Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Statement Analysis
INTRODUCTION
Financial statement analysis attempts to evaluate a business entity for financial and
management decision-making purposes. It explores some aspect of a firm’s profitability or its
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risk, s t-term and long-term liquidity or both. It attempts to measure the firm’s
operational efficiency and investment provided by the owners and creditors.
An investor is interested in the present and future level of return (earnings) and risk
(liquidity, debt, and activity). You, as an investor, evaluate a firm's stock based on an
examination of its financial statements. This evaluation considers overall financial health,
economic and political conditions, industry factors, and future outlook of the company. The
analysis attempts to ascertain whether the stock is overpriced, underpriced, or priced in
proportion to its market value. A stock is valuable to you only if you can predict the future
financial performance of the business. Financial statement analysis gives you much of the
data you will need to forecast earnings and dividends.
Management must relate the analysis to all of the questions raised by creditors and
investors, since these interested parties must be satisfied for the firm to obtain capital as
needed.
1. Comparative Statements- The presentation of financial information for current and prior
periods, which allows the statement user to compare changes in the individual items.
2. Horizontal Analysis- The presentation of financial statement data on a percentage basis over
time. An index value of 100 is assigned to each particular base year. In succeeding years, the
peso/dollar amount of each item is divided by the peso/dollar amount of the same item in
base year. The result is the presentation of the relative growth or decline of each item in terms
of the base year.
3. Vertical Analysis- The presentation of each item on a financial statement as a percentage of
an appropriate base amount. Statements presented in this form are known as Common-size
Statements. In an income statement, the base amount is Total Net Sales expressed as 100%.
In the balance sheet, the base amount is Total Assets or Total Liabilities and Owner’s Equity
expressed also as 100%.
4. Ratio Analysis- It provides an indication of a firm’s financial strengths and weaknesses and
should generally be used in conjunction with other evaluation techniques. Ratios are useful
tools of financial statement analysis because they summarize data in a form easy to
understand, interpret, and compare.
Key Terms
Working Capital The excess of current assets over current liabilities.
Common-Size Statement A statement that show the items appearing in
percentages rather than in peso/dollar denomination.
Trend Percentages The expression of several years’ financial datat in
percentage form in terms of a base year.
Financial leverage the financing of assets in a company with funds that
have been acquired from creditors of from
preference stockholders at affixed rate of return.This
is often referred to as Trading on Equity.
Cash flow to Total Debt Cash flow is defined as Net Income plus
depreciation, amortization, and depletion. Total debt
is defined as Total Liabilities plus Preference Stock.
Furthermore, such a statement helps managers and business owners to identify trends
in the various performance indicators of the underlying business.
1. Working Capital
Working capital refers to the excess of current assets over current
liabilities.This helps a financial manager or a business owner to know about the
liquidity position of the business.
1. Step 1 Firstly, specify absolute figures of assets and liabilities relating to the
2. Step 2 Find out the absolute change in the items mentioned in the balance sheet.
This is done by subtracting the previous year’s item amounts from the current year
ones.
3. Step 3 Finally, calculate the percentage change in the assets and liabilities of the
current year relative to the previous year.
Percentage Change = (Absolute Increase or Decrease)/Absolute Figure of the
Previous Year’s Item) * 100
Figure 3.1 Horizontal analysis
The above vertical analysis example shows the net profit of the company where we
can see the net profit in both amount and percentage. Where the same report can be used to
compare with other industry. Where the income statement can be compared with previous
years and the net income can be compared where it helps to compare and understand the
percentage of rising or loss of income percentage.
In the above vertical analysis example, we can see that the income decreases from
1 year to 2nd year and the income increases to 18% in the 3rd year. So by using this method, it
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is easy to understand the net profit as it is easy to compare between the years. In that, we can
easily understand that the total expenses gradually increased from 43% to 52% and the net
income got reduced from 1st year to 2nd year. In the 3rd year, the COGS got decreased when
compared to the previous years and the income got increased.
Let us now calculate the Vertical Analysis of the Balance Sheet with the help of
another example.
Raw Materials Turnover Cost of Raw Materials Used Measure relative control over
Ave. Raw Materials Invtry inventory investment.
Day’s Supply of No. of days in the year as Indicates the number of days
inventory given or 360 days inventory is held for sale.
Inventory Turnover Reflects on efficiency of
Or inventory policies.
