What Topics will be covered?
• Introduction to Finance – what it is and what it is not
• Overview of Financial Statements
Balance Sheet
Profit and Loss account
Statement of Cash Flow
• Financial Ratio Analysis – Analyzing the Past and Projecting the Future
• Return on Equity
• DuPont Frame work :
Profitability Ratios – Gross Profit percentage, Operating Profit percentage, EBIT and EBITDA or Operating Profitability Efficiency – Number of days In Inventory, Average Collection Period (accounts receivable), Operation Cycle and Fixed Asset Turnover
Leverage –
• Depreciation
• Break Even Analysis
• The 4 R’s of Investing in Retail – Return on Revenues, Return on Invested Capital, Return on Total Assets and Return on Capital employed.
• Retail Industry specific ratios – GMROF, GMROL, GMROI, Conversion Rate, Average Transaction Size, Average Selling Price