Introduction to
Financial
Management
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DEFINITIONS
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Also referred as managerial finance, corporate
finance, and business finance
Provides as essential foundation for
understating the role and significance of
financial management in an organization
Covers the basic principles and concepts that
guide financial decision-making
Is the process of planning, organizing,
controlling, and monitoring an organization’s
financial resources to achieve its goals
objectives effectively
Involves managing the funds and resources
available to the organization to optimize
performance and generate value for
stakeholders
Is a branch of economics and discipline
concerned with the generation and allocation of
scarce resources (funds) to the most efficient
user within the economy or the firm (competing
projects) through a market pricing system
(required rate of return)
○ A firm requires resources in form of funds
raised from investors
○ The funds must be allocated within the
organization to projects that will yield the
highest return
MANAGERIAL FINANCE is the science of
managing financial resources in a firm so as to
maximize the value of the firm while on the
other side managing the financial risks
Is a managerial process which is concerned with
the planning and control of financial resources
Was started as a separate subject of study in the
20th century
○ Was only concerned with the collection of
funds for business during the initial years
of its development
But according to the modern viewpoint, not
only collection of funds but also their proper
utilization are the basic functions of finman
In present times, finman analyses all financial
problems of a business
Is part of a larger discipline called Finance which
is a body of facts, principles and theories
relating to raising and using money by
individuals’ businesses and government
Refers to the functions involved in the
management of financial resources
○ Functions are fund procurement, working
capital management, capital budgeting,
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and capital structure designing of an
organization
It includes controlling and maintaining the
financial assets of an organization
It determines the future strategies related to
expansion, diversification, joint venture, and
mergers and acquisitions
According to Guthman and Dougal, finman
means “the activity concerned with the
planning, raising, controlling and administering
of funds used in the business.”
It is concerned with the procurement and
utilization of funds in the proper manner
Involves the management of the finance
function
Influence all segments of corporate activity, for
both profit-oriented firms and non-profit firms
It is involved in a range of activities like
acquisition of funds, the allocation of resources,
and the tracking of financial performance
It has acquired a vital role in every type of
organization
In business, it is the practice of handling a
company's finances in a way that allows it to be
successful and compliant with regulations
It means applying general management
principles to financial resources of the
enterprise
SCOPE/ELEMENTS
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Investment decisions
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includes investment in fixed assets (called
as capital budgeting) and investment in
current assets (called as working capital
decision)
Financial decisions
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They relate to the raising of finance from
various resources which will depend upon
decision on type of source, period of
financing, cost of financing and the returns
thereby
Dividend decision
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The finance manager has to take decision
with regards to the net profit distribution
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Net profits are generally divided into two:
a. Dividend for shareholders
o Dividend and the rate of it has to
be decided.
b. Retained profits
o Amount of retained profits has to
be finalized which will depend
upon
expansion
and
diversification plans of the
enterprise.
OBJECTIVES
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The financial management is generally
concerned with procurement, allocation and
control of financial resources of a concern.
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The objectives can be:
1. To ensure regular and adequate supply of
funds to the concern.
2. To ensure adequate returns to the
shareholders which will depend upon the
earning capacity, market price of the share,
expectations of the shareholders.
3. To ensure optimum funds utilization.
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Once the funds are procured, they
should be utilized in maximum
possible way at least cost.
4. To ensure safety on investment, i.e., funds
should be invested in safe ventures so that
adequate rate of return can be achieved.
5. To plan a sound capital structure.
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There should be sound and fair
composition of capital so that a
balance is maintained between debt
and equity capital.
FUNCTIONS
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Estimation of capital requirements
A finance manager has to make estimation
with regards to capital requirements of the
company.
This will depend upon expected costs and
profits and future programmes and policies of
a concern.
Estimations have to be made in an adequate
manner which increases earning capacity of
enterprise.
Determination of capital composition
Once the estimation has been made, the
capital structure has to be decided.
This involves short-term and long-term debt
and equity analysis.
This will depend upon the proportion of
equity capital a company is possessing and
additional funds which have to be raised from
outside parties.
