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International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org THE EFFECT OF FINANCIAL RATIOS ON THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF INDIAN ENTERPRISES: A DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS Dr. Nitin Tanted Associate Professor, Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore Dr. Yogeshwari Pathak Professor and Director, Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore ABSTRACT The present study aims to reveal the effect of and make evaluations on liquidity, financial, activity and profitability ratios on the financial positions of enterprises (profit / loss). The purpose of this paper is to assess the quality of ratio analysis as an analytical technique. The prediction of Profit and loss is used as an illustrative case. Specifically, a set of financial and economic ratios will be investigated in the profit and loss prediction wherein multiple discriminant statistical methodology will be employed. The study is conducted on the selected stocks from S and P 500 index. Keywords: Financial Ratio, Banks, S & P, NSE Email id:- [email protected] Page 30 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org INTRODUCTION The persistent problem while employing financial ratio is that, which ratios, of available that can be computed easily from the available financial data should be analyzed to obtain the information for task at hand. Naturally, different researchers often include different ratios. Yet, it is impossible to include most of the useful ratios in the literature. Which ratios, then, should be deleted and which should be included has become very important. Ratio analysis has been a tool of analysts for as long as financial statements have been prepared. However, discrimination is needed to recognize a limited set of financial ratios. Discriminant Analysis is a technique, by means of which researcher may categorize items into one or two or more mutually exclusive and exhaustive groups on the basis of a set of independent variables. For performing discriminant analysis researcher requires interval independent variables and a nominal dependent variable. Discriminant analysis is considered an appropriate technique when the single dependent variable happens to be non-metric and is to be classified into two or more groups, depending upon its relationship with several independent variables which all happen to be metric. The objective of performing discriminant analysis is to predict an items likelihood of belonging to a particular group based on several independent variables (Kothari, 2004). Discriminant analysis is a useful technique in the solution of three distinct but interrelated problems (Tatsuoka, 1976) like to determine if there are significant differences among two or more existing groups (populations) based on a combined set of descriptor variables, to explain any significant differences among the groups with a number of underlying factors that is smaller than the number of original descriptor variables and to predict group membership of future items, assuming such items are truly members of one or another of the groups. Ramayah, (2010) said that while a researcher analyzes the data, he has to identify the correct analysis technique and interpret the output that he gets. While analysis is simple task and just on few click it can be done. LITERATURE REVIEW Ramayah, (2010) said that while a researcher analyzes the data, he has to identify the correct analysis technique and interpret the output that he gets. While analysis is simple task and just on few click it can be done. The more challenging part is the interpretation of the output. Many Email id:- [email protected] Page 31 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org researchers are very familiar and well exposed to the regression analysis technique whereby the dependent variable is a continuous variable. But what happens if the dependent variable is a nominal variable? Then the researcher has 2 choices: either to use a discriminant analysis or a logistic regression. Discriminant analysis is used when the data are normally distributed whereas the logistic regression is used when the data are not normally distributed. Yıldız, (1995) said that the discriminant analysis is one of the multi variable statistical analysis methods, in which the structures of predetermined populations are revealed through the samples drawn from these populations and through a set of variables. Following the identification of these structures, a selected individual or a group of individuals are assigned to the predetermined groups (populations) on the basis of the observations concerning these individuals. Discriminant analysis is used primarily to predict membership in two or more mutually exclusive groups. The objectives of the discriminant analysis could be grouped under five main categories (Eroğlu, 2008). He stated that it could be used to predict the group membership and to decide about in which variable group a particular data will be included, through the discriminant function equation, it helps classifying the data into groups, it could be used to determine how the arithmetic means of the independent variables change across groups, it can be used to identify the variables that are effective and ineffective in distinguishing between groups and it could be used to test whether the data has been classified as predicted. Dimitras, etal., (1996) studied that predicting enterprise failures constitutes one of the most important activities in supervising enterprise risks and/or variables. The term enterprise failure is a definable phenomenon: for instance, failure to cover external debts, exceeding budget limits, failure to effect payment to suppliers, incurring losses, etc. Altaş, Giray (2005) reported that financial failure is quite an important problem in terms of its socio-economic results; thus, it needs an examination of its underlying variables. Furthermore, the increasing number of enterprise failures in Turkey during the last years is another case that also needs investigation Ahn, Cho, Kim, 2000; Balcaen, Ooghe, (2006) said that financial analysis model developed to predict enterprise failure is a quite helpful tool for executives and provides concerned decisionmakers (authorities) with the possibility to avoid failures through an early warning system. Furthermore, this model is of assistance to the decision makers of the financial institutions Email id:- [email protected] Page 32 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org during the investment evaluation stage or in selecting potential enterprise