Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques
Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques
ANALYSIS- a consideration of anything in its separate parts and their relation to each other.
1. Financial Statement
Are compact reports that summarize the financial position of a firm as of a given
date, or the result of financial operation over a given period of time
end products of the accounting process
BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The goal of every analyst will be to predict whether the company being analyzed will
have sufficient cash to meet its ongoing cash needs and meet necessary requirements for a
smooth sailing business.
The sources and uses of funds will come from the following balance sheet changes:
MARA
CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
( $ in millions)
CLARA
CORPORATIO
N
Balance Sheet
( $ in millions)
- is the process of evaluating relationships between parts of the firm’s financial statements in
order to judge its performance.
- It provides a sound basis for credit worthiness and evaluates thoroughly and draws
conclusions on the borrower’s / prospective borrower’s performance, strengths, weaknesses
and industry prospects.
Financial analysis is based on the client’s audited financial statement which gives us insight on
companies past performance and provide vital information concerning the position of the
business and the results of its operation.
2. SEC REPORT- Publicly held corporation must file annual, quarterly and current reports
with the Securities Exchange Commission
3. BUSINESS PERIODICALS
Examples:
The character,motivation, experience and age of the people within the
organization
The quality of its research and development effort.
The extent of its marketing network
Details regarding product lines, machine efficiency, advance planning
Organization of structure, behavioural problems and the extent of influence
exercised by key-position holders.
2. Financial statements are historical in nature and their use for predictive purpose calls
for informed/ careful judgment by the users.
3. Instability of Monetary Unit. The value of money in terms of general purchasing power
has undergone significant fluctuations and has gone pronounced downward trends.
4. Financial statements present the best possible estimates, not absolutely accurate
figures
3. INDUSTRY NORMS
- This standard will tell how the company being analyzed compares with other
companies in the same industry
-For example: an average Return on Sales (ROS) of the industry is 8%; in such case
companies below 8% did not perform well.
THREE LIMITATIONS:
1. Although two companies seem to be in the same industry, they may not be strictly
comparable.
2. Most large companies operate in more than one industry.
3. Companies in the same industry with similar operations use different accounting
procedures.
4. BUDGETED STANDARDS
-a budget, ratios developed from actual performance can be compared to planned
ratios in the budget in order to determine the degree of accomplishment.
The tools of financial analysis are intended to show relationships and changes:
1. HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS
- it enables one to draw a picture on what changes are taking place in the financial
activities of an enterprise.
- Is a comparative analysis which shows the increases and decreases, in absolute
amounts and in percentages, of financial data for two given periods
- The increase or decrease, specifically if material in amount, will trigger an
inquisition from management to determine whether the changes is good for the
company and what is the reason for the change.
a. Comparative Statements
-shows the increases and/ or decreases of account balances and their
corresponding percentages
b. Trend Ratios
- supplement the comparative statements, showing the behaviour of financial data
for successive periods
2. VERTICAL ANALYSIS
-only one set of financial statement is used
-involves the percentage changes to bring out the quantitative relationships existing
among different items to the total in a single statement.
-It shows the relative importance of an item in relation to other items and to a total.
-It sets a total figure in the statement equal to 100% and computes the percentage
of each component of the figure(this figure would be total assets or total liabilities
and stockholders’ equity in the case of balance sheet and revenues or sales in the
case of the income statement.
-used in the importance (proportion) of individual items to the specific base item
which is the total revenue (in the income statement) and the total assets (in the
balance sheet)
-It shows changes in the relative size (importance) of each item to the specific base
and whether it is good or not depends on its effect on the financial position or
performance of the business.
b. Financial Ratio
- shows the significant between items in the financial statements expressed in
mathematical form.
RATIO ANALYSIS
1. LIQUIDITY RATIOS
Measure the amount of cash or investments that can be converted to cash in order to pay
expenses, bills and other obligations as they come due
The ratios that relate to this goal all have to do with working capital or some part of it, because
it is out of working capital that debts are pad as they mature.