Ending Inventory
Average Daily Cost of Goods Sold
Times Interest Earned Income before Interest Measures ability of the firm to
Expense and meet interest payments.
Income Taxes
Interest Expense
Earnings per Share (EPS) Net Income- Preferred Measures the amount of
Dividends earnings attributable to each
Number of Ordinary ordinary share.
Shares Outstanding
Return on Average Current Assets Net Income Measures the return on average
Average Current current assets utilized.
Assets
Current Ratio:
Charlie’s Skate Shop sells ice-skating equipment to local hockey teams. Charlie is applying
for loans to help fund his dream of building an indoor skate rink. Charlie’s bank asks for his balance
sheet so they can analysis his current debt levels. According to Charlie’s balance sheet he reported
$100,000 of current liabilities and only $25,000 of current assets. Charlie’s current ratio would be
calculated like this:
As you can see, Charlie only has enough current assets to pay off 25 percent of his current liabilities.
This shows that Charlie is highly leveraged and highly risky. Banks would prefer a current ratio of at
least 1 or 2, so that all the current liabilities would be covered by the current assets. Since Charlie’s
ratio is so low, it is unlikely that he will get approved for his loan.
Acid-test Ratio
Let’s assume Carole’s Clothing Store is applying for a loan to remodel the storefront.
The bank asks Carole for a detailed balance sheet, so it can compute the quick ratio. Carole’s
balance sheet included the following accounts:
Cash: $10,000
Accounts Receivable: $5,000
Inventory: $5,000
Stock Investments: $1,000
Prepaid taxes: $500
Current Liabilities: $15,000
The bank can compute Carole’s quick ratio like this.
As you can see Carole’s quick ratio is 1.07. This means that Carole can pay off all of her current
liabilities with quick assets and still have some quick assets left over.
Debt Ratio
Dave’s Guitar Shop is thinking about building an addition onto the back of its
existing building for more storage. Dave consults with his banker about applying for a new
loan. The bank asks for Dave’s balance to examine his overall debt levels.
The banker discovers that Dave has total assets of $100,000 and total liabilities of $25,000.
Dave’s debt ratio would be calculated like this:
As you can see, Dave only has a debt ratio of .25. In other words, Dave has 4 times as
many assets as he has liabilities. This is a relatively low ratio and implies that Dave will be
able to pay back his loan. Dave shouldn’t have a problem getting approved for his loan.
Assume a company has $100,000 of bank lines of credit and a $500,000 mortgage on its
property. The shareholders of the company have invested $1.2 million. Here is how you calculate the
debt to equity ratio.
Suppose XYZ & Co. is seeking out a loan to build a new manufacturing plant. The
lender needs to review the company’s financial statements to determine XYZ & Co.’s credit
worthiness and ability to repay the loan. Properly evaluating this risk will help the bank
determine appropriate loan terms for the project.
One such measurement the bank’s credit analysts look at is the company’s coverage
ratio. To calculate, they review the statement of cash flows and find last year’s operating cash
flows totalled $80,000,000 and total debt payable for the year was $38,000,000.
The following are the balance sheet and income statement data of ABC Company:
Additional Information
1. Dividends paid on preference shares 75,000
2. Dividends paid on ordinary shares 162,000
3. Market price per share on ordinary shares 18
Requirements:
1. Prepare comparative balance sheets for 2019 and 2020, showing peso and percentage
increases or decreases (Horizontal Analysis).
2. Prepare income statement for the year ended December 31, 2020 with common size
percentages (Vertical Analysis).
3. Prepare comparative common-size balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2020
(Vertical Analysis).
4. Evaluate the firm’s short-term solvency for 2020 by computing:
a. Working Capital
b. Current Ratio
c. Acid-test Ratio
d. Cash flow from Operations to Current Liabilities
e. Receivable Turnover
f. Age of Receivables (Use 380 days)
g. Inventory turnover
h. Days Supply in Inventory
i. Working Capital Turnover
j. Current Asset Turnover
SOLUTION
1.
