FRA Notes
FRA Notes
Assests=Capital-Loss+Liabilities
1. Money measurement
2. Entity
3. Going concern
4. Cost
5. Dual aspect
6. Accounting period
7. Conservatism
8. Realization
9. Matching
10. Consistency
11. Materiality
In other words,
Operating activities are defined to be all transactions that are not investing
or financing activities. These transactions include the cash inflows
associated with sales revenues and the cash outflows associated with
operating expenses, including payments to suppliers of goods or services
and payments for wages, interest, and taxes.
Investing activities include acquiring long-lived assets such as property, plant,
equipment, and investments in securities that are not cash equivalents; and lending
money (i.e., loans receivable). Investing activities also include the opposites of these
transactions: disinvesting activities such as disposing of long-lived assets, and collecting
loans. Note that increases or decreases in accounts receivable and inventory are not
treated as investment activities; the changes in these current assets are included in
operating activities.
Financing activities include the borrowing of cash (notes payable, mortgages, bonds,
and other noncurrent borrowings) and the issuance of equity securities (common or
preferred stock). Repayments of borrowings are also financing activities, as are
dividend payments to shareholders and the use of cash to repurchase and retire issued
stock. Changes in accounts payable, wages payable, interest payable, and taxes payable
are not treated as financing activities; they are operating activities.
Three different ROI ratios: return on assets, return on owners’ equity, and return on
invested capital
Return on assets (ROA) reflects how much the firm has earned on the investment
of all the financial resources committed to the firm. Thus, the ROA measure is
appropriate if one considers the investment in the firm to include current liabilities,
longterm liabilities, and owners’ equity, which are the total sources of funds invested in
the assets.
Return on owners’ equity (ROE) reflects how much the firm has earned on the
funds invested by the shareholders (either directly or through retained earnings). This
ROE ratio is obviously of interest to present or prospective shareholders, and is also of
concern to management because this measure is viewed as an important indicator of
shareholder value creation.
The third ROI ratio is return on invested capital (ROIC). Invested capital (also
called permanent capital) is equal to noncurrent liabilities plus shareholders’ equity
and hence represents the funds entrusted to the firm for relatively long periods of time.
ROIC focuses on the use of this permanent capital.
It is presumed that the current liabilities will fluctuate more or less automatically with
changes in current assets and that both will vary with the level of current operations. Invested
capital is also equal to working capital plus noncurrent assets.
Tariff is based on the capital cost incurred for a specific power plant and
primarily comprises two components: capacity charge i.e., a fixed charge
that includes depreciation, return on equity, interest on working capital,
operating & maintenance expenses, interest on loan and energy charge
i.e., a variable charge primarily based on fuel costs.
Return on assets (ROA) reflects how much the firm has earned on the
investment of all the financial resources committed to the firm.
Return on owners’ equity (ROE) reflects how much the firm has earned on
the funds invested by the shareholders (either directly or through retained
earnings).
Net income divided by sales is called profit margin or return on sales (ROS);
it is an overall ratio for profitability.
Sales divided by investment is called investment turnover; it is an overall ratio
for investment utilization.
Investment turnover is called, more specifically, asset turnover, invested
capital turnover, or equity turnover, depending on which definition of
investment is being used.