TWO DIMENSIONS TO PROPER EVALUATE LIQUIDITY ARE:
a. The time necessary to convert the assets into money
b. The degree of certainty associated with the conversion ratio for the assets
INVENTORY X 360
COST OF GOODS SOLD
2. PROFITABILITY RATIOS
A company’s long-run survival depends on its being able to earn a satisfactory income.
An evaluation of past earning power may give the investor and creditor a better
understanding for decision making.
Measure and help control income.
NET SALES/ REVENUE NETS SALES/REVENUE CURRENT YEAR-NET SALES/REVENUE PREVIOUS YEAR X It measures the
100 increase or decrease
GROWTH NET SALES/REVENUE PREVIOUS YEAR
-shows the increase or of sales.
decrease in sales/revenue from %
year to year.
High rate:
Indicates that the borrowing may be the source of much of the
capitalization, that management is extremely efficient
LOW: the
EARNINGS PER SHARE RATIO management is not
OR BOOK VALUE RATIO- NET EARNINGS performing well with
measures management’s NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING regard to earnings
success in achieving profits for It may be due to
the owners. Php/ $ sluggish sales or high
This is the amount available to costs and/or a large
the common shareholder after number of common
the payment of all charges and shares outstanding
taxes for the accounting period HIGH: means the sock
has a high rate of
return.
Such stock will
generally sell at a
higher multiple of its
book value than a
stock with a low rate
of return.
PRICE/EARNINGS RATIO-
measures how much the MARKET PRICE PER SHARE
investors are willing to pay per EARNINGS PER SHARE
peso/dollar of reported profits
TIMES
CAPITALIZATION RATE-
measures the rate of return
that the market demands for EARNINGS PER SHARE
the corporation. MARKET PRICE PER SHARE
As the price/earnings ratio
increases, the capitalization %
rate decreases.Reciprocal of LOW: means the investors don’t demand a very high return on
P/E ratio. their money because they consider the corporation to be a
good investment.
HIGH: means the investors want a high return for each
peso/dollar invested. In other words it takes a large payoff to
attract investors.
3. SOLVENCY RATIOS
Refers to the ability to meet the interest and repayment schedules associated with
debts.
It enables to point out early whether the company is on the road of bankruptcy.
DEBT/EQUITY RATIO-serves as TOTAL NET WORTH-INTANGIBLE ASSETS = TANGIBLE NET WORTH Measures the
indicator of a corporation’s proportion of
debt paying ability because the TOTAL LIABILITIES OR TOTAL LIABILITIES borrowed capital to
TANGIBLE NET WORTH OWNER’S EQUITY invested capital
ownership’s fund represents a
buffer protecting a creditor %
from loss. Since debts can only LOWER IS SAFER
be repaid with cash, the analyst The increasing amount of debts in a company’s capital
should determine the extent to structure is thought to be risky.
which debt-to-equity ratio The larger the debt-to-equity ratio, the more fixed
reflects the company’s cash obligations the company has and so the riskier the
availability. situation.
It is useful in determining whether cash from external
sources will be made available to company, to the extent
that suppliers of cash( banks,bondholders,equity
holders) rely on this ratio in determining how to invest in
their cash.
SUNRISE
CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
LIABILITIES AND
ASSETS OWNER'S EQUITY
SUNRISE
CORPORATION
Income Statement
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Where:
CMU=USP-UVC
Example: Fixed Costs and Expenses amount P80,000. Unit selling price is P40 and unit variable
costs and expenses amount to P30.
Financial planning- refers to the process of determining the best uses of the financial resources
of an organization to attain its predetermined objectives and the procurement of the required
funds at the least cost.
CORPORATE PLANNING
- Is a formal, systematic, managerial process, organized by responsibility, time and
information, to ensure the operational planning, project planning and strategic
planning are carried out regularly to enable top management to direct and control
the future of the enterprise.
BUDGETING
- Is the process of translating a plan in quantitative terms
BUDGET
-is a formal statement of a planned course of action expressed in quantitative terms.
