ACCOUNTING RATIOS AT A GLANCE

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(Guest)

Thanks Prakash....

Great job.....

it give the good refreshment

thanumalayan (senior assistant) (111 Points)
Replied 25 May 2008

Wonderful job. It's useful for all CA Students. Pls give more useful things, in future. Thanks a lot!

Vinod (Assistant Audit Officer)   (1675 Points)
Replied 30 May 2008

 thanx a ton man


(Guest)

nice job... do well


Manisha (CA final Student) (118 Points)
Replied 15 July 2008

Originally posted by :CA Prakash
"


ACCOUNTING RATIOS

 





To test
Name of Ratio
Formula
Parties interested
Industry norm

Liquidity and Solvency




i)
Current Ratio

Current AssetsCurrent Liabilities
Short-term creditors, investors, money lenders & like parties
2:1





ii) 
Liquid/Quick/Acid Test Ratio

Current assets - Stock - Prepaid ExpensesCurrent Liabilities - Bank Overdraft - Prereceived Income
-do-
1:1





iii) 
Absolute Liquid Ratio

Cash + Marketable securitiesQuick Liabilities
-do-
1:1





iv) 
Proprietary Ratio
 

Proprietor's FundTotal Assets
[Proprietor's funds = Equity Capital + Preference Capital + Reserves and Surplus + Accumulated funds - Debit balances of P & L A/c and Miscellaneous Expenses]
-do-
60% to 75%

Capitalisation




i) 
Debt Equity Ratio

DebtEquity
[Debt = Long/Short-term loans, debentures, bills, etc, Equity = Proprietor's funds]
-do-
2:1





ii) 
Capital Gearing Ratio

Fixed cost fundsFunds not carrying fixed cost
[Fixed cost funds = Preference share capital, Debentures, Loans from  banks, financial institutions, other unsecured loans].
[Funds not carrying fixed cost = Equity share capital + undistributed profit - P & L A/c (Dr. Bal.) - Misc. expenses].
-do-
2:1

Profitability and management efficiency




i) 
Gross Profit Ratio
 

Gross Profit x 100Net sales
Shareholders, Long-term Creditors, Government

20% to 30%





ii)
Net Profit Ratio

Net Profit x 100Net sales
[Net profit may be either Operating Net profit, Profit before tax or Profit after tax].
-do-
5% to 10%





iii) 
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)

Net profit x 100Capital employed
[Capital employed = Fixed Assets + Current Assets - Current Liabilities].
-do-






iv) 
Return on Proprietors fund
Profit after taxProprietor's funds
-do-






v) 
Return on Capital
Profit after tax less pref. Dividend  x 100Equity Share Capital
-do-






vi) 
Earnings per share [EPS]
Profit after tax less pref. DividendTotal  No. of Equity Shares
-do-






vii) 
Dividend per share [DPS]
Total Dividend paid to ordinary shareholdersNumber of ordinary shares
Shareholders, Investors


Management efficiency




i) 
Stock Turnover
Cost of goods soldAverage Stock
Management
5 to 6 times





ii) 
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Debtors + Bills receivable  x 365Net Credit sales
Management
45 to 60 days





iii) 
Debtor's Turnover Rate
Credit salesAvg. Debtors + Bills receivable
Management
60 to 90 days





iv) 
Creditor's Turnover Ratio
Creditors + Bills payable x 365Credit purchases
-do-
 





v) 
Creditor's Turnover Rate
Credit purchasesAverage Creditors
 
 





vi) 
Operating Ratio

Operating Costs x 100Net sales
[Operating Cost = Cost of goods sold + Operating expenses (viz. Administrative, selling & finance expenses)]
 
 

Number of times preference dividends covered by net profit
Preference shareholders' coverage ratio
Net profit (after Interest & Tax but before equity dividend)Preference Dividend
Preference shareholders
 

Number of times equity dividends covered by net profit
Equity shareholder's coverage ratio
Net profit (after interest, tax & Pref. Dividend)Equity Dividend
Equity shareholders
 

Number of times fixed interest covered by net profit
Interest coverage  ratio
Net profit (before Interest & Tax) (PBIT)Fixed interests & charges
Debentureholders, Loan creditors
 

Relationship between net profit and total fixed charges
Total coverage ratio

Net profit (before Interest & Tax) (PBIT)Total fixed charges
Shareholders, investors, creditors, lenders
 

The idle capacity in the Organisation
Fixed expenses to total cost ratio

Fixed expensesTotal cost
Management shareholders 
 

Material consumption to sales
Material consumption to sales ratio

Material consumptionSales
Management
 

Wages to sales
Wages to sales ratio
WagesSales
Management
 

The future market price of a share
Price earning ratio
Market price of a share (MPS)Earnings per share (EPS)
Investors, speculators
 
"


 

Thanks prakash they are well presented and definitely useful to all CA students


bijaya (Accounts) (20 Points)
Replied 04 August 2008

i have left CA intermediate(result don't know) since may 1999.can i continue now ? My Old registration number is CC028475 & new is ERO0065465


(Guest)

i would like to have teaching material

on accounting ratios , anlaysis of B/s and annual reports

and some basic principles of accounting,specifics

related to insurance industry


(Guest)

 Proprietor's unsecured loan  treated  can treated as quasi equity if yes please give me accounting standard 


(Guest)

Wether Proprietor unsecured loan treated as quasi equity  if yes give Accounting Standard


(Guest)

Good


Bhavana (Student) (20 Points)
Replied 06 October 2008

Accounting ratio


(Guest)

 plz tell me..are these two ratios i.e. ROE and RONW are the same or diff.?

As ROE = (PAT - Pref. div)/Avg. equity

Does Equity comprises of pref. equity or it only comprises of common equity? 

and what all net worth is made up of???


CA CS CIMA Prakash Somani (Landmark Group) (23512 Points)
Replied 22 July 2009

Thnx :)


CA CS Amit Borade (Chief Accountant) (2828 Points)
Replied 22 July 2009

Hi all ...... all this ratios in Excel sheet...


Attached File : 55 ratio analysis.xls downloaded: 242 times

satyanarayana (profession) (22 Points)
Replied 24 August 2009

Originally posted by :Guest
" Good job...........with one lacuna......some body may not know the definition of terms used in these formulae.....so try to define the meaning/contents of every term used.....eg capital employeed ........mention what to be included nad what not....... "



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