Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Current Ratio

Current Assets/

Current Liabilities

Short-term debt-paying

ability

3.17

1.725

1.070

 

1.3

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Current cash debt coverage ratio

Cash provided by operations/Average current liabilities

Short-term debt-paying

Ability (cash basis)

.4785

.08117

6.151

 

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Receivables turnover ratio

Net credit sales/Average net receivables

Liquidity of receivables

1.3598

1.4244

6.1651

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Average collection

period

365 days/ Receivables turnover ratio

Liquidity of receivables and collection success

268.42 days

257.04 days

59.205 days

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Inventory turn over ratio

Cost of goods sold/Average inventory

Liquidity of inventory

13.642

13.779

62.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Days in inventory

365 days/ Inventory turnover ratio

Liquidity of inventory and inventory management

26.75 days

26.489 days

5.85 days

 

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Debt to total assets ratio

Total liabilities/ Total assets

Percentage of total assets provided by creditors

.942

.95

.612

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Times interest earned ratio

Net income + Interest expense + Tax expense / Interest Expense

Ability to meet interest payments as they come due

1.1850

1.1978

27.713

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Cash debt coverage ratio

Cash provided by operations / Average total liabilites

Long-term debt-paying ability

(cash basis)

.0871

.08117

0.234

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Free cash flow

Cash provided by operations – Capital expenditures – Cash dividends

Cash availbalbe for paying dividends or expanding operations

17,091

13,419

9,920,121

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Return on common stockholders’ equity ratio

Net income – Preferred stock dividends / Average common stockholders’ equity

Profitability of common stockholders’ investment

.251

.13

0.139979

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Return on assets ratio

Net income / Average total assets

Overall profitability of assets

1.177%

.7%

5.094%

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Profit margin ratio

Net income / Net sales

Net income generated by each dollar of sales

2.36%

1.318%

6.840%

 

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Asset turnover ratio

Net sales / Average total assets

How efficiently assets are used to generate sales

.50275

.54339

7.618

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Gross profit rate

Gross profit /Net sales

Margin between selling price and cost of goods sold

.0766

.055

0.1857

 

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Earnings per share

Net income – Preferred stock dividends / Average common shares outstanding

Net income earned on each share of common stock

$1.19

$1.10

421.76 Yen

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Price-earnings ratio

Stock price per share / Earnings per share

Relationships between market price per share and earnings per share

$11.83

$9.545

14.20 Yen

 

 

Ratio

Formula

Indicates

Ford 2004

Ford 2005

Toyota 2006

Industry 2005

Payout ratio

Cash dividends declared on common stock / Net income

Percentage of earnings distributed in the form of cash dividends

21.02%

36.4%

17.82%