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Financial Ratio Analysis - Section Map

Financial Ratio analysis is a fascinating topic. To help you through this extensive resource we have broken it down into several sections and sub-sections. You may move between sections using the navigation in the left hand bar, move between each page in turn by following the links at the bottom of each page:

• Introduction
• Welcome
  • Welcome to ratio analysis!
  • What do we want ratio analysis to tell us?
  • What do the users of accounts need to know?
  • Activity 1 : Which ratio for which group
  • Brief review of the accounts of Tesco plc
• Ratio Analysis 1: Profitability
  • Basic:
    • Gross profit margin
    • Net profit margin
      • Activity 2 : Carphone Warehouse profit margin
      • Activity 3 : Vodafone profit margin
      • Activity 4 : Advanced profitability (Additional question 1)
      • Additional question 2
      • Additional question 3
      • Additional question 4
  • Advanced:
    • Activity 5 : Carphone Warehouse profitability
    • Activity 5 : Carphone Warehouse profitability
    • Additional question 5
    • Additional question 6
• Ratio Analysis 2: Rate of Return
  • Basic:
    • Return on capital employed (ROCE)
      • Activity 6 : Vodafone ROCE
    • Return on total assets (ROTA)
      • Activity 7 : Vodafone ROTA
      • Additional question 7
    • Review of ROCE and the Pyramid of Ratios
      • Activity 8 : ROCE and the Pyramid
  • Advanced:
    • Return on fixed assets (ROFA)
    • Return on working capital (ROWC)
      • Additional question 8
      • Additional question 9
      • Additional question 10
      • Additional question 11
    • Review: Inter-firm and intra-sector analysis
• Ratio Analysis 3: Working Capital Management 1: Liquidity
  • Liquidity ratios
  • The Current Ratio:
    • Activity 9 - Vodafone Current Ratio
    • The Acid Test ratio
    • Activity 10 : Vodafone Acid Test
  • An ideal ratio?
    • Additional question 12
    • Additional question 13
    • Additional question 14
• Ratio Analysis 4: Working Capital Management 1 continued: Asset usage
  • Basic:
    • Total asset turnover
      • Activity 11 - Vodafone total asset turnover ratio
  • Advanced:
    • Split the Total Asset Turnover Ratio: fixed asset and current asset turnovers
    • Fixed asset turnover
    • Fixed Asset Turnover: Advanced 1
      • Current Asset Turnover
      • Activity 12 - Vodafone Fixed and Current Asset Turnover ratios
    • Fixed Asset Turnover: Advanced 2
      • Capital Employed Turnover
      • Activity 13 - Capital Employed Turnover
      • Working Capital Turnover
      • Activity 14 - Vodafone Working Capital Turnover
• Ratio Analysis 5: Working Capital Management II: Stock/debtors/creditors
  • Introduction
  • Stock turnover
    • Activity 15 : Vodafone Stock Turnover
  • Debtors' Turnover
  • Debtors' Turnover Ratio: Advanced
    • Activity 16 : Vodafone debtors' turnover
  • Creditors' Turnover
    • Additional question 15
  • Creditors' Turnover: Advanced 1
  • Creditors' Turnover: Advanced 2
    • Activity 17 : Vodafone creditors' turnover ratio
    • Additional question 16
    • Additional question 17
    • Additional question 18
• Ratio Analysis 6: Gearing
  • Gearing ratio 1
  • Gearing ratio 1
    • Activity 18 : Vodafone gearing
    • Additional question 19
  • Gearing ratio 2
    • Additional question 20
    • Additional question 21
    • Additional question 22
    • Additional question 23
• Ratio Analysis 7: Investor ratios
  • Basic:
  • Investor ratios
    • Earnings per share: EPS
      • Activity 19 : Vodafone EPS
    • Dividends per Share: DPS
      • Activity 20 : DPS
    • Dividend yield
      • Activity 21 : Vodafone Dividend Yield
    • Dividend Cover
      • Activity 22 : Dividend Cover
    • Price Earnings Ratio: P/E ratio
      • Activity 23 : Vodafone P/E ratio
  • Advanced:
    • Interest cover
      • Activity 24 : Vodafone interest cover
      • Additional question 24
      • Additional question 25
      • Additional question 26
• Financial Ratios Database