Choice of sources of funds
For additional funds to be procured, a
company has many choices like:
a. Issue of shares and debentures
b. Loans to be taken from banks and
financial institutions
c. Public deposits to be drawn like in
form of bonds
Choice of factor will depend on relative merits
and demerits of each source and period of
financing
Investment of funds
The finance manager has to decide to allocate
funds into profitable ventures so that there is
safety on investment and regular returns is
possible
Disposal of surplus
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The net profit decision has to be made by the
finance manager which can be done in two
ways:
a. Dividend declaration
o It includes identifying the rate of
dividends and other benefits like
bonus.
b. Retained profits
o The volume has to be decided which
will depend upon expansional
innovational, diversification plans of
the company.
Management of cash
Finance manager has to make decisions with
regards to cash management.
Cash is required for many purposes like
payment of wages and salaries, payment of
electricity and water bills, payment to
creditors, meeting current liabilities,
maintenance of enough stock, purchase of
raw materials, etc.
Financial controls
The finance manager has not only to plan,
procure and utilize the funds but he also has
to exercise control over finances.
This can be done through many techniques
like ratio analysis, financial forecasting, cost
and profit control, etc.
FINANCE AND BUSINESS
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The field of finance is broad and dynamic.
Finance influence everything that firms do,
from hiring personnel to building factories to
launching new advertising campaigns.
Even if you don’t see yourself pursuing a career
in finance, you will find that an understanding
of a few key ideas in finance will help make you
smarter consumer and wise investor with your
own money.
WHAT IS FINANCE?
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Can be defined as the science and art of
managing money
At the personal level, it is concerned with
individuals’ decisions about how much of their
earnings they spend, how much they save, and
how they invest their savings
In a business context, it involves the same types
of decisions:
o how firms raise money from investors
o how firms invest money in an attempt to
earn a profit
o how they decide whether to reinvest
profits in the business or distribute them
back to investors
CAREER
FINANCE
OPPORTUNITIES
IN
b.
Limited liability
A
legal
provision
that
limits
stockholders’ liability for a corporation’s
debt to the amount they initially
invested in the firm by purchasing stock
c. Common stock (Ordinary Shares)
o The purest and most basic form of
corporate ownership
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Careers in finance typically fall into one of two broad
categories:
(1) financial services
(2) managerial finance
FINANCIAL SERVICES
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Is the area of finance concerned with the design
and delivery of advice and financial products to
individuals, businesses, and the government
It involves a variety of interesting career
opportunities with the areas of banking,
personal financial, planning, investments, real
estate, and insurance
Main types:
1. Banking
o Includes handing deposits into
checking and savings accounts, as well
as lending money to customers
2. Advisory
3. Wealth Management
4. Mutual Funds
5. Insurance
DIVIDEND
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MANAGERIAL FINANCE
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Is concerned with the duties of the financial
manager working in business
Financial managers administer the financial
affairs of all types of businesses – private and
public, large and small, profit seeking and not
for profit
They perform such varied tasks as developing a
financial plan or budget, extending credit to
customers,
evaluating
proposed
large
expenditures, and raising money to fund the
firm’s operations
Legal Forms of Business Organization
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One of the most basic decisions that all
businesses confront is how to choose a legal
form of organization
This decision has very important financial
implication because how business is organized
legally influences the risk that the firm’s owner
must bear, how the firm can raise money, and
how the firm’s profits will be taxed
WHY
STUDY
FINANCE?
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Three most common legal forms of
business organizations:
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Sole proprietorship
Partnership
Corporation
a. Stockholders
o The owner of a corporation, whose
ownership, or equity, takes the form of
either common stock or preferred stock
Periodic distribution of cash to the stockholders
of a firm
a. Board of directors
o Group elected by the firm’s
stockholders and typically responsible
for approving strategic goals and plans,
setting general policy, guiding corporate
affairs,
and
approving
major
expenditures
b. President or chief executive officer (CEO)
o Corporate official responsible for
managing the firm’s day–to–day
operations and carrying out the policies
established by the board of directors
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MANAGERIAL
An understanding of the concepts, techniques,
and practices will fully acquaint you with the
financial manager’s activities and decisions.
Because the consequences of most business
decisions are measured in financial terms, the
financial manager plays a key operational role.
People in all areas of responsibility—
accounting, information systems, management,
marketing, operations, and so forth—need a
basic awareness of finance so they will
understand how to quantify the consequences
of their actions.
