Ratio Analysis and its Formula
A ratio analysis is a mathematical analysis of financial statement of the company. Ratio analysis is based on balance sheet and profit and loss account statement. Ratio analysis is used to evaluate various aspects of a company’s operating and financial performance such as its efficiency, profitability ,liquidity etc. These relationships between the financial statement accounts help investors, creditors, and internal company management understand how well a business is performing and areas of needing improvement.
Ratios are also compared for different year of the same company or different companies in the same sector to see how they perform during the period up, and to get an idea of comparative analysis.
Ratio analysis can broadly divided between
- Profitability ratio
- Liquidity ratio
- Balance sheet ratio
Following are the main Ratio , their formula and what the ratio Indicate
Sr No |
Type of ratio | Formula | What Indicate |
Profitability Ratios( Income statement Ratio) | |||
1 | Gross Profit Ratio | Gross Profit/Net Sales | Gross Profit Generated By each dollar of Sales |
2 | Operating Profit ratio | Operating Profit/Net Sales | Operating Profit Generated By each dollar of Sales |
3 | Net Profit Margin (Return on Sales) | Net Income/ Net Sales |
Net Profit Generated By each dollar of Sales |
4 | Return on Investment Ratio | Net Profit After Interest And Taxes/ Shareholders Funds or Investments | Income earned on Investment |
5 | Return on Capital Employed Ratio |
Net Profit after Taxes/ Gross Capital Employed | Return On Capital Invested |
6 | Dividend Pay Out Ratio | Dividend Per Equity Share/Earning Per Equity Share | Dividend Received |
7 | Earning Per Equity Share | Net Profit after Tax & Preference Dividend / No. of Equity Share | Earning Per Share |
8 | Dividend Yield Ratio | Dividend Per Share/ Market Value Per Share | Yield of Dividend Comparative to Market Price |
9 | Price Earnings Ratio | Market Price Per Share Equity Share/ Earning Per Share | company’s share price to its per-share earnings |
10 | Du Pont Return on Assets | (Net Income /Sales) x (Sales/Assets) x (Assets/Equity) | Indicate how the company generates its return |
Liquidity Ratios | |||
11 | Working Capital | Current Assets- Current Liabilities | Indicate Working Capital of the company |
12 | Current Ratio | Current Assets/Current Liabilities | Indicate firm’s ability to pay off its liabilities with its Current Assets |
13 | Quick Ratio | Liquid Assets/Current Liabilities | Indicate firm’s ability to pay off its liabilities with its with quick Cash Assets |
14 | Acid Test or Quick Ratio | Cash + Marketable Securities + Accounts Receivable/ Current Liabilities |
Indicate firm’s ability to pay off its liabilities with its with quick Cash Assets |
15 | Cash Ratio | Cash Equivalents + Marketable Securities/Current Liabilities | Cash balance of the company comparative to its current Liability |
Balance sheet ratio | |||
16 | Inventory Ratio | Net Sales / Inventory | How many time Company’s inventory is sold |
17 | Total Debts to Assets | Total Liabilities / Total Assets |
Proportion of there company’s Assets finance by the debt |
18 | Debtors Turnover Ratio | Total Sales / Account Receivables | Indicate the number of times average debtors are turned over during a year |
19 | Debt Collection Ratio | Receivables x Months or days in a year / Net Credit Sales for the year | Indicate approximate amount of time that it takes for company to receive its receivable |
20 | Creditors Turnover Ratio | Net Credit Purchases / Average Accounts Payable | How Effectively Company pay its supplier |
21 | Average Payment Period | Average Trade Creditors / Net Credit Purchases X 100 | Indicate approximate amount of time that it taken by company to pay its Supplier |
22 | Working Capital Turnover Ratio | Net Sales / Working Capital | Indicate Company’s effectiveness in Using its Working Capital |
23 | Fixed Assets Turnover Ratio | Cost of goods Sold / Total Fixed Assets | Indicate Company’s effectiveness in using its Fixed assets to generate revenue |
24 | Capitalization Ratio | Long-Term Debt / Long-Term Debt + Owners’ Equity | Indicate debt component of a company’s capital structure |
25 | Capital Turnover Ratio | Cost of Sales / Capital Employed | Indicate Company’s effectiveness in using its Capital to generate revenue |
26 | Debt Equity Ratio | Total Long Term Debts / Shareholders Fund | Indicate relationship between the capital contributed by creditors and the capital contributed by shareholders |
27 | Proprietary Ratio | Shareholders Fund/ Total Assets | Indicate proportion of shareholders’ equity to total assets |
28 | Capital Gearing ratio | Equity Share Capital / Fixed Interest Bearing Funds | Indicate the Financial Leverage |
29 | Debt Service Ratio | Net profit Before Interest & Taxes / Fixed Interest Charges | availability of Cash to serving its Debt Charges |
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