FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS Part - 1
Financial Planning
and Analysis is carried out to ascertain the financial strength and weakness of
an enterprise.
The main tools are
Ratio Analysis and Cash flow and Funds Flow analysis.
Ratio Analysis:
Ratio Analysis is
the comparison of different numbers from the balance sheet, Income Statement
and Cash Flow statement against the figures of previous years, other companies,
the industry or even the economy in general for the purpose of financial
analysis.
Ratio Analysis can
be classified into four broad categories
Liquidity Ratio:
It derives the
liquidity or short term solvency means ability of the business to pay its short
term liabilities.
Leverage Ratio:
This is also known as Capital Structure. This may be defined as the ratio which
measures the long term stability and structure of the firm. This can be further
derived in two parts known as:
(I)
Capital
Structure Ratios
(II)
Coverage
Ratios
Activity Ratios: It evaluates the efficiency with which the
firm manages and utilizes its assets.
Working Capital Turnover Ratio is further segregated into 3
Types.
Profitability Ratio: It evaluates the profitability and
operational efficiency of the firm. There are several Profitability Ratios (About 10 types) . Here I am Describing some of the Important Ratios.
We will discuss Cash flow and funds flow analysis in the
second part.
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