPS
Revenues
3,991,997
Cost of Goods Sold
1,738,125
Expenses
1,269,479
Depreciation
308,355
EBIT
739,987
Interest Expense
42,013
Taxable Income
Taxes
697,974
Net Income
425,764
272,210
EPS
2.17
Dividends per share
0.86
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Computing Liquidity Ratios
 Current

1,553,725 / 1,525,453 = 1.02 times
 Quick

Ratio = (CA – Inventory) / CL
(1,553,725 – 295,225) / 1,525,453 = .825 times
 Cash

Ratio = CA / CL
Ratio = Cash / CL
6,489 / 1,525,453 = .004 times
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Computing Leverage Ratios
 Total
Debt Ratio = (TA – TE) / TA
(4,088,797 – 1,691,493) / 4,088,797 = .5863 times
or 58.63%
 The firm finances almost 59% of their assets with
debt.

 Debt/Equity

(4,088,797 – 1,691,493) / 1, 691,493 = 1.417 times
 Equity

= TD / TE
Multiplier = TA / TE = 1 + D/E
1 + 1.417 = 2.417
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Computing Coverage Ratios
 Times

Interest Earned = EBIT / Interest
739,987 / 42,013 = 17.6 times
 Cash
Coverage = (EBIT + Depreciation) /
Interest

(739,987 + 308,355) / 42,013 = 24.95 times
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Computing Inventory Ratios
 Inventory
Turnover = Cost of Goods Sold /
Inventory

1,738,125 / 295,255 = 5.89 times
 Days’ Sales
in Inventory = 365 / Inventory
Turnover

365 / 5.89 = 62 days
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Computing Receivables Ratios
 Receivables
Turnover = Sales / Accounts
Receivable

3,991,997 / 1,052,606 = 3.79 times
 Days’ Sales
in Receivables = 365 / Receivables
Turnover

365 / 3.79 = 96 days
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Computing Total Asset Turnover
 Total Asset

Turnover = Sales / Total Assets
3,991,997 / 4,088,797 = .98 times
 Measure
of asset use efficiency
 Not unusual for TAT < 1, especially if a firm
has a large amount of fixed assets
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Computing Profitability Measures
 Profit

Margin = Net Income / Sales
425,764 / 3,991,997 = .1067 times or 10.67%
 Return
on Assets (ROA) = Net Income / Total
Assets

425,764 / 4,088,797 = .1041 times or 10.41%
 Return
on Equity (ROE) = Net Income / Total
Equity

425,764 / 1,691,493 = .2517 times or 25.17%
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Computing Market Value Measures
 Market
Price = $61.625 per share
 Shares outstanding = 205,838,594
 PE Ratio = Price per share / Earnings per share

61.625 / 2.17 = 28.4 times
 Market-to-book
ratio = market value per share /
book value per share

61.625 / (1,691,493,000 / 205,838,594) = 7.5 times
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Table 3.5
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Deriving the Du Pont Identity
 ROE
= NI / TE
 Multiply by 1 and then rearrange
ROE = (NI / TE) (TA / TA)
 ROE = (NI / TA) (TA / TE) = ROA * EM

 Multiply
by 1 again and then rearrange
ROE = (NI / TA) (TA / TE) (Sales / Sales)
 ROE = (NI / Sales) (Sales / TA) (TA / TE)
 ROE = PM * TAT * EM
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Using the Du Pont Identity
 ROE
= PM * TAT * EM
Profit margin is a measure of the firm’s operating
efficiency – how well does it control costs
 Total asset turnover is a measure of the firm’s asset
use efficiency – how well does it manage its assets
 Equity multiplier is a measure of the firm’s financial
leverage
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Payout and Retention Ratios
 Dividend
payout ratio = Cash dividends / Net
income

0.86 / 2.17 = .3963 or 39.63%
 Retention
ratio = Additions to retained earnings
/ Net income = 1 – payout ratio
1.31 / 2.17 = .6037 = 60.37%
 Or 1 - .3963 = .6037 = 60.37%
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The Internal Growth Rate
 The
internal growth rate tells us how much the
firm can grow assets using retained earnings as
the only source of financing.
ROA  b
Internal Growth Rate 
1 - ROA  b
.1041 .6037

 .0671
1  .1041 .6037
 6.71%
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The Sustainable Growth Rate
 The
sustainable growth rate tells us how much
the firm can grow by using internally generated
funds and issuing debt to maintain a constant
debt ratio.
ROE  b
Sustainabl e Growth Rate 
1 - ROE  b
.2517  .6037

 .1792
1  .2517  .6037
 17.92%
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Determinants of Growth
margin – operating efficiency
 Total asset turnover – asset use efficiency
 Financial leverage – choice of optimal debt
ratio
 Dividend policy – choice of how much to pay
to shareholders versus reinvesting in the firm
 Profit
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Table 3.6
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Why Evaluate Financial Statements?
 Internal
uses
Performance evaluation – compensation and
comparison between divisions
 Planning for the future – guide in estimating future
cash flows

 External
uses
Creditors
 Suppliers
 Customers
 Stockholders
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Benchmarking
 Ratios
are not very helpful by themselves; they
need to be compared to something
 Time-Trend Analysis
Used to see how the firm’s performance is changing
through time
 Internal and external uses

 Peer
Group Analysis
Compare to similar companies or within industries
 SIC and NAICS codes

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Real World Example
 Ratios
are figured using financial data from the
2001 Annual Report for Ethan Allen
 Compare the ratios to the industry ratios in
Table 3.9 in the book
 Ethan Allen’s fiscal year end is June 30.
 Be sure to note how the ratios are computed in
the table so that you can compute comparable
numbers.
 Ethan Allan sales = $904.133 MM
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Real World Example - II
 Liquidity
ratios
Current ratio = 2.7x; Industry = 1.5x
 Quick ratio = 1.1x; Industry = .5x

 Long-term

Debt/Equity ratio (Debt / Worth) = .3x; Industry =
1.9x.
 Coverage

solvency ratio
ratio
Times Interest Earned = 170.0x; Industry = 5.8x
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Real World Example - III

Asset management ratios:
Inventory turnover = 2.8x; Industry = 4.0x
 Receivables turnover = 27.4x (13 days); Industry =
38.9x (9 days)
 Total asset turnover = 1.5x; Industry = 2.8x


Profitability ratios
Profit margin before taxes = 14.2%; Industry = 3.7%
 ROA (profit before taxes / total assets) = 20.7%;
Industry = 8.8%
 ROE = (profit before taxes / tangible net worth) =
27.6%; Industry = 27.9%
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Work the Web Example


The Internet makes ratio analysis much easier
than it has been in the past
Click on the web surfer to go to Multex
Investor


Choose a company and enter its ticker symbol
Click on comparison and see what information is
available
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Quick Quiz
How do you standardize balance sheets and income
statements and why is standardization useful?
 What are the major categories of ratios and how do
you compute specific ratios within each category?
 What are the major determinants of a firm’s growth
potential?
 What are some of the problems associated with
financial statement analysis?
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