CHAPTER TWENTYTWO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS n WHAT
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS n WHAT IS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS? • DEFINITION: the activity of providing inputs to the portfolio management process
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS n PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ORGANIZATIONS • THE ASSOCIATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH (AIMR) 3 acts as an advocate for the financial analyst profession 3 it host conferencing and workshops – designed to enhance the knowledge base of the memberships 3 it also publishes the Financial Analysts Journal
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS n PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ORGANIZATIONS • THE ASSOCIATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH (AIMR) 3 Chartered Financial Analysts – – – a subdivision of AIMR is a program to establish a hurdle that creates a common set of investment knowledge for a select membership it also promotes an ethical standard for the various types of investment professionals
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS n REASONS FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS • TWO PRIMARY REASONS 3 to determine certain securities characteristics 3 to attempt to identify mispriced securities
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS n REASON #1: DETERMNING SECURITY CHARACTERISTICS • estimate future sensitivity to major factors • estimate dividend yield
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS n REASON #2: ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY MISPRICED SECURITIES • use fundamental analysis • approaches 3 valuation determines the intrinsic value compared to the current market value 3 estimate key financial variables such as – – EPS next year income growth next year
TECHNICAL ANAYSIS n DEFINITION: a form of security analysis that attempts to forecast price changes based on historical price and volume trends
TECHNICAL ANAYSIS n Two Groups of Strategies Used: 1. Momentum and Contrarian Strategies 2. Moving Average and Trading Range Breakout Strategies
TECHNICAL ANAYSIS 1. Momentum and Contrarian Strategies • METHDOLOGY: 3 examine the returns over a time period just ended to identify – – momentum investors who seek out stocks recently rising in price for purchase; falling for sale contrarians who follow the opposite strategy of most investors • contrarians base their strategy on the overreation theory
TECHNICAL ANAYSIS 2. Moving Average and Trading Range Breakout Strategies • MOVING AVERAGE STRATEGY: 3 calculate a moving average over the last 200 days of closing prices 3 divdied today’s closing price into the moving average (SHORT-TO-LONG RATIO) 3 if short-to-long ratio is greater than 1, buy 3 if ratio is less than 1, sell
TECHNICAL ANAYSIS n 2. Moving Average and Trading Range Breakout Strategies • TRADING RANGE BREAKOUT STRATEGY: 3 high and low prices for past 200 trading days are identified 3 if today’s close is greater than the high = buy! 3 if today’s close is less than the low = sell!
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n TOP-DOWN V. BOTTOM UP • TOP-DOWN APPROACH 3 attempts to forecast in the following order 1. economic activity 2. industry performance 3. firm’s performance
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n TOP-DOWN V. BOTTOM UP • BOTTOM-UP APPROACH: 3 attempts to estimate order: 1. The firm 2. The Industry 3. The economy prospects in the following
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n FINANCIAL STATMENT ANALYSIS • INTEGRAL PART OF FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS 3 it helps the analyst understand a firm’s current condition 3 where it is headed 3 what factors affect it 3 how the factors affect it
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n FINANCIAL STATMENT ANALYSIS • Review of Accounting Statements 3 includes a study of the three major statements prepared monthly by most accountants: – – – the balance sheet the income statement the statment of cash flows
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n FINANCIAL STATMENT ANALYSIS • RATIO ANALYSIS 3 DEFINITION: a technique used to examine a company’s financial statements 3 Use of Ratios – – as an absolute standard as a comparative indicator as a trend over time in combination with technical analysis
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n FINANCIAL STATMENT ANALYSIS • RATIO ANALYSIS 3 Types of Ratios – – internal liquidity operating performance risk analysis growth analysis
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n internal liquidity ratios: • indicate the ability of the firm to meet future short-term financial obligations • some liquidity ratios: 3 current ratio 3 quick ratio 3 cash ratio 3 receivables turnover
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n operating performance ratios: • indicate how well the management is operating the business • some examples: 3 total asset turnover 3 net fixed asset turnover 3 equity turnover
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n risk analysis ratios: • indicates the uncertainty of income flows for the total firm and for the individual sources of capital (debt and stock) • some examples: 3 debt to equity ratio 3 long-term debt/total capital ratio
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS n growth analysis ratios: • indicate how fast a firm should grow • it involves analysis using several other ratios 3 net profit margin 3 total asset turnover 3 total assets/equity
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