ABC COMPANY
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET
As of December 31, 2019 and 2020
Increase
(Decrease)
Percen
ASSETS 2019 2020 Pesos t
Current Assets:
Cash 150,000 283,000 133,000 88.7
1,000,00
Marketable Securities 850,000 0 150,000 17.6
1,000,00
Accounts Receivable, net 500,000 0 500,000 100.0
(250,000
Inventories 750,000 500,000 ) (33.3)
2,250,00 2,783,00
Total Current Assets 0 0 533,000 23.7
Non-current Assets:
Land 500,000 500,000 - -
Building, net 550,000 500,000 (50,000) (9.1)
1,700,00 1,500,00 (200,000
Machinery and Eqt., net 0 0 ) (11.8)
Goodwill 400,000 400,000 - -
Deferred Charges 100,000 90,000 (10,000) (10.0)
3,250,00 2,990,00 (260,000
Total Non-Current Assets 0 0 ) (8.0)
5,500,00 5,773,00
TOTAL ASSETS 0 0 273,000 5.0
2.
ABC COMPANY
INCOME STATEMENT
For The Year December 31, 2020
(with Common-Size Percentages)
Percen
Amount t
Sales 5,250,000 105.0
Less: Sales Returns and Allowances 250,000 5.0
Net Sales 5,000,000 100.0
Cost of Goods Sold:
Inventory, December 31, 2019 750,000 15.0
Add: Purchases 2,750,000 55.0
Total Goods Available for Sale 3,500,000 70.0
Less: Inventory, December 31,
2020 500,000 10.0
Cost of Goods Sold 3,000,000 60.0
3.
ABC COMPANY
Current Assets:
Non-current Assets:
100.0 100.0
TOTAL ASSETS 0 0
EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Non-Current Liabilities:
Stockholders' Equity:
4c Quick Assets:
Cash 283,000
1,000,00
Marketable Securities 0
1,000,00
Accounts Receivable, net 0
2,283,00
Total Quick Assets 0
Divide by ÷
1,000,00
Current Liabilities 0
Acid-Test Ratio 2.28:1
5,000,00
4e Net Credit Sales 0
Average Receivables (500,000+1,000,000)/2 750,000
3,000,00
4g Cost of Goods sold 0
Average Inventories (750,000+500,000)/2 625,000
Inventory
Turnover = 4.8 times
Net 5,000,00
4i sales 0
1,641,50
Average working capital (1,783,000+ 0
1,500,000)/2
Working Capital turnover = 3.05 times
Net 5,000,00
4j Sales 0
2,516,50
Ave Current Assets (2,250,000+2,783,000)/2 0
Debt to Equity
Ratio = 1.29 times
1,000,00
5c Net Operating Income 0
Interest Expense 250,000
Price Earnings
Ratio = 6.21:1
Common
7d Dividends 162,000
Common Stockholders'
8c Equity 2,023,000
Number of Common Shares
Outstanding 150,000
(1,500,000/10)
13.49/shar
Book Value per Common Share = e
ASSESSMENT
Problem:
The data shown below were obtained from the financial records of the BST Corporation for the year
ended December 31, 2020.
Sound Break Corporation
Income and Retained Earnings Statement
For the year Ended December 31, 2020
SUMMARY
For the purposes of making good decisions, an analysis and interpretation of the financial
statements must be made, and this involves a thorough study of the figures shown in the face of the
statements and an evaluation of the firm’s present condition and future potential.
Different analytical tools and techniques may be used for financial statements analysis.
Among the tools are horizontal, vertical analyses, and ratio analyses.
Horizontal analysis involves the computation of absolute and percentage changes between
and among account balances of two or more accounting periods. The use of more than two
accounting periods enables the analyst to observe and develop trends in the accounts.
Vertical analysis involves the comparison of figures within a financial statement of one
period. To facilitate the comparisons, common-size statement is expressed as a percentage of a certain
total-amount- total sales in the income statement and total assets in the balance sheet.
Ratio analysis involves the development of meaningful relationships between two figures that
can come from the same statement or from two different statements. Ratio analysis may be classified
into short-term solvency or liquidity, long-term solvency, operational efficiency, profitability and
investment or market tests.
Ratio analysis involves some limitations with which the analyst must be aware of, such as the
inaccuracy due to the use of averages, peso valuations, and differences in the use of accounting
methods.
References:
Gitman, L. J, Zutter, C. J. (2012). Principles of Managerial Finance. Boston, MA. Pearson
Education, Inc.
Roque, R.S., (2016). Management Advisory Services. Malabon, MM. Roque Press, Inc.
https://quickbooks.intuit.com/in/resources/accounting-taxes/comparative-financial-
statements/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/ratioanalysis.asp
https://www.myaccountingcourse.com/financial-ratios/current-ratio
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