What are various types of ratios?
The various kinds of financial ratios available may be broadly grouped into the following six silos, based on the sets of data they provide:
1)Liquidity Ratios.
2)Solvency Ratios.
3)Profitability Ratios.
4)Efficiency Ratios.
5)Coverage Ratios.
6)Market Prospect Ratios.
The current ratio provides a better measure of overall liquidity only when a
firm’s inventory cannot easily be converted into cash. If inventory is liquid, the
quick ratio is a preferred measure of overall liquidity. Explain.
The liquidity of a business firm is measured by its ability to satisfy itslong-
term obligations as they become due. What are the ratios used forthis purpose?
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
What are liquidity ratios? Discuss the importance of current and liquid ratio.
What do you mean by Ratio Analysis?
How would you study the Solvency position of the firm?
The average age of inventory is viewed as the average length of time inventory is held by the firm or as the average number of days’ sales in inventory. Why?
What are important profitability ratios? How are these worked out?
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
State the meaning of financial statement analysis?
What does a Bearer Debenture mean?
Distinguish between Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of financial data.
What are limitations of financial statement analysis?
State the meaning of ‘Debentures issued as a collateral security’.
State the meaning of Analysis and Interpretation.
List any three objectives of analysing financial statements?
What is meant by ‘Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash’?
What is ‘Capital Reserve’?
What is meant by ‘Issue of debenture at discount and redeemable at premium?
What do you mean by Common Size Statements?
Explain how common size statements are prepared giving an example.
List any three objectives of analysing financial statements?
Describe the steps for creating Sinking Fund for redemption of debentures.
What is meant by conversion of debentures? Describe the method of such a conversion.
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
How will you disclose the following items in the Balance Sheet of a company;
(i) Loose tools
(ii) Uncalled liability on partly paid-up shares
(iii) Debentures redemption reserve
(iv) Mastheads and publishing titles (v) 10% debentures
(vi) Proposed dividend
(vii) Share forfeited account
(viii) Capital redemtion reserve
(ix) Mining rights
(x) Work-in-progress
What is meant by ‘Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash’?