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Level 4 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Financial Performance and Ratio Analysis

LSC404 · Finance and Accounting — Week 10 of 16

CourseLSC404
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Financial Performance and Ratio Analysis

  1. Profitability ratios including ROCE and operating margin
  2. Liquidity ratios including current and acid test
  3. Efficiency ratios including inventory turnover
  4. Gearing and leverage metrics
  5. FINANCIAL RATIOS: How to Analyze Financial Statements
  6. Financial ratio analysis
  7. Activity Ratios (Efficiency Ratios) | Financial Statement Analysis

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Analyse the financial performance of a business from information drawn from financial statements.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the financial performance of a business from information drawn from financial statements.

Study materials

Videos

  • FINANCIAL RATIOS: How to Analyze Financial Statements · YouTube · Accounting Stuff · 24 min · for registered students
  • Financial ratio analysis · YouTube · The Finance Storyteller · 10 min · for registered students
  • Activity Ratios (Efficiency Ratios) | Financial Statement Analysis · YouTube · Edspira · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, Lyryx 2023-A, ch. 12: Financial Statement Analysis · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 489–532 · for registered students
  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 6: Measures of Financial Health · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 175–200 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 14.7: Analysing financial statements · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 492–495 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Financial Record-Keeping
  • Week 2: Core Financial Statements and Logistics Decision-Making
  • Week 3: Business Capital and Fixed Asset Depreciation
  • Week 4: Working Capital and Liquidity Management
  • Week 5: Sources of Finance for Logistics Operations
  • Week 6: Budgetary Frameworks and Approaches
  • Week 7: Budget Preparation in Logistics
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Variance Analysis and Budgetary Control
  • Week 10: Financial Performance and Ratio Analysis
  • Week 11: Addressing Financial Under-Performance
  • Week 12: Applying Finance and Accounting in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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