OBJECTIVES OF BUDGETING
1. Planning
- Financial plans of the different sub-units are prepared geared towards the
attainment of the company’s predetermined objectives
2. Coordination
- Budgeting brings harmony and synchronized operations for the different levels of
management
3. Control
- Budgeting provides management with the yardstick in evaluating performance.
BUDGETARY CONTROL
- Refers to the use of budgets and budgetary reports to coordinate, evaluate and
control day-to day operations to attain the goals specified by the budget.
MASTER BUDGET
- Refers to the consolidated budgets of the different sub-units (departments,
branches and sections)
C CORPORATION
CASH BUDGET
For 20XX
FOR THE
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH YEAR
Cash from Operations:
Estimates of collection on
sales
Sales on account P 9,000 P 8,000 P10,000 P7,500 P34,500
Cash Sales 4,000 6,000 5,0 18,
3,500 00 500
12 12, 53,
12,000
TOTAL ,500 16,000 500 000
Estimates of disbursements
4,0 29,
9,000
Purchases 9,500 7,000 00 500
2,6 16,
4,500
Operating Expenses 6,000 3,700 00 800
15 6,6 46,
13,500
TOTAL ,500 10,700 00 300
Net Cash flow from (3, 5,9 6,
(1,500)
operations 000) 5,300 00 700
(7, (3,5 (19,5
(5,000)
Payment-Equipment 500) (3,500) 00) 00)
(1, (8 (3,6
(1,000)
Interest expense on loans 000) (800) 00) 00)
Net Cash flows before (11, 1,6 (16,4
(7,500)
financing 500) (1,000) 00 00)
SOURCES OF CAPITAL
2. BORROWED CAPITAL
- Refers to capital acquired that gives rise to liability or to a debtor-creditor
relationship
- Ways of acquiring borrowed capital
1. Buying property, equipment, raw materials and availing of services on credit
2. Loans from financial intermediaries
3. Issuance of commercial papers and bonds
4. Advances from affiliate companies and officers
5. Accounts and notes receivable discounting
2. Pro-Forma Statements
- “As a matter of form”
- A financial plan will have a forecast balance sheet, income statement and
statement of cash flows.
- Financial statements are the form we use to summarize the different events
projected.
3. Asset Requirements
- The plan will describe projected capital spending
- Projected growth will make changes in our balance sheet.
4. Financial Requirements
- Plan will include a section about the necessary financing arrangements
- Discuss dividend policy, Debt Policy
- Policy on raising funds
5. The Plug
- Some new amount of financing will often be necessary because projected total
assets will exceed projected total liabilities and equity.
- It is the designated sources and sources of financial planning needed to deal wth
any short fall or surplus.
6. Economic Assumptions
- State explicitly the economic environment
FINANCIAL LEVERAGE
- The financial advantage derived from having additional funds (use of borrowed
capital) considering the cost involves.
- It arises from the use of borrowed capital to enhance earnings per share and rate of
return on owner’s equity.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE:
DY Corporation realizes income of P800,000 before interest and income taxes. Its
balance sheet shows:
Assets= P 1,500,000
Liabilities= P200,000
SHE= P1,300,000
There are 10,0000 shares outstanding, par value of P100 per share. The company is
evaluating a project proposal requiring additional capital of P500,000 so as to
increase its operating income by P200,000.
Two alternative solutions have been presented:
1. Borrow P500,000 from a bank at 18%
2. Issue additional 2,500 shares of capital stock at the market price of P200 per
share
Tax rate is 32%
Compute for the Cost of Capital, Tax Benefit
Solution:
ALTERNATIVE 1 ALTERNATIVE 2
Income before the project
Income derived from the
project
TOTAL
Less: interest expense
Income before tax
Less: income tax
Income after tax
EPS
ROE
ROSENGARTEN CORPORATION
Income
Statement
(in thousands)
Sales $ 1,000
80
Costs 0
20
Taxable Income 0
6
Taxes (34%) 8
13
Net Income 2
Dividends $44
additional to retained
earnings $88
ROSENGARTEN CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
(in thousands)