You still will need to understand how financial
managers think to improve your chance of
success in your chosen business career.
Managers in the firm, regardless of their job
descriptions, usually have to provide financial
justification for the resources they need to do
their job.
Whether you are hiring new workers,
negotiating an advertising budget, or upgrading
the technology used in a manufacturing
process, understanding the financial aspects of
your actions will help you gain the resources
you need to be successful.
GOAL OF THE FIRM
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Managers should focus entirely on satisfying
customers; progress could be measured by the
market share attained by each of the firm’s
product
Others suggest that managers must first inspire
and motivate employees; employee turnover
might be the key success metric to watch
The goal that manager select will affect many of
the decisions that they make, so choosing an
objective is a critical determinant of how
business operate
MAXIMIZE
WEALTH
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SHAREHOLDER
Finance teaches that managers’ primary goal
should be to maximize the wealth of the firm’s
owner – the stockholders
The simplest and best measure of stockholder
wealth is the firm’s share price
Managers should take actions that increase the
firm’s share price
A common misconception is that when firms
strive to make their shareholders happy, they
do so at the expense of other constituencies
such as customers, employees, or suppliers.
Therefore, we argue that the goal of the firm,
and also of managers, should be to maximize
the wealth of the owners for whom it is being
operated, or equivalently, to maximize the
stock price.
This goal translates into a straightforward
decision rule for managers only take actions
that are expected to increase the share price.
Although
that
goal
sounds
simple,
implementing it is not always easy.
To determine whether a particular course of
action will increase or decrease a firm’s share
price, managers have to assess what return
(cash inflows net of cash outflows) the action
will bring and how risky that return might be.
Figure 1.2 depicts this process.
In fact, we can say that the key variables that
managers must consider when making business
decisions are return (cash flows) and risk.
MAXIMIZE PROFIT
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It might seem intuitive that maximizing a firm’s
share price is equivalent to maximizing its profit,
but that is not always correct.
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Corporations commonly measure profits in
terms of earnings per share (EPS), which
represent the amount earned during the period
on behalf of each outstanding share common
stock.
EPS are calculated by dividing the periods total
earnings available for the firm’s common
stockholders by the number of shares of
common stock outstanding.
Is a process business firms undergo to ensure
the best output and price levels are achieved in
order to maximize its returns.
Influential factors such as sale price, production
cost and output levels are adjusted by the firm
as a way of realizing its profit goals.
But does profit maximization lead to the highest
possible share price?
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For at least three reasons the answer is often
NO.
1. timing is important
o An investment that provides a lower
profit in the short run may be preferable
to one that earns a higher profit in the
long run.
2. profits and cash flows are not identical
o The profit that a firm report is simply an
estimate of how it is doing, an estimate
that is influence by many different
accounting choices that firms make when
assembling their finance reports.
o Cash flow is a more straightforward
measure of the money flowing into and
out of the company.
o Companies have to pay their bills with
cash, not earnings, so cash flow is what
matters most to financial managers.
3. risk matters a great deal
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A firm that earns a low but reliable profit
might be more valuable than another firm
with profits that fluctuate a great deal
(and therefore can be very high or very
low at different times).
TIMING
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Because the firm can earn a return on funds it
receives, the receipt of funds sooner rather
than latter is preferred (Rotor and Valve
example).
In spite of the fact that the total earnings from
Rotor are smaller than those from Valve, Rotor
provides much greater earnings per share in the
first year.
The larger returns in year 1 could be reinvested
to provide greater future earnings.
CASH FLOWS
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Profits do not necessarily result in cash flows
available to the stockholders.
The accounting assumptions and techniques
that a firm adopts can sometimes allow a firm
to show a positive profit even when its cash
outflow exceeds its cash inflows.
Higher earnings do not necessarily translate
into a higher stock price.
Only when earnings increases are accompanied
by increased future cash flows is a higher stock
price expected.
For example, a firm with a high-quality product
sold in a very competitive market could increase
its earnings by significantly reducing its
equipment maintenance expenditures.
The firm’s expenses would be reduced, thereby
increasing its profits.
