Exam 13: Analysis of Financial Statements

Refer to the following selected financial information from Mojave Corp. Compute the company's times interest earned. Interest expense \ 9,100 Income tax expense 22,700 Net income after tax 56,500

Evaluation of company performance does not include analysis of (1) past and current performance, (2) current financial position, and (3) future performance and risk.

The comparative income statements for Silverlight Company are shown below. Calculate the following ratios for Year 2: (a) profit margin (b) gross margin (c) times interest earned.

Zhang Company reported Cost of goods sold of $835,000, beginning Inventory of $37,200 and ending Inventory of $46,300. The average Inventory amount is:

________ ratios include the price-earnings ratio and dividend yield.

Liquidity refers to the availability of resources to meet short-term cash requirements.

The higher the accounts receivable turnover, the less quickly accounts receivable are collected.

Net income divided by average total assets is:

External users of accounting information make the strategic and operating decisions of a company.

The following current year information is available from a manufacturing company: Sales \ 740,000 Gross profit on sales 276,000 Operating income 64,000 Income before taxes 44,000 Net income 33,600 Accounts Receivable, beginning-year 58,000 Accounts Receivable, end-of-year 72,000 Calculate the company's accounts receivable turnover and its days' sales uncollected.

Vertical analysis is the comparison of a company's financial condition and performance across time.

An advantage of common-size statements is that they show patterns in data across periods.

A company reports basic earnings per share of $3.50, cash dividends per share of $1.25, and a market price per share of $64.75. The company's dividend yield equals:

Financial information for Sigma Company is presented below. Calculate the following ratios for Year 2: (a) Inventory turnover. (b) Accounts receivable turnover. (c) Return on total assets. (d) Times interest earned. (e) Total asset turnover.

Industry standards for financial statement analysis:

A trend percent is calculated by dividing the analysis period amount by the base period amount and multiplying the result by 100.

What are the four standards for comparisons in financial analysis? Give an example of each.

The building blocks of financial statement analysis include (1) liquidity, (2) solvency, (3) profitability, and (4) market prospects.

Gains and losses that are neither unusual nor infrequent are reported as:

Vertical analysis is a tool to evaluate individual financial statement items or groups of items in terms of a specific base amount.