Code of Ethics in Defining a Profession
Describe the Role of a Code of Ethics in Defining a Profession The role of ethics within the investment profession is to promote the integrity and viability of global capital markets for the ultimate benefit of society. By learning and…
Ethics Defined
Ethics Defined Many professions define a code of ethics aimed at outlining cultural values within that profession. For the investment industry, ethics are defined as a standard of conduct valued by the financial sector. These can be expressed via concrete rules…
Deferred Tax Items Disclosures
Income tax disclosures included in the notes to financial statements can provide analysts with very useful information. Therefore, including income tax disclosures in the notes to financial statements can have a material impact on financial statement analysis, including the derivation…
Effective Tax Rate, Statutory Tax Rate, and Cash Tax Rate
Income taxes payable are mainly influenced by the geographic distribution of taxable income of the company and the corresponding tax rates in each location, but the nature of the business can also have an impact. For instance, some companies receive…
Deferred Tax Liability and Asset
Recall that deferred tax assets and liabilities originate from temporary differences between financial accounting profit and taxable income. Specifically, deferred tax assets indicate taxes that have already been paid or losses carried forward from prior periods but are not yet…
Accounting Profit and Taxable Income
Accounting profit, also known as income before taxes, is reported on a company’s income statement according to prevailing accounting standards. By definition, accounting profit does not account for income tax expense. Taxable income is the portion of a company’s income…
Use of Ratio Analysis in Earnings Forecast and Modeling
Analysts often need to forecast future financial performance, such as EPS forecasts and equity valuations. This process involves using data about the economy, industry, and company alongside the results of financial analyses like common-size and ratio analyses and the judgment…
Industry-specific Ratios
There is no universally accepted definition or classification of ratios. Ratios indicate a company’s performance and value, but their significance varies by industry. Industry-specific ratios, like same-store sales changes in retail, help distinguish growth sources. In regulated sectors like banking,…
DuPont Analysis of Return on Equity
Recall that, return on equity (ROE) measures the return a company generates on its equity capital. To understand the factors driving a company’s ROE, it is helpful to decompose ROE into its component parts, a technique often referred to as…
Ratio Analysis
Recall that financial ratios express one financial quantity concerning another and can be used to evaluate a company’s performance over time. By reducing the effect of company size, ratios can also enhance comparison between companies. Financial Ratio Relationships It is…
