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Ratios and Important Equations

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Net cash flow   Net income - Noncash revenue + Noncash charges OR Net income + Depreciation and amortization  
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NOPAT (Net Operating Profit After Taxes)   The amount of profit a company would generate if it had not debt and held no financial assets. Better measure of performance than Net Income. EBIT(1-tax rate)  
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NOWC (Net Operating Working Capital)   Difference between op current assets and op current liabilities. The working capital acquired with investor-supplied funds. Operating current assets - Operating current liabilities  
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Total net operating capital   Total amount of cap needed to run business NOWC + operating long-term assets  
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FCF (Free cash flow)   Amt of cash flow available to investors NOPAT - Net investment in op cap OR (NOPAT + Dep) - (Net inv in op cap + Dep) OR Operating cash flow - Gross inv in op cap OR Operating cash flow - Gross inv in long-term op assets  
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Gross investment in operating capital   Net investment in operating capital + Depreciation  
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Operating cash flow   NOPAT + Depreciation  
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ROIC (Return on invested capital)   Helps to determine if growth is profitable. If ROIC > rate of return required by investors, then negative FCF is no problem. NOPAT / Operating capital  
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MVA (Market value added)   Difference between market value of stock and equity capital provided Mkt value of stock - Equity cap provided by shareholders OR (Shares outstanding)(Stock price) - Total common equity  
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EVA (Economic value added)   Estimate of management value addNOPAT - after-tax cost of capital used to support ops OR EBIT(1-taxrate) - (Total net op cap)(WACC)  
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Current Ratio   Prime test of liquidity. Creditors generally like it high. Measures extent to which creditors are covered by assets in case of trouble. Current assets / Current liabilities  
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Quick Ratio, Acid Test   Ability of firm to pay off short-term obligations without having to liquidate inventory, which is the least liquid of current assets. (Current assets - Inventories) / Current liabilities  
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Inventory turnover ratio   How many times inventory is cleared and restocked per year. High is good. Sales / Inventory  
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DSO (Days sales outstanding)   Average collection period. Lower the better. Receivables / (Annual sales/365)  
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Fixed assets turnover ratio   How effectively firm uses PPE. Higher the better. Sales / Net fixed assets  
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Total assets turnover ratio   Sales / Total assets  
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Debt ratio   Creditors prefer low (bigger cushion). Stockholders may want high (more leverage = more return). Total liabilities / Total Assets  
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Debt to equity ratio   Version of debt ratio that gives perspective on the non-asset side of the BS. Total liabilities / (Total assets - Total liabilities)  
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Market debt ratio   Reflects risk to future cash flows Total liabilities / (Total liabilities + Market value of equity)  
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TIE (Times interest earned) Ratio   Measures how much operating income can decline before firm will be unable to pay annual interest costs. Higher the better. EBIT / Interest expense  
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EBITDA coverage ratio   Like TIE but accounts for other scheduled payments and full available FCF. EBITDA + Lease payments / (Interest + Principal payments + Lease payments)  
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Net profit margin   Profit per dollar of sales Net Income / Sales  
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Operating profit margin   Shows efficiency of operation without consideration for Int or Taxes EBIT / Sales  
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Gross profit margin   Gross profit per dollar of sales before any expenses are deducted (Sales - COGS) / Sales  
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BEP (Basic earning power) ratio   Earning power of firm before consideration of tax and leverage. Good tool to compare companies with different tax/leverage situations. EBIT / Total assets  
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ROA (Return on total assets)   How much a company earns per dollar of assets Net income available to stockholders / Total assets OR Profit margin * Total assets turnover  
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ROE (Return on common equity)   How effectively management uses funds from equity Net income available to stockholders / Equity OR ROA * Equity multiplier  
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P/E (Price to Earnings) Ratio   How much investors are willing to pay per dollar of profits. Higher the better. Price per share / earnings per share  
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Book value per share   Common equity / Shares outstanding  
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M/B (Market to Book) Ratio   Market price per share / Book value per share  
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Equity multiplier   Helps get ROE from ROA Total assets / Common equity  
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AFN (Additional funds needed)   Required increase in assets - Increase in spontaneous liabilities - Increase in retained earnings  
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Self-supporting growth rate   M(1-POR)(S) over A - L - M(1-POR)(S) M = last year's profit margin POR = last year's payout ratio, net income/sales S = last year's sales A = required increase in assets L = last year's spontaneous assets (payables + accruals)  
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CCC (Cash conversion cycle)   Time from which the product materials are bought, product is made and product is sold. Inventory conversion period + Average collection period - Payables deferral period  
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Inventory conversion period   Time it takes to convert new inventory to cash. Inventory / COGS per day  
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Payables deferral period   Time given by suppliers to pay back Payables / COGS per day  
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Nominal cost of trade credit   Cost incurred by firm using supplier credit (forgoing discounts) instead of bank. Discount % / (100 - discount %) multiplied by 365/ (Days credit is outstanding - discount period)  
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Approximate annual rate (add on)   A method of calculating interest whereby the interest payable is determined at the beginning of a loan and added onto the principal. Interest paid / (Amount received / 2)  
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