Class, here’s a great opportunity for a peer response. Take a look at the ratios below. Select a category and examine how these ratios might be useful to an external financial statement user: Profitability Ratios Gross Profit Rate = Gross Profit / Sales Return on Equity = Net Income / Average Common Stockholders’ Equity Return on Sales = Net Income / Sales Earnings per Share = (Net Income – Preferred Dividends) / Average Common Shares of Stock Outstanding Market Price and Dividend Ratios Price to Earnings (PE) Ratio = Market Price of Common Share / Earnings per Share Dividend Yield = Dividends per Common Share / Market Price of Common Share
Gross Profit Rate | This ratio helps users to mesaure the operational performance of organisation .That is how much profit organisation is earning after meeting the cost of sales |
Return on equity | This ratio helps to calculate how much dollar profit company generates with each dollar of shareholders equity |
Return on sales | This ratio helps to calculate how much dollar profit company generates with each dollar sales |
Earning per share | This ratio shows how much profit is left for distribution to common stockholders after distribution of dividend to preferred stockholders |
Price earning ratio | It shows the sum of money you are ready to pay for each dollar worth of earnings of company |
Dividend yield | How much dividend company pays relative to market price per share |
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