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I have a suggestion about financial reporting: In fact, I made that suggestion a long time ago, here’s the link.

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I want to give you an example of a financial ratio from a bank in my country.
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1. What are Liquidity Ratios?
Liquidity ratios show whether a business can pay its short-term debt as it matures. There are four types of liquidity ratios: current ratio, cash ratio, acid-test ratio, and stock dependency ratio. The following calculations can be made to perform financial ratio analysis using these values:
How to Calculate the Current Ratio?
The current ratio, which is preferred to be above 2 in terms of working capital adequacy, is calculated as follows:
Current Ratio = Current Assets / Short-Term Foreign Resources

How to Calculate Acid-Test Ratio?
The acid-test ratio, which is expected to be above 1 to indicate that the business can pay its short-term debts, is calculated as follows:
Acid-Test Ratio = (Current Assets - Inventories) / Short-Term Foreign Resources

How to Calculate Cash Rate?
The cash ratio, which determines whether short-term debts can be paid using existing capital if there is no cash flow to the business throughout the year, is calculated as follows:

Cash Ratio = (Securities + Liquid Assets) / Short-Term Foreign Resources

How to Calculate Stock Dependency Ratio?

The stock dependency ratio is an analysis that determines what percentage of the existing stock must be sold to pay short-term debts. The stock dependency ratio, whose high value indicates an increased dependency on stocks, is calculated as follows:

Stock Dependency Ratio = [ Short-Term Foreign Resources - ( Securities + Liquid Assets ) ] / Stocks

2. What are Financial Structure Ratios?

Financial structure ratios express the extent to which the capital of businesses consists of debt-based financing. These values, which are used to analyze the long-term financial structures and risk situations of companies, are also called debt ratios. Financial structure ratios that reveal the ratio between capital and debt are as follows:

How to Calculate Leverage Ratio?

This value, which shows the percentage of working capital originating from borrowing, is expected to be below 50% in order not to indicate financial risk. The leverage ratio, which shows the ratio of debts to all business assets, is calculated as follows:

Leverage Ratio = Total Debt / Total Assets

How to Calculate Equity Ratio?

This value, also known as the financing rate, is expected to be above 1%. If this value is above 1%, it indicates that the business does not need to borrow in terms of capital. The financing rate calculation is made as follows:

Equity Ratio = Equity / (Short + Long Term Foreign Resources)

How to Calculate Autofinancing Rate?

Auto-financing, which means that the business creates equity capital from the profit it earns, is calculated as follows:

Auto-financing = (Profit Reserves - Previous Years Losses) / Paid-in Capital

How to Calculate Short-Term Debt Ratio?

This value, which shows the extent to which working capital is covered by short-term debts, is calculated as follows:

Short-Term Debt Ratio = Short-Term Debts / Total Liabilities

How to Calculate Long-Term Debt Ratio?

This value, which expresses the proportion of the company's capital consisting of long-term debts, is calculated as follows:

Long-Term Debt Ratio = Long-Term Debts / Total Liabilities

3. What are Profitability Ratios?

Profitability ratios, one of the most frequently used financial analysis values; show how much profitability can be achieved with the company's equity capital, operating expenses, and balance sheet. A high ratio is expected, indicating that the business is performing strongly by generating cash flow. However, a more accurate analysis can be made by comparing these values with past period rates and the rates obtained by other companies in the sector. Profitability ratios and calculation methods that help make financial ratio analysis are as follows:
How to Calculate Economic Profitability?

A high ratio, also known as economic profitability, indicates the effective use of working capital.

Economic Profitability = Profit Before Interest and Tax / Total Assets or Liabilities

How to Calculate Return on Assets?

This ratio, which is expected to be high, shows the size of the profit the business makes from its investments.

Return on Assets = Net Profit for the Period / Assets

How to Calculate Return Per Share?

Obtaining a high ratio as a result of the calculation indicates that the company's stock value is high.

Return per Share = Net Profit / Number of Shares in Circulation

How to Calculate Return on Investment?

Return on investment, one of the widely used financial ratio analyses, expresses how much profit is made from a project according to the investment made by the business.

Return on Investment = Total Investment Profit / Total Amount of Investment

There are many other profitability ratios other than these widely used ratios, whose calculation methods are given. Other profitability ratios such as cumulative profitability ratio, business volume profitability, and current asset profitability can be determined according to the field in which the business wants to conduct financial analysis. It is useful to analyze such values, which will be taken from the financial statements and proportioned, in comparison with other figures obtained. In this way, the financial situations of businesses can be addressed in a multifaceted manner and the necessary strategic steps can be taken.
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Re: Should financial ratios integrated into Cap Lab?

