Financial Accounting:

Tools for Business Decision Making, 3rd Ed.

Kimmel, Weygandt, Kieso

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hà Hồng Hạnh

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Chapter 2
 Chapter 2
A Further Look at Financial Statements
After studying Chapter 2, you should be
able to:
 Explain the meaning of generally accepted
accounting principles and describe the
basic objective of financial reporting.
 Discuss the qualitative characteristics of
accounting information.
 Identify two constraints in accounting.
 Identify the sections of a classified balance
sheet.
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 Chapter 2
A Further Look at Financial Statements
 Identify and compute ratios for analyzing a
company's profitability.
 Explain the relationship between a retained earnings
statement and a statement of stockholders' equity.
 Identify and compute ratios for analyzing a
company's liquidity and solvency using a balance
sheet.
 Identify and compute ratios for analyzing a
company’s liquidity and solvency using a statement
of cash flows.

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 General Guide for
Financial Accounting
 Generally
 Accepted
 Accounting
 Principles

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What is financial accounting
supposed to accomplish?
Provide the the most useful financial information for…

Decision Making

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 Primary Accounting
Setting Body in the U.S.
 Financial
 Accounting
 Standards
 Board

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U.S. Government Agency That
Oversees Financial Markets

 Securities
 Exchange
 Commission

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 Remember…

GAAP Are the Rules

The FASB makes the rules.

The SEC enforces the rules.

 Basic Terms
 Relevance - information makes a difference
in decisions
 Reliability - information must be free of
error and bias
 Comparability - ability to compare
information of different companies because
they use the same accounting principles
 Consistency - use of same accounting
principles and methods from year to year
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Relevance Reliability Comparability Consistency
1. Provides a basis 1. Is verifiable Different Company uses
for forecasts companies use same accounting
2. Is a faithful
similar METHODS from
2.Confirms/corrects representation
accounting year to year
prior expectations
3. Is neutral PRINCIPLES
3. Is timely

Characteristics of Useful Information

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 Constraints in Accounting
Permits companies to apply GAAP without
hurting the usefulness of information
 Materiality - The constraint of determining
whether an item is large enough to likely
influence a decision.
 Conservatism - The approach of choosing an
accounting method, when in doubt, that will be
least likely to overstate assets and net income.

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A Classified Balance Sheet...
Generally contains the following
standard classifications:
 Current Assets
 Long-Term Investments
 Property, Plant, and Equipment
 Intangible Assets
 Current Liabilities
 Long-Term Liabilities
 Stockholders' Equity 13
 Current Assets
 Assets that are expected to be converted to cash or used in
the business within one year.
 Current assets are listed in order of liquidity.
 Examples:
 Cash
 Short-term investments
 Receivables
 Inventories
 Supplies
 Prepaid expenses
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 Long-Term Investments
 Assets that can be converted into cash, but
whose conversion is not expected within
one year.
 Assets not intended for use within the
business.
 Example:
 Investments of stocks and bonds of
other corporations.
 Investments in long-term assets
such as land or buildings that are
not currently being used in the
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Property, Plant, and
Equipment
 Assets with relatively long
useful lives.
 Assets used in operating
the business.
 Examples:
 land
 buildings
 machinery
 delivery equipment
 furniture and fixtures
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 Depreciation is...
 Practice of allocating an asset’s full
purchase price to a number of years
instead of expensing full cost in year
of purchase.

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Accumulated Depreciation...
 Shows the total amount of
depreciation taken over the life of
the asset.

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Assets
CSUThat A Company
CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
Depreciates...
December 31, 2004

Should be shown at cost less

accumulated depreciation

Assets
Cash $ 2,000
Accounts receivable 4,000
Supplies 1,800
Equipment 24,000
Less: Accumulated Depreciation 8,000 16,000
Total assets $23,800

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 Intangible Assets
 Noncurrent assets
 Have no physical substance
 Examples:
 patents
 copyrights
 trademarks or trade names
 franchise
Intangible Assets have value
because of the exclusive
rights or privileges they possess. 20
 Current Liabilities
Obligations that are supposed to be paid
within the coming year...
 accounts payable
 wages payable
 bank loans payable
 interest payable
 taxes payable
 current maturities of
long-term bank
loans payable 21
 Long-Term Liabilities
Debts expected to be paid after
one year
Examples…
 bonds payable
 mortgages payable
 long-term notes payable
 lease liabilities and
 obligations under employee pension plans
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 Stockholders' Equity

 Capital stock - investments in the

business by the stockholders
 Retained earnings - earnings kept for
use in the business

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 HUMANA CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
December 31, 200X
(in millions)
Assets
Current Assets
Current

Cash $ 272
Marketable securities (current) 609
Receivables 74
Other current assets 83
Total current assets 1,038
Property and equipment (net) 317
Marketable securities (long-term) 322
Other long-term assets 280
Total Assets $1,957
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Current

Medical costs payable $ 527

Accounts payable 233
Income taxes payable 56
Total current liabilities 816
Long-term debt 83
Total liabilities 899
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock 830
Retained earnings 228
Total Liabilities and stockholders’ equity $1,957 24
 Ratio Analysis...
 Expresses relationship among selected
items of financial statement data
 Relationship can be expressed in term
of…
 percentage
 rate
 proportion

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 Ratio Analysis Classifications...
 Liquidity Ratios - measures of short-term
ability of the company to pay its maturing
obligations and to meet unexpected needs
for cash
 Profitability Ratios - Measures of the
income or operating success of a company
for a given period of time
 Solvency Ratios - Measures of the ability
of the company to survive over a long
period of time

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 Ratio Analysis
 Intracompany comparisons - covering two
years of the same company

 Industry average comparisons - based on

average ratios for a particular industry
 Intercompany comparisons - based on
comparisons with a competitor in the
same industry

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 Profitability Ratios...
Measures of the income or operating
success of a company for a given period of
time
Two Examples…
 Earnings Per Share
 Price-Earnings Ratio

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 Earnings Per Share

How does the company’s earning

performance compare with that of
previous years?
Net income-Preferred stock dividends
EPS=
Average common shares outstanding

Higher value = improved performance

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 Price-Earnings Ratio

Stock price per share

Price-Earnings Ratio =
Earnings per share

How does the market perceive the

company’s prospect for future
earnings?
High ratio suggests market has favorable
expectations
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 Statement of
Retained Earnings

Describes the events that caused changes in

the retained earnings account for the
period.

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 CSU CORPORATION
Retained Earnings Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 200X

Retained earnings, January 1 $ 0

Add: Net Income 6,800
6,800
Less: Dividends 0
Retained earnings, December 31 $ 6,800

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 Statement of Retained
Earnings and Statement of
Stockholders Equity

Stockholders’ Equity:
 Retained Earning
 Common Stock
Since both of these parts affect
stockholders’ equity…
a statement of stockholders’ equity
provides better information than a
statement of retained earnings.
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Financial Ratio Classifications
 Liquidity Ratios - measures of short-term
ability of the company to pay its maturing
obligations and to meet unexpected needs for
cash
 Profitability Ratios -measures of the income
or operating success of a company for a given
period of time
 Solvency Ratios - measures of the ability of a
company to survive over a long period of time

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 Liquidity Ratios
 Working capital

 Current ratio

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 Working Capital

Measures short-term ability to

pay liabilities
Current Assets - Current Liabilities = Working Capital

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 Current Ratio

Measure of short - term ability

to pay obligations
Current Assets
Current Ratio =
Current Liabilities

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 Solvency Ratio

Debt to Total Assets Ratio

measures % of assets financed by
creditors.

Total Debts
Debt to Total Asset Ratio =
Total Assets

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 Purpose of
Statement Of Cash Flows
To provide information about
 cash receipts
 cash payments
 net changes in cash

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 Changes Result From
 Operating activities
 Financing activities
 Investing activities

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 Operating Activities

Cash inflows
and cash
outflows
associated with
the primary
operations of the
business.
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 Financing Activities
Cash inflows/ outflows come from
sources funding the business…
 Sale of Stock/ Payment of
Dividends
 Issuing Debt/Repaying Debt

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 Investing Activities
Cash inflows/ outflows result from
changes in investments and long-
term assets…
 purchasing/disposing of investments
and long-lived assets using cash
 lending money and collecting the
loans
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Current Cash Debt Coverage Ratio

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

=
Average Current Liabilities

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 Cash Debt Coverage Ratio

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

=
Average Total Liabilities

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