partners. There are a few leading studies on predicting financial failure. Beaver (1967) studied on bankruptcy and financial situation of enterprises. The study covers 79 successful and failing enterprises during the period between 1954 and 1964, his study discusses the reasons of failure such as bankruptcy, failure in due payment of the bond yield and failure to pay the profit shares. Beaver performed his analysis in 3 stages and over 30 financial ratios which he classified under 6 categories (Cash Flow Ratios, Profit Rates, Total Liabilities / Total Assets Ratio, Liquid Assets / Total Assets Ratio, Liquid Assets / Short-Term Liabilities Ratios and Turnover Ratios). In the first stage, he compared the average values of the financial ratios. The subsequent stage involved a dual comparison to demonstrate the predictory power of the ratios, while in the final stage, he calculated the ratio distribution for the successful and failing enterprises. Consequently, he concluded that the cash flow/total assets ratio is the most effective ratio in predicting enterprise failure. On the other hand, Altman (1968) uses the multiple discriminant analysis in his study. Within the scope of his analysis, he categorizes the enterprises into two groups: bankrupt and non-bankrupt enterprises. Analyzing 33 bankrupt and 33 non-bankrupt enterprises according to the 22 ratios he identified under the category of basic ratios (liquidity ratio, financial leverage ratios, solvency ratios, efficiency and profitability ratios), the author achieved a successful prediction rate of 94% by obtaining the discriminant scores which yield the best results (Z score). In order to demonstrate the effect of the analyzed ratios on enterprise financial situation (profit / loss), the present study as well apply the discriminant analysis. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY To study the ability of various financial ratios in discriminating between profit and loss making firms. • To test whether the data has been classified as predicted. • To devise a model which shows the extent to which various financial ratios can be used to predict profit and loss making firms. METHODOLOGY Email id:- [email protected] Page 33 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org The Study: The present study is an analytical in nature as it aims at identifying and assessing the ability of various financial ratios in discriminating between profit and loss making firms. Data: The Data is secondary nature and uses ratios of 95 companies grouped into 51 profit and 44 loss making companies. A profit making company had consistent profit for 5 years and similarly loss making firms were defined.29 ratios grouped in to 5 categories namely EPS, Profitability, Liquidity, Leverage and Payout Ratios. A Total 2755 (95*29) data were subjected to discriminant analysis through. The analysis drew upon dummy variables by coding “1” for the profit-making companies and “2” for the lossmaking companies. The data were obtained from Rediffmoneywiz.com. During the course of the research; the software packages Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and SPSS 11.5 for Windows were used. Table 1 presents the major ratio categories, the ratios included in each category and their codes. Tool for Data Collection: For the purpose of study secondary data was collected regarding financial positions and financial ratios of banks for the period 2006 to 2010. Tool for Data Analysis: For analysis of data Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and SPSS 15.0 for Windows were used as a tool for performing Discriminant Analysis on selected sample. The discriminant function is a linear combination of the independent variables. An examination of the function demonstrates the following configuration. Zi = α + b1X1i + b2X2i + …………. + bnXni where Zi: the ith individual Discriminant Score (Z Score) α: Constant Coefficient bn: Discriminant Coefficients of nth variable X1: the ith individual value of the jth independent variables Zcrit. : The critical value for the discriminant score The classification procedure in such a case would be If Zi > Zcrit., Classify individual i as belonging to Group I If Zi < Zcrit., Classify individual i as belonging to Group II The equation presented here is similar to the configuration in the multiple regression analysis. Nevertheless, the coefficients maximize the distance between the mean scores of the independent Email id:- [email protected] Page 34 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org variables. This equation helps formulating a prediction model which could be used in classifying new observations. FINDINGS The Results of the Analysis and Evaluation Table 1: The Eigenvalue Statistic Function Eigenvalue % of Variance Cumulative % Canonical Correlation 1 1.913 100.0 100.0 .810 a First 1 canonical discriminant functions were used in the analysis. The eigenvalue, which is another important statistical value for our purposes, is used to evaluate the degree of significance for the discriminant analysis, and it follows that as the eigenvalue increases, the function explains an increasing part of the variance in the dependent variable. Even though there is not any absolute value, eigenvalues higher than 0.40 are considered as optimum (Eroğlu, 2008). The eigenvalue , which is another important statistical value for our purpose , is used to evaluate the degree of significance for the discriminant analysis , and it follow that as the eigenvalue increases the function explains an increasing part of the variance in the dependent eigenvalue higher than 0.40 are consider as optimum . An examination of table -1 suggests that, since the eigen value statistics is 1.913 in our analysis, this function provides a through differentiation An eigenvalue indicates the proportion of variance explained. (Between-groups sums of squares divided by within-groups sums of squares). A large eigenvalue is associated with a strong function. The canonical relation is a correlation between the discriminant scores and the levels of the dependent variable. A high correlation indicates a function that discriminates well. The canonical correlation measures the correlation between the discriminant scores and the Group , and also indicates the explained variance . Email id:- [email protected] Page 35 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org As seen in table - 2, this value is 0.810. An interpretation of this value requires squaring , where the resulting value is 0.6561. Hence, it could be suggested that our model explains 65.61% of the variance for dependent variable. Table 2: Wilks' Lambda Statistics Test of Function(s) 