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Current Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations.
Quick Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Indicates a company's capacity to pay off short-term liabilities without selling inventory.
Debt-to-Equity Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Shows the proportion of equity and debt a company is using to finance its assets.
Return on Equity (ROE)
Formula: Interpretation: Measures profitability by showing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.
Return on Assets (ROA)
Formula: Interpretation: Indicates how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate earnings.
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
Formula: Interpretation: Shows the profit allocated to each share of common stock.
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Compares a company's share price to its earnings per share, indicating how much investors are willing to pay per dollar of earnings.
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Compares the market value of a company's shares to its book value, indicating if the stock is undervalued or overvalued.
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Shows how much investors are willing to pay for each dollar of sales, providing a valuation metric when profits are negative.
Price-to-Cash Flow (P/CF) Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Measures the value of a stock’s price relative to its operating cash flow per share.
Dividend Yield
Formula: Interpretation: Shows how much a company pays out in dividends relative to its share price.
Interest Coverage Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Measures a company's ability to handle its interest payments.
Inventory Turnover
Formula: Interpretation: Shows how many times a company's inventory is sold and replaced over a period.
Receivables Turnover
Formula: Interpretation: Measures how efficiently a company collects on its sales on credit.
Asset Turnover
Formula: Interpretation: Indicates how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate sales.
Operating Margin
Formula: Interpretation: Measures the proportion of a company's revenue left over after paying for variable costs of production.
Net Profit Margin
Formula: Interpretation: Shows the percentage of revenue that becomes profit after all expenses are paid.
Gross Margin
Formula: Interpretation: Represents the percent of total sales revenue that the company retains after incurring direct costs associated with producing the goods it sells.
Return on Investment (ROI)
Formula: Interpretation: Represents the profitability from an investment, showing the efficiency of an investment in generating income.
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Assesses a company's ability to cover its debt with its operating cash flow.
Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)
Formula: Interpretation: Measures how quickly a company can convert its investments in inventory to cash through sales.
Times Interest Earned
Formula: Interpretation: Indicates how many times a company can cover its interest charges with its pre-tax earnings.
Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)
Formula: Interpretation: Assesses a company's ability to use its operating income to repay all its debt obligations, including repayment of principal and interest.
Dividend Payout Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Shows the percentage of earnings distributed to shareholders in the form of dividends.
Retained Earnings to Market Value Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Indicates what portion of the market value comes from earnings that were not paid out as dividends.
Working Capital Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Identical to Current Ratio; measures a company's efficiency and its short-term financial health.
Total Debt Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Indicates the proportion of a company’s assets that are financed by debt.
Equity Multiplier
Formula: Interpretation: Shows the amount of assets financed by each unit of equity; it's another version of the leverage ratio.
Fixed Asset Turnover
Formula: Interpretation: Shows how efficiently a company uses its fixed assets to generate sales.
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
Formula: Interpretation: Reveals how many days it takes a company to collect payment after a sale.
Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
Formula: Interpretation: Indicates how long a company takes to pay its invoices from trade creditors, such as suppliers.
Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO)
Formula: Interpretation: Measures how long it takes for a company to turn its inventory into sales.
Gross Profit Margin
Formula: Interpretation: Shows the percentage of revenue exceeding the cost of goods sold, which can be used for paying other expenses or as profit.
Book Value per Share
Formula: Interpretation: Shows the value of a company's equity that is attributable to each share of stock.
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
Formula: Interpretation: Measures a company's profitability and the efficiency with which its capital is employed.
Operating Cash Flow Ratio
Formula: Interpretation: Assesses a company's ability to satisfy debts with operating cash flow alone.
Operating Expense Ratio (OER)
Formula: Interpretation: Indicates what proportion of a company's income is used to pay operating expenses.
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