Activity ratios tell us how efficient a company is in utilizing its assets. Using a firm’s Balance Sheet and Income Statement, one could easily calculate its activity (or efficiency) metrics.
This Excel template illustrates how to calculate the following multiples:
- Receivables turnover
- Days of sales outstanding
- Inventory turnover
- Days of inventory on hand
- Payables turnover
- Number of days of payables
- Fixed assets turnover
- Working capital turnover
- Total assets turnover
- Cash conversion cycle
- Equity turnover
Some other related topics you might be interested to explore are Ratio Analysis, Company valuation, and Forecasting.
This is an open-access Excel model in XLSX format that will be useful for anyone who wants to work as an Accountant, Financial Analyst, Finance Manager, or Investor.
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Activity ratios are included in the Financial Reporting module of the CFA Level 1 Curriculum.