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Corp Finance Midterm
Ratios and Important Equations
Question | Answer |
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Net cash flow | Net income - Noncash revenue + Noncash charges OR Net income + Depreciation and amortization |
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) |
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 |
Total net operating capital | Total amount of cap needed to run business NOWC + operating long-term assets |
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 |
Gross investment in operating capital | Net investment in operating capital + Depreciation |
Operating cash flow | NOPAT + Depreciation |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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 |
Inventory turnover ratio | How many times inventory is cleared and restocked per year. High is good. Sales / Inventory |
DSO (Days sales outstanding) | Average collection period. Lower the better. Receivables / (Annual sales/365) |
Fixed assets turnover ratio | How effectively firm uses PPE. Higher the better. Sales / Net fixed assets |
Total assets turnover ratio | Sales / Total assets |
Debt ratio | Creditors prefer low (bigger cushion). Stockholders may want high (more leverage = more return). Total liabilities / Total Assets |
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) |
Market debt ratio | Reflects risk to future cash flows Total liabilities / (Total liabilities + Market value of equity) |
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 |
EBITDA coverage ratio | Like TIE but accounts for other scheduled payments and full available FCF. EBITDA + Lease payments / (Interest + Principal payments + Lease payments) |
Net profit margin | Profit per dollar of sales Net Income / Sales |
Operating profit margin | Shows efficiency of operation without consideration for Int or Taxes EBIT / Sales |
Gross profit margin | Gross profit per dollar of sales before any expenses are deducted (Sales - COGS) / Sales |
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 |
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 |
ROE (Return on common equity) | How effectively management uses funds from equity Net income available to stockholders / Equity OR ROA * Equity multiplier |
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 |
Book value per share | Common equity / Shares outstanding |
M/B (Market to Book) Ratio | Market price per share / Book value per share |
Equity multiplier | Helps get ROE from ROA Total assets / Common equity |
AFN (Additional funds needed) | Required increase in assets - Increase in spontaneous liabilities - Increase in retained earnings |
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) |
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 |
Inventory conversion period | Time it takes to convert new inventory to cash. Inventory / COGS per day |
Payables deferral period | Time given by suppliers to pay back Payables / COGS per day |
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) |
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) |