But if the reduced maintenance results in lower
product quality, the firm may impair its
competitive position, and its stock price could
drop as many well-informed investors sell the
stock in anticipation of lower future cash flows.
In this case, the earnings increase was
accompanied by lower future cash flows and
therefore a lower stock price.
RISK
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Profit maximization also fails to account for
risk–the chance that actual outcomes may differ
from those expected.
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A basic premise in managerial finance is that
trade-off exists between return (cash flow) and
risk.
Return and risk are the key determinants of
share price, which represents the wealth of the
owners in the firm.
Cash flow and risk affect the share price
differently:
o Holding risk fixed, higher cash flow is
generally associated with a higher share
price.
o In contrast, holding cash flow fixed,
higher risk tends to result in a lower share
price because the stockholders do not like
risk.
o For example, Apple’s CEO Steve Job, took
a leave of absence to battle a serious
health issue, and the firm’s stock suffered
as a result.
o This occurred not because of any nearterm cash flow reduction but in response
to firm’s increased risk – there’s a chance
that the firm’s lack of near-term
leadership could result in reduce future
cash flows.
o Simply put, the increased risk reduced the
firm’s share prices.
In general, stockholders are risk averse – that
is, they must be compensated for bearing risk.
In other words, investors expect to earn higher
returns on riskier investments, and they will
accept lower returns on relatively safe
investments.
STAKEHOLDERS
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Although maximization of shareholder wealth is
the primary goal, many firms broaden their
focus to include the interests of stakeholders as
well as shareholders.
Stakeholders are groups such as employees,
customers, suppliers, creditors, owners, and
others who have direct economic link to the
firm.
A firm with a stakeholder focuses consciously
avoids actions that would prove detrimental to
stakeholders.
The goal is not to maximize stakeholder wellbeing but to preserve it.
The stakeholder’s view does not alter the goal
of maximization shareholder wealth.
Such view is often considered part of the firm’s
“social responsibility”.
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It is expected to provide long-run benefit to
shareholders
by
maintaining
positive
relationships with stakeholders.
Such relationships should minimize stakeholder
turnover, conflicts, and litigation.
Clearly, the firm can better achieve its goal of
shareholder wealth maximization by fostering
cooperation with its other stakeholders, rather
than conflict with them.
THE ROLE OF BUSINESS ETHICS
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Business ethics are the standards of conduct or
moral judgement that apply to persons engage
in commerce.
Violations of these standards in finance involve
a variety of actions:
o “Creative
accounting,”
earnings
management,
misleading
financial
forecasts, insider trading, fraud, excessive
executive
compensation,
options
backdating, bribery, and kickbacks.
The financial press has reported many such
violations in recent years, involving such wellknown companies as Apple and Bank of
America.
As a result, the financial community is
developing and enforcing ethical standards.
The goal of these ethical standards is to
motivate business and market participants to
adhere to both the letter and the spirit of laws
and regulations concerned with business and
professional practice.
Most business leaders believe businesses
actually strengthen their competitive positions
by maintaining high ethical standards.
These are the following:
1. Creative accounting
o consists of accounting practices that follow
required laws and regulations, but deviate
from what those standards intend to
accomplish
o capitalizes on loopholes in the accounting
standards to falsely portray a better image
of the company
o is a method used to make or interpret
accounting policies falsely to misuse the
accounting techniques and standards
being set by the accounting bodies
o It is an exploitation of loopholes in our
accounting system and audit system after
the accounts are finalized
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The purpose of doing this type of practice
is to make profits by not reporting the
exact figures
Methods of Creative Accounting
o Wrong Estimation of Inventory in Stores
o Failures to Make Proper Contingent
Liabilities
o Booking Less Expense
o Willfully Attempting to Manipulate
Depreciation Figures and Methods
o Lowering Personal Liabilities of the
Company Manipulating
o Revenues and Sales Figures
Examples of Creative Accounting
a. The company raises invoices before the
end of the accounting year to inflate its
sales figures, but the actual transaction
occurs on the post date. It is an example
where the company attempts to show the
boosted revenue figures.
b. The company sometimes gives loans to
their known person to willfully hide the
transactions made during the year.
c. The company arbitrarily increases an
asset’s useful life to get rid of the higher
depreciation charged.
