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Analyzing Financial Ratios - Leverage 1.5 Credits

Mar 20, 2024, 11:00 AM ET

Analyzing Financial Ratios - Leverage 1.5 Credits

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Mar 20, 2024, 11:00 AM ET

Learning Objective

  • To review basic ratio analysis math concepts.
  • To identify the types of leverage ratios.
  • To evaluate the purpose and calculation of various leverage ratios including Debt-to-Assets Ratio, Debt-to-Equity Ratio, Debt-to-Capital Ratio, Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio, and Equity Asset Ratio.
  • To explore the concept of capital structure ratios: Debt to capitalization ratio and Degree of financial leverage.
  • To discuss a comprehensive example of ratio calculation.

Course Overview

Financial ratios are financial metrics that determine relationships between aspects of a company’s operations and financial position.

This CPE course is part of the series on financial ratios and is focused on leverage ratios. Leverage is created through various situations including when:

  • A company takes on debt to purchase specific assets.
  • A company borrows money based on the overall creditworthiness of the business.
  • A company borrows money to finance an acquisition. 
  • A private equity firm (or other company) does a leveraged buyout.
  • An individual works with options, futures, margins, or other financial instruments.

Equity investors borrow money to leverage their investment portfolio. A leverage ratio looks at how much capital comes in the form of debt (loans) or assesses the ability of a company to meet its financial obligations. The leverage ratio is important given that companies rely on a mixture of equity and debt to finance their operations.

Major topics discussed in this online CPE webinar by Lynn Fountain:

  • How is leverage created?
  • Leverage Risks
  • Capital Structure and Debt/Equity
  • Degree of financial leverage
  • Debt/EBITDA
  • Equity/Assets
  • Comprehensive example to illustrate how to calculate and interpret the various ratios.

This CPE Accounting webinar highlights leverage ratios, their purpose, calculation, and meaning.

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Additional Information

Credits

1.5

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

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Pre-requisites

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About Instructor

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Lynn Fountain , CRMA

Owner, Lynn Fountain Consulting and Training

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Lynn Fountain has over 39 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance.  Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies.   In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees.  The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.

Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice.  She has successfully executed on several consulting assignments spanning areas of accounting, risk, ERM and internal audit.  She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker and has produced hundreds of courses delivered through seminars, conferences and on-demand training.  She is the author of three separate technical books.  

  • Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”.
  • Leading the Internal Audit Function
  • Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma

Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials. 


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Anantharamakrishnan Balakrishnan, EA

Webinar on Leverages are very important to assess the companies solvency and debt servicing and effect on the EPS and Mix of Debt and Equity in the capital structure for a company. ROI and EBITDA is important to service the debt or repay the debt over the period of time.

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Lee Hall, CPA (US)

I am a seasoned CPA and I feel that it is important for all accountants at many levels. Do you understand and be able to analyze financial ratios

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