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CHAPTER FOURTEEN. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF COMMON STOCKS. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. REASONS FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TWO PRIMARY REASONS to determine certain securities’ characteristics to attempt to identify mispriced securities. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF COMMON STOCKS 1
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS • REASONS FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS • TWO PRIMARY REASONS • to determine certain securities’ characteristics • to attempt to identify mispriced securities
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS • REASON #1: DETERMINING SECURITY CHARACTERISTICS • estimate future sensitivity to major factors • estimate dividend yield
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS • REASON #2: ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY MISPRICED SECURITIES • use fundamental analysis • approaches • valuation determines the intrinsic value compared to the current market value • estimate key financial variables such as • EPS next year • income growth next year
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • TOP-DOWN V. BOTTOM UP • TOP-DOWN APPROACH • attempts to forecast in the following order 1. economic activity 2. industry performance 3. firm’s performance
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS Economic Analysis
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS • INTEGRAL PART OF FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • it helps the analyst understand a firm’s current condition • where it is headed • what factors affect it • how the factors affect it
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS • Review of Accounting Statements • includes a study of the three major statements prepared monthly by most accountants: • the balance sheet • the income statement • the statement of cash flows
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS • RATIO ANALYSIS • DEFINITION: a technique used to examine a company’s financial statements • Use of Ratios • as an absolute standard • as a comparative indicator • as a trend over time
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS • RATIO ANALYSIS • Types of Ratios • internal liquidity • operating performance • risk analysis • growth analysis • profitability • market ratios
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • internal liquidity ratios: • indicate the ability of the firm to meet future short-term financial obligations • some liquidity ratios: • current ratio • quick ratio • cash ratio • receivables turnover
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • operating performance ratios: • indicate how well the management is operating the business • some examples: • total asset turnover • net fixed asset turnover • equity turnover
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • 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: • debt to equity ratio • long-term debt/total capital ratio
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS • growth analysis ratios: • indicate how fast a firm should grow • it involves analysis using several other ratios • net profit margin • total asset turnover • total assets/equity
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS Profitability Ratios • Gross Margin • Gross profit / Sales • Operating Margin • Operating income / Sales • ROA • Net income / Total assets • ROE • Net income / Owner’s equity
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS Per Share Calculations • Book Value Per Share (BVPS) • Total equity / # shares outstanding • Earnings Per Share (EPS) • Net income / # shares outstanding • Cash Flow Per Share (CFPS) • Operating cash flow / # shares outstanding
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS Market Value Ratios • Price / Book (or Market / Book) • Stock price / BVPS • Price / Earnings (P/E) • Stock price / EPS • Price / Cash flow (P/CF) • Stock price / CFPS
Sources of Information • Annual reports • Wall Street Journal • Value Line • Standard & Poor’s • Research Insight
Sources of Information • Internet • NYSE (www.nyse.com) • Nasdaq (www.nasdaq.com) • Text (www.mhhe.com/cj) • CNNfn.com • CNBC.com • Yahoo.com • Zacks.com • Smartmoney.com • Multex.com • MSNBC.com • Quicken.com
Sources of Information • SEC • EDGAR • 10K & 10Q reports
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS • DEFINITION: a form of security analysis that attempts to forecast price changes based on historical price and volume trends
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS • Two Groups of Strategies Used: 1. Momentum and Contrarian Strategies 2. Moving Average and Trading Range Breakout Strategies
Technical Analysis • Support and resistance areas • Support level / Bottom feeders • Resistance level / Topping out / profit taking • Breakouts
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 1. Momentum and Contrarian Strategies • METHDOLOGY: • 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 overreaction theory
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 2. Moving Average and Trading Range Breakout Strategies • MOVING AVERAGE STRATEGY: • calculate a moving average over the last 200 days of closing prices • divide today’s closing price into the moving average (SHORT-TO-LONG RATIO) • if short-to-long ratio is greater than 1, buy • if ratio is less than 1, sell
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS • 2. Moving Average and Trading Range Breakout Strategies • TRADING RANGE BREAKOUT STRATEGY: • high and low prices for past 200 trading days are identified • if today’s close is greater than the high = buy! • if today’s close is less than the low = sell!
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Reading the tea leaves… • Advance / decline line: Closing Arms or Trin • Relative strength • Moving averages • Candlestick chart • Chart formations: head-and-shoulders
Trin = Declining volume / Declines Advancing volume / Advances Examples • Closing Arms: Trin Values > 1 considered bearish
Examples • Advance/Decline Line Calculation Issues Issues Weekday Advancing Declining Difference Cumulative THU 1,162 1,888 -726 -726 FRI 2,275 1,198 1,077 351 MON 1,203 1,849 -646 -295 TUE 1,187 1,878 -691 -986 WED 1,739 1,311 428 -558 THU 2,193 910 1,283 725 FRI 2,178 974 1,204 1,929 MON 1,540 1,525 15 1,944 TUE 1,660 1,540 120 2,064
Examples • Relative strength: Charts performance relative to industry or market Value Line Timeliness* Price performance/Average performance of V-L Stocks
11 + 12 + 14 = 12.33 3 Moving Average 12 + 14 + 13 = 13.00 3