What do you mean by Common Size Statements?
A common size income statement is an income statement in which each line
item is expressed as a percentage of the value of revenue or sales. Common size
financial statements help to analyze and compare a companys performance over several periods with varying sales figures.
Explain the usefulness of trend percentages in interpretation of financial performance of a company.
What do you understand by analysis and interpretation of financial statements? Discuss its importance.
Describe the different techniques of financial analysis and explain the limitations of financial analysis.
Explain how common size statements are prepared giving an example.
What is the importance of comparative statements? Illustrate youranswer with particular reference to comparative income statement.
State the meaning of Analysis and Interpretation.
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
What are Comparative Financial Statements?
State the importance of Financial Analysis?
Distinguish between Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of financial data.
What do you mean by Ratio Analysis?
State the meaning of financial statement analysis?
What does a Bearer Debenture mean?
What are various types of ratios?
What are limitations of financial statement analysis?
State the meaning of ‘Debentures issued as a collateral security’.
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
List any three objectives of analysing financial statements?
What is meant by ‘Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash’?
What is meant by ‘Premium on Redemption of Debentures’?
What is a ‘Convertible Debenture’?
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?
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
Name the head under which ‘discount on issue of debentures’ appears in the balance sheet of a company.
State the importance of financial statements to
(i) shareholders
(ii) creditors
(iii) government
(iv) investors
What is meant by ‘Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash’?
What is ‘Capital Reserve’?
List any three objectives of analysing financial statements?
What are liquidity ratios? Discuss the importance of current and liquid ratio.