What is Quick ratio & Reasons for its Usage
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What is Quick ratio & Reasons for its Usage

An invetsor who tends to buy stocks should evaluate the financial statements of the company with great seriousness.

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Why is analysing Cash Flow Statements Important?
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Why is analysing Cash Flow Statements Important?

Cash flow statement is an important financial statement that analyses and summarises the amount of cash and cash equivalents that enter and leave the company. It measures how effectively a company is utilising its cash balances that is, how well it manages its operating expenses and how well it generates cash to pay its debts.

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Everything about promoter pledging that you should know
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Everything about promoter pledging that you should know

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Financial Stability Report dated June 27, 2019, expressed its concern over the high level of promoter pledging. The report argued that a high level of promoter pledging indicates the poor financial health of a company and probably a situation that a company is unable to raise funding from other sources.

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Does your company have enough Liquidity?
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Does your company have enough Liquidity?

Your company’s revenue figures are great to flaunt, but they don’t ultimately mean much if your cash flow is out of whack. Profit offers peace of mind, surely, but it doesn’t indicate that your business financials are sound. Only stable, reliable cash flows can truly demonstrate success. 

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What is the Fixed Asset Turnover (FAT) Ratio?
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What is the Fixed Asset Turnover (FAT) Ratio?

A fixed asset turnover ratio is an efficiency ratio that shows the return received by a company on the investments made by them in fixed assets such as plant, machinery, equipment, etc., in relation to the total sales generated. In other words, it measures how efficiently a company uses its fixed assets to make sales. Creditors and investors refer to this ratio to identify the efficiency of the company in managing its fixed assets. They do so to interpret the returns they might earn on their investments made in the company and make sure that the earnings/revenues from the equipment are enough so that the company can pay back the loans that it has taken for it. The formula for calculating the fixed asset turnover ratio 

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The Enterprise Value for an investor
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The Enterprise Value for an investor

What is Enterprise Value? Enterprise Value (EV) is simply the total price that you need to pay to acquire 100% of any company. EV is also known as the Total Enterprise Value (EV) or Firm Value (FV). 

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5 components of Balance Sheet that influences Investment Decisions
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5 components of Balance Sheet that influences Investment Decisions

How do you go about investing in stocks? Obviously, the first thing to do would be industry analysis - growth prospects, competitive analysis, barriers to entry, etc. But, as we had quoted Warren Buffet in a previous article, “there is a lot more to picking stocks than to work out which is going to be the most wonderful industry in the future.”

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An exhaustive explanation on FORM MGT-14
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An exhaustive explanation on FORM MGT-14

When a company is planning to start up, the first step is to incorporate the business with the Registrar of Company (ROC). Companies incorporate themselves with the RoC because it is the body governing the companies and has to mandatorily keep information about companies. Therefore, every company has to notify ROC about the significant steps taken by the company by passing any resolutions at the Board meeting or by entering into an agreement.

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What are Moats and Floats?
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What are Moats and Floats?

A good business model and strong fundamentals are all fine and nice, but what differentiates a company from its competitors? Introducing - "Moat".

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Difference between market value and book value
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Difference between market value and book value

All of these terms are used for the financial market and signify a particular meaning to the financial instruments. These terms have a different value for every financial instrument and should be taken into consideration. So let us know about every term in detail:

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What is Beta in Finance?
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What is Beta in Finance?

In the dynamic world of finance, understanding the nuances of various metrics is crucial for making informed investment decisions. Among these metrics, Beta holds a significant position, serving as a key indicator of a stock's volatility relative to the overall market.

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What is Debt to Equity Ratio?
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What is Debt to Equity Ratio?

It is imperative and a task of paramount importance for an investor to examine the financial performance of a company from every angle before investing a single penny in that company. The true worth of the company can be detected by analyzing its financial ratios.

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What is credit rating
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What is credit rating

Before we go about on how credible the credit ratings are, allotted by the rating companies, it is important to have a clear understanding of what these credit ratings are? How do they function? And who actually assigns these ratings to companies?

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Importance of Retained Earnings
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Importance of Retained Earnings

When you start a business, you eventually start gaining the profits. So, is the entire profit given back to the owner? NO. It is because company would love to invest profit to the business again for future operations. Retained earnings are the part of net profit after tax that company has retained by not distributing to the shareholders to realize certain debts or used as an investment for future expansion plans.

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How Is Your Purchase Price divided after a Demerger?
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How Is Your Purchase Price divided after a Demerger?

Before we move ahead and know how the purchase price is divided in case of a demerger, it is equally important that we build a strong foundation of the concept of demerger. Read on and find below.

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Wipro Limited: An Overview
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Wipro Limited: An Overview

Wipro is the fourth largest Indian player in the global IT services outsourcing industry in terms of revenue, after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Limited (Infosys) and HCL Technologies Limited.

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LA OPALA RG Ltd. – Stock analysis
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LA OPALA RG Ltd. – Stock analysis

La Opala RG Ltd is an India-based pure-play tableware company promoted by Sushil Jhunjhunwala and Ajit Jhunjhunwala manufactures and markets Opal glass tableware and crystalware products in india and internationally, incorporated in the year 11-06-1987 and headquartered in Kolkata. The Company exports products to more than 40 countries. The company’s brand includes La Opala, Diva (Classique collection and ivory collection) and Solitaire.

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Tata Motors- Stock Analysis
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Tata Motors- Stock Analysis

Tata Motors Limited, incorporated on September 1,1945headquartered in Mumbai, it was formerly known as TELCO, and its parent company is Tata Group. It is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, buses, trucks and defense vehicles.

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