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Earning management
is the use of accounting techniques to
produce financial statements that present
an overly positive view of a company's
business activities and financial position
Many accounting rules and principles
require that a company's management
make judgments in following these
principles
Misleading financial forecasts
often come from misinterpreting data or
simply from the lack of accurate
information altogether
It can be next to impossible to create
accurate forecasts when your teams
freely apply their own data interpretation
on what is expected at each stage of the
forecasting process
For example, having multiple inconsistent
interpretations of what makes a deal a
qualified opportunity can lead to an
inconsistent forecasting process.
Insider trading
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involves trading in a public company's
stock by someone who has non-public,
material information about that stock for
any reason
o can be either illegal or legal depending on
when the insider makes the trade
5. Fraud
o A deliberate manipulation of accounting
records in order to make a company's
financial performance or condition seem
better than it actually is.
6. Option backdating
o Options backdating is a practice whereby
a firm issuing stock options to employees
uses an earlier date than the actual issue
date in order to fix a lower exercise price,
making the options more valuable.
7. Bribery and kickbacks
Considering Ethics Robert A. Cooke, a noted ethicist,
suggests that the following questions be used to
assess the ethical viability of a proposed action.
1. Is the action arbitrary or capricious? Does it
unfairly single out an individual or group?
2. Does the action violate the moral or legal rights
of any individual or group?
3. Does the action conform to accepted moral
standards?
4. Are there alternative courses of action that are
less likely to cause actual or potential harm?
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Clearly, considering such questions before
taking an action can help to ensure its ethical
viability
Today, many firms are addressing the issue of
ethics by establishing corporate ethics policies.
A major impetus toward the development of
ethics policies has been the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002.
Frequently, employees are required to sign a
formal pledge to uphold the firm’s ethics
policies.
Such policies typically apply to employee
actions in dealing with all corporate
stakeholders, including the public.
ETHICS AND SHARE PRICE
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An effective ethics program can enhance
corporate value by producing a number of
positive benefits.
It can reduce potential litigation and judgment
costs, maintain a positive corporate image,
build shareholder confidence, and gain the
loyalty, commitment, and respect of the firm’s
stakeholders.
Such actions, by maintaining and enhancing
cash flow and reducing perceived risk, can
positively affect the firm’s share price.
Ethical behavior is therefore viewed as
necessary for achieving the firm’s goal of owner
wealth maximization.
the period on behalf of each outstanding share
of common stock.
Preparing and
Analyzing FS
THE FOUR KEY FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
The four key financial statements required by the SEC
for reporting to shareholders are:
1. Income statements
2. Balance sheet
3. Statement of stockholders’ equity
4. Statement of cash flows
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Preparing and analyzing financial statements is
a crucial aspect of financial management for
businesses and organizations.
These statements provide a snapshot of a
company's financial performance, position, and
cash flows, helping stakeholders make informed
decisions.
The most common financial statements include
the balance sheet, income statement, and cash
flow statement.
It is important to note that preparing and
analyzing financial statements require a good
understanding of accounting principles and
practices.
Many businesses hire accountants or financial
professionals to ensure accurate and reliable
financial reporting.
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BALANCE SHEET
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presents a summary statement of the firm’s
financial position at a given time
The statement balances then firm’s assets
(what it owns) against its financing, which can
be either debt (what it owes) or equity (what
was provided by owners).
Retained earnings represent the cumulative
total of all earnings, net of dividends, that have
been retained and reinvested in the firm since
its inception.
It is important to recognize that retained
earnings are not cash but rather have been
utilized to finance the firm’s assets.
INCOME STATEMENT
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provides a financial summary of the firm’s
operating results during a specific period
The most common are income statements
covering a 1-year period ending at a specific
date, ordinarily December 31 of the calendar
year.
Many large firms, however, operate on a 12month financial cycle, or fiscal year, that ends
at a time other than December 31.
Operating profit is often called earnings before
interest and taxes or EBIT.
Any preferred stock dividend must be
subtracted from net profits after taxes to arrive
at
earnings
available
for
common
stockholders.
The actual cash dividend per share (DPS), which
is the peso amount of cash distributed during
STATEMENT OF RETAINED
EARNINGS
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is abbreviated form of the statement