Finance Chapter 3: Asset Management Ratios

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What do Asset Management Ratios indicate?

  • How much a firm has invested in assets relative to revenue (correct)
  • The profit margin of a firm
  • The value of a firm's assets
  • The total revenue of a firm

What is the Average Collection Period formula?

Accounts Receivable / (Annual Credit Sales / 365)

What is the Inventory Turnover Ratio formula?

Cost of Sales / Average Inventory

What is the formula for Average Inventory when considering seasonal fluctuations?

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What is the Sales-To-Inventory Ratio formula?

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What is the Fixed-Asset Turnover Ratio formula?

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What is the Total Asset Turnover Ratio formula?

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Asset Management Ratios

  • Measure investment in specific asset types relative to the revenue generated by those assets.
  • Essential for understanding efficiency in utilizing assets to produce sales.

Average Collection Period

  • Formula: Accounts Receivable divided by (Annual Credit Sales divided by 365).
  • Indicates the average time taken to collect payments from customers.

Inventory Turnover Ratio

  • Formula: Cost of Sales divided by Average Inventory.
  • Assesses how effectively a company manages its inventory in relation to sales.

Average Inventory

  • Calculation based on sales growth:
    • For constant growth: (Beginning Inventory + Ending Inventory) divided by 2.
    • For fluctuating sales: (Sum of Month-End Inventory Balances) divided by 12.
  • Provides an average value of inventory held over a period.

Sales-To-Inventory Ratio

  • Formula: Annual Sales divided by Ending Inventory.
  • Reflects how efficiently inventory is being converted into sales.

Fixed-Asset Turnover Ratio

  • Formula: Sales divided by Net Fixed Assets.
  • Evaluates how well a company utilizes its fixed assets to generate sales.

Total Asset Turnover Ratio

  • Formula: Sales divided by Total Assets.
  • Measures overall efficiency in using all assets to produce revenue.

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