1 Wilks' Lambda .343 Chi-square 98.379 Df 2 Sig. .000 Wilks‟ Lambda statistic value, which is presented in Table 2, has a range of values between 0-1 and refers to the unexplained part (ratio) of the total variance in the discrimination scores left unexplained by the differences between the groups. Furthermore, it is possible to determine the significance of the function‟s eigenvalue statistic. While greater Wilks‟ Lambda values indicate that mean scores are not dissimilar for groups, discriminatory character of the model increases as the value gets smaller. Wilks‟ Lambda is the ratio of within-groups sums of squares to the total sums of squares. This is the proportion of the total variance in the discriminant scores not explained by differences among groups. A lambda of 1.00 occurs when observed group means are equal (all the variance is explained by factors other than difference between those means), while a small lambda occurs when within-groups variability is small compared to the total variability. A small lambda indicates that group means appear to differ. The associated significance value indicate whether the difference is significant. Wilk‟s Lambda statistics value indicate that mean scores are not dissimilar for group, discriminatory character of the model increases as the value gets smaller . As a result of the analysis , The Wilk‟s Lambda was found to be 0.343 and the function failed to explain 34.3% of the total variance in the discriminant scores . The significance value of the test, which is 0.000, demonstrates that the test result are statistically significant at the levels of 5%. Table 3: Classification Results Predicted Group Membership Profit/Loss Original Count Profit Total Profit Loss 46 1 Email id:- [email protected] 47 Page 36 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org % Loss 7 41 48 Profit 97.9 2.1 100.0 Loss 14.6 85.4 100.0 a 91.6% of original grouped cases correctly classified. „Classification Results‟ is a simple summary of number and percent of subjects classified correctly and incorrectly. The „leave-oneout classification‟ is a cross-validation method, of which the results are also presented. The higher the percentage of accurate classification, the more successful is the analysis. the percentage of accurate classification for the 1st group is 97%, 85.4% and 91.6% in total all signify an optimum classification Table 4: Standardized Canonical Discriminant Function Coefficients Function 1 Earning Per Share Ratio .387 Payout Ratio .968 An evaluation of the significance of the independent variables requires considering the discriminant function coefficients and the load of each variable in the structure matrix. An examination of Table 4 reveals that all variables used in grouping the profit-making and lossmaking enterprises are significant discriminatory variables. Here, the reason for using standardized coefficients is to eliminate the effects of the different mean scores and standard deviations in the independent variables. Otherwise, variables with smaller standard deviations might have greater discrimination coefficients, which will make difficult to evaluate the relative significance of the independent variables. While evaluating these coefficients, higher coefficients make greater contributions and the sign (either positive or negative) of the coefficients do not indicate any particular meaning. The standardized canonical Discriminant function gives the Two category of ratios viz EPS and Payout Ratio from the five identified. Table 5: Structure Matrix Email id:- [email protected] Page 37 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org Function 1 Payout Ratio .923 Earning Per Share Ratio .276 Leverage Ratio .179 Profitablity Ratio .095 Liquidity Ratio .077 Structure matrix is a matrix which could be employed to evaluate the significance of the independent variables. It presents the correlation between the discriminant function and each of the variables. An examination of Table 5 reveals that the variables payout ratio (0.923) and Earning Per share ratio (0.276) are the independent variables with the highest correlation with the discriminant function Table 6: Canonical Discriminant Function Coefficients Function 1 Earning Per Share Ratio .008 Payout Ratio .071 (Constant) -2.451 Unstandardized coefficients The „Canonical Discriminant Function Coefficients‟ indicate the unstandardized scores concerning the independent variables. It is the list of coefficients of the unstandardized discriminant equation. Each subject‟s discriminant score would be computed by entering his or her variable values (raw data) for each of the variables in the equation. The equation below presents the Z score values obtained for each sample as a result of applying to the values of relevant samples the above-mentioned discriminant function, which was formulated through the analysis. Z=-2.451+.008*eps+.071*payout ratio Email id:- [email protected] Page 38 International Journal of Research in Engineering, Social Sciences (ISSN 2249-9482) (Impact Factor: 4.16, Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2015) Website: www.indusedu.org The result of the analysis shows that the ratio with the highest correlation to discriminant function is payout ratio .923 and .276.It could be observed that variable with the highest effect on the Z Score function. CONCLUSION The present study is an analytical in nature as it aims at identifying and assessing the ability of various financial ratios in discriminating between profit and loss making firms. The Data used is secondary in nature and uses ratios of 95 companies grouped into 51 profit and 44 loss making companies. A profit making company had consistent profit for 5 years and similarly loss making firms were defined.29 ratios grouped in to 5 categories namely EPS, Profitability, Liquidity, Leverage and Payout Ratios. A Total 2755 (95*29) data were subjected to discriminant analysis through. The analysis drew upon dummy variables by coding “1” for the profit-making companies and “2” for the lossmaking companies. An examination of the basis statistics result of the discriminant analysis demonstrated that the model has an accurate classification rate of 100 percent and that it explains 65.61 percent of the total variance for dependent variable. Furthermore, the eigenvalue statistics is 1.993 which was obtained as a result of the analysis provides the evidence that the discriminant analysis achieved a good discrimination, and that Wilk‟s Lambda was found to be .343 and the function failed to explain 34.3 percent of the total variance in the discriminant scores. 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