25 Need-To-Know Management Ratios

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Table of Contents
4. About the authors
5. Introduction
6. The Top 5 do’s and don’ts of using financial ratios
7. part 1 Foundationsw
   1. 1 Introduction to financial statements
   2. 2 The balance sheet
      1. Total assets (TA)
      2. Capital employed (CE)
      3. Net worth (NW)
      4. Working capital (WC)
   3. 3 The profit and loss account
      1. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)
      2. Earnings before tax (EBT)
      3. Earnings after tax (EAT)
      4. Retained earnings (RE)
8. part 2 Operating performance
   1. 4 The big picture
   2. 5 Return on investment
      1. Return on equity (ROE)
      2. Return on total assets (ROTA)
   3. 6 Performance drivers
      1. Profit margin
      2. Asset turnover
9. part 3 Corporate liquidity
   1. 7 The operating cash cycle
   2. 8 Short-term liquidity
      1. Current ratio
      2. Quick ratio
      3. Working capital to sales ratio
      4. Working capital days
   3. 9 Financial strength
      1. Interest cover
      2. ‘Debt to equity’ ratio (D/E)
   4. 10 The cash flow statement
10. part 4 Corporate value
    1. 11 Investor ratios
       1. Share values
       2. Earnings per share (EPS)
       3. Dividends per share (DPS)
       4. Dividend cover and the pay-out ratio
       5. Earnings and dividend yield ratios
       6. Price to earnings ratio (P/E)
       7. Market to book ratio
    2. 12 The corporate valuation model
    3. What did you think of this book?
11. Ten useful books to read next
12. Glossary
13. Index
14. Imprint