MBA Principles of Accounting

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Financial Statement and
Cash Flow Analysis
Chapter 2

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Financial Statements
Accrual-based
approach
• Revenues are recorded at the point of
sale and costs when they are incurred,
not necessarily when a firm receives or
pays out cash.
Cash flow
approach
• Used by financial professionals to focus
attention on current and prospective
inflows and outflows of cash.

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Financial Statements
Statement of
Retained Earnings
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Statement of
Cash Flows
Notes to
Financial Statements
Financial
Statements

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Balance Sheet
• A firm’s balance sheet presents a “snapshot”
view of the company’s financial position at a
specific point in time.
assets = liabilities + stockholders’ equity

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Balance Sheet for Global Petroleum Corporation

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Income Statement
• Income is also called profit, earnings, or margin.
Income = revenue  expenses
Measures of
Income
• Gross profit
• Operating profit
• Other income
• Earnings before interest and taxes
• Pretax income
• Net income / net profit after taxes

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Income Statement for Global Petroleum Corporation

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Statement of Retained Earnings
• The statement of retained earnings reconciles
• the net income earned during a given year, and
any cash dividends paid,
• with the change in retained earnings between
the start and end of that year.

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Statement of Retained Earnings
for Global Petroleum Corporation

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Financial Statements
Statement of
Cash Flows
• Reconciles
• the firm’s operating, investment,
and financing cash flows
• with changes in its cash and
marketable securities
• during the year.
Notes to
Financial
Statements
• Explanatory notes
• that provide detailed information on
the accounting policies, calculations,
and transactions
• underlying entries in the financial
statements.

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Cash Flow Analysis
• Although financial managers are interested in
the information contained in the firm’s accrual-
based financial statements, their primary focus is
on cash flows.
• Without adequate cash to pay obligations on
time, to fund operations and growth, and to
compensate owners, the firm will fail.

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The Firm’s Cash Flows

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Free Cash Flow
• Operating cash flow
= earnings before interest and taxes
 taxes
+ depreciation
• Free cash flow
= operating cash flow
 change in gross fixed assets
 change in current assets
+ change in account payables
+ change in accrued liabilities

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Inflows and Outflows of Cash

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Statement of Cash Flows
for Global Petroleum Corporation

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Analyzing Financial Performance
Using Ratio Analysis
Liquidity
Ratios
• Measure a firm’s ability to satisfy its short-
term obligations as they come due.
Activity
Ratios
• Measure the speed at which a firm
converts various accounts into sales or
cash.
Debt Ratios
• Measure the proportion of total assets
financed by a firm’s creditors.
Profitability
Ratios
• Relate a firm’s earnings to its sales, assets,
or equity.
Market Ratios
• Relate a firm’s market value to certain
accounting values.

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Using Financial Ratios
Benchmark
1
• Analysts compare the current year’s financial
ratios with previous years’ ratios
• to identify trends that help them evaluate
the firm’s prospects.
Benchmark
2
• Analysts compare the ratios of one company
with those of other firms in the same
industry.

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Liquidity Ratios

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Activity Ratios

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Debt Ratios

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Profitability Ratios

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Profitability Ratios

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Profitability Ratios
DuPont System of Analysis

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Market Ratios

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Corporate Taxes
Corporate taxes represent a significant cash
outflow.
Ordinary
corporate
income
• Progressive tax rate schedule
• Average tax rate: tax divided by
the pretax income
• More relevant for financial decision
making: marginal tax rate
Corporate
capital
gains
• Under existing tax laws, ordinary
income tax rates apply

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Financial Statement and Cash Flow Analysis
• Balance Sheet
• Income Statement
• Cash Flow Analysis
• Liquidity Ratios
• Activity Ratios
• Debt Ratios
• Profitability Ratios
• Market Ratios