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mdemircan2 wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:06 pm I have a suggestion...
These graphics are excellent! It would be good if they changed everything, instead of putting up these weird buildings, they focused more on planning the game's statistics
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Does anyone else have any thoughts on this matter?
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1) Can you provide the exact details about how they relate to the account items in the current corporate income statement and balance sheet?
How to Calculate the Current Ratio?
The current ratio, which is preferred to be above 2 in terms of working capital adequacy, is calculated as follows:
Current Ratio = Current Assets / Short-Term Foreign Resources
For example, what account items in the current corporate income statement or balance sheet from which the "Current Assets" and "Short-Term Foreign Resources" are derived ?

2) I think the chance that the dev team will accept your suggestion would be higher if you could propose your suggestion from the gameplay point of view.

For example, can these financial ratios be used as goal objectives? If so, which of the existing scenarios can you add the new goals to? Or if you have ideas for new scenarios using them, you may also suggest.
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Some of these ratios could be incorporated as game objectives. For example the Debt to Equity Ratio - the objective could be to keep it below a certain level or otherwise an objective won't be met. It would be only suitable of course when combined with other objectives and could be a way for a scenario maker to discourage debt.

Commentary on other ratios:

- Don't see any need to distinguish long and short term debt in the ratios. I think this would confuse more than enlighten. Same goes with liquidity and acid test.
- Return per Share - isn't this already return on equity (calculated in game)? Or is this different?
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David wrote: Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:47 am 1) Can you provide the exact details about how they relate to the account items in the current corporate income statement and balance sheet?
How to Calculate the Current Ratio?
The current ratio, which is preferred to be above 2 in terms of working capital adequacy, is calculated as follows:
Current Ratio = Current Assets / Short-Term Foreign Resources
For example, what account items in the current corporate income statement or balance sheet from which the "Current Assets" and "Short-Term Foreign Resources" are derived ?

2) I think the chance that the dev team will accept your suggestion would be higher if you could propose your suggestion from the gameplay point of view.

For example, can these financial ratios be used as goal objectives? If so, which of the existing scenarios can you add the new goals to? Or if you have ideas for new scenarios using them, you may also suggest.
"Hello, unfortunately, I'm unable to work on the requested task due to my current workload, but I'll prepare something and send it to you. This is because ratio analysis contains the most crucial information in analyzing a company.

For ratio analysis to contribute to the game in a healthy way, some changes will be necessary. For instance, there are some differences between the balance sheet items in the game and those in real-world companies.

Let's take the current ratio as an example: current ratio = current assets / current liabilities. This means how many times our liquid assets cover short-term debt. One of the challenges in calculating this ratio is that although there seems to be no short-term debt in the game, AI companies almost never use bank loans. If the in-game business world becomes more dependent on bank loans, this problem could be solved.

If ratio analysis can be adapted to Capitalism Lab, the game will take a giant leap. As Capitalism Lab's operations get closer to the real world, it will be easier to market.

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/financi ... 101-393590
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mdemircan2 wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:20 pm "Hello, unfortunately, I'm unable to work on the requested task due to my current workload, but I'll prepare something and send it to you. This is because ratio analysis contains the most crucial information in analyzing a company.

For ratio analysis to contribute to the game in a healthy way, some changes will be necessary. For instance, there are some differences between the balance sheet items in the game and those in real-world companies.

Let's take the current ratio as an example: current ratio = current assets / current liabilities. This means how many times our liquid assets cover short-term debt. One of the challenges in calculating this ratio is that although there seems to be no short-term debt in the game, AI companies almost never use bank loans. If the in-game business world becomes more dependent on bank loans, this problem could be solved.

If ratio analysis can be adapted to Capitalism Lab, the game will take a giant leap. As Capitalism Lab's operations get closer to the real world, it will be easier to market.

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/financi ... 101-393590
By the way, please note that each Capitalism Lab license is just for one person/student and is not transferable. I understand that you use Capitalism Lab for training and would be happy to discuss with you about the educational licenses for your students. If you have new students each year and they use Capitalism Lab, they will need to purchase new licenses. We'd be happy to offer you educational discounts. I sent you a private message a while ago. Did you receive it?
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