Financial ratio analysis
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Companies listed on the UK stock market have to issue financial reports from which a number of ratios can be calculated. Performance ratios include return on capital employed, and stock turnover. Liquidity ratios relate to cash flow, while financing ratios relate to gearing. Financial ratio analysis can be misleading on its own. Performance ratios vary from one industry to another. The value of a brand may be included in a balance sheet. The methods that companies use to compile their accounting data are important for successful financial analysis.
Publication Name: British Economy Survey
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0263-3523
Year: 1997
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From financial investor to entrepreneur
Article Abstract:
The volume of private equity transactions in Germany expanded by a factor of 3.6 to $4.5 billion in the period 1995 to 1998. Sellers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and in 90% of all deals over Dm100 million investment banks are now used. Purchase price/ebitda ratios have risen by 20% per year in Germany since 1993. The emphases of the value levers in a leveraged buyout are moving from 'buy low and sell high' towards 'value added' during the time in which an investment is held.
Publication Name: Acquisitions Monthly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0952-3618
Year: 1999
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