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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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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New Fund Offer (NFO)
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New Fund Offer (NFO)

A new fund offer (NFO) is the first offer given by a company to purchase a new fund. By launching NFO, the company attempts to raise its capital. Mutual funds are one of the most common types of new fund offerings by the companies.

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How to Value a Holding Company?
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How to Value a Holding Company?

Holding company is a company that is created to buy and own the shares of other companies. They either don’t have an active business apart from investments or it’s a very small part in comparison to their investment corpus.

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Liquidation of Company
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Liquidation of Company

Company being artificial person can only be dissolved by striking off the register of companies. This is called liquidation of company.

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Registration of a Public Limited Company| Explained
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Registration of a Public Limited Company| Explained

A public limited company is an incorporated business and is said to be a separate legal entity from its owners like that of the Private Limited Company. Shareholders are termed to be its owners and they enjoy the benefit of the limited liability. The limited liability is a benefit to each of the shareholder of that company. According to Section 3(1) (IV) of Indian Companies Act 1956 that ‘’a public company is not a private company” also the articles do not restrict the transfers of shares of the company. There is no restriction on the maximum number of the companies. It invites general members and public to purchase the shares and debentures of the company. If one wants to register a public company there are many advantages or benefits related to the registration of a public Company which are -

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