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What are the two common techniques for evaluating a company's financial performance?

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What are the two common techniques for evaluating a company's financial performance?

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There are many ways to categorize financial ratios, what are the 4 main categories they are divided into?

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There are many ways to categorize financial ratios, what are the 4 main categories they are divided into?

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If you choose a career in accounting, you have two career options, what are they?

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If you choose a career in accounting, you have two career options, what are they?

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What would a successful investor need to know?

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What would a successful investor need to know?

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What problems would arise if the public was not provided with accounting information?

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What problems would arise if the public was not provided with accounting information?

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Under what type of business would cash based accounting be used? Accrual? 

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Under what type of business would cash based accounting be used? Accrual? 

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A successful investor would need to know what he is getting into. It is not smart to invest in something blindly, which will end negatively.

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Don't invest what you aren't willing to lose. Buy low, Sell high; although it's a lot harder said then done

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The type of investment, the stability of the investment, and the potential for growth

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The product

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The risk to reward ratio in whatever it is there are investing in. Will this investment bring back profit?

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The financial health of the company

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CPA or CMA

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The public could not easily determine which investment to chose.

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Public and Private

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Public and private

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Public or private

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The time it is needed to turn a profit and be able to show something 

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The time it is needed to turn a profit and be able to show something 

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Gross vs. net income. Size of market share available
Main competitors. Margins or product or service

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public & private

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Managerial and Financial

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the people who are In charge/ the management of the company

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The track record of the business or person they’re investing in

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the public could invest in companies that are not practicing good/honest financial practices and lose money

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The effectiveness of the product

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a good investor should have a clear goal set of what they are wanting

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quarterly earnings vs overhead
yearly earnings vs overhead
you can also compare last year to this year

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The public could invest in a company that is on the brink of bankruptcy

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Gives investors more information for deciding on which business to go with. Without it they wouldn't know.

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Public and private

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public/ private

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The public would not know what the financial state of the company they are investing in

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They would need to know the outlook of the company and/or product they are investing in.

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Growth of company. Gross income vs net income

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Management or Financial accounting

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The public would not have the sufficent background information in companies to make good investing decisions

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1) profit margin ratios ==> tells you how much of your sales dollar is left after different costs are covered

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1) profit margin ratios ==> tells you how much of your sales dollar is left after different costs are covered

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2) management efficiency ratios ==> tells you how efficient your assets are being managed
3) management effectiveness ratios ==> measures the company's overall performances and how effective management is
4) Financial condition ratios ==> helps you understand your firm's financial strength

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Public private

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Evaluating Net Margin

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You could lose investors

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Quarterly earnings and income statement

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accrual

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Fraud

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Income statements and gross income

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The sky is the limit

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Cash based would be for services
Accrual based would be for goods

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public & private

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Profit margin ratios.
Management effectiveness

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Viewing their financial accounting statements.

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Accrual is more used for companies that are willing to put people on payment plans or that need to borrow recourses.

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financial success/wellness of the company

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Small business is typically cash based

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Small business is usually cash based while accrual is more corporate

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Corporations-accrual, smaller shops cash

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I think local shops on main street would mostly be cash based accounting. Bid firms and corporations probably have a lot more accrual accounting.