Explain the usefulness of trend percentages in interpretation of financial performance of a company.
1) Trend percentages, also referred to as index numbers, help you to compare financial information over time to a base year or period. You can calculate trend percentages by: Compute the percentages by Analysis year amount / base year amount and then multiplying the result by 100 to get a percentage.
2) Trend analysis tries to predict a trend, such as a bull market run, and ride that
trend until data suggests a trend reversal, such as a bull-to-bear market. Trend
analysis is helpful because moving with trends, and not against them, will lead to profit for an investor.
3) Trend analysis can improve your business by helping you identify areas with your organisation that are doing well, as well as areas that are not doing well. In
this way it provides valuable evidence to help inform better decision making
around your longer-term strategy as well as ways to futureproof your business.
4) Trends are an opportunity to do something new not just from an individual
standpoint, but on a macro level. Trends allow us to shift cultural currents and
ultimately depict an underlying intuition.
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.
What is the importance of comparative statements? Illustrate youranswer with particular reference to comparative income statement.
Explain how common size statements are prepared giving an example.
What do you mean by Common Size Statements?
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
State the importance of Financial Analysis?
What are Comparative Financial Statements?
State the meaning of Analysis and Interpretation.
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’?
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.
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
State the importance of financial statements to
(i) shareholders
(ii) creditors
(iii) government
(iv) investors
Prepare the format of balance sheet and explain the various elements of balance sheet.
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
Describe the steps for creating Sinking Fund for redemption of debentures.
Explain the different terms for the issue of debentures with reference to their redemption.
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?
Name the head under which ‘discount on issue of debentures’ appears in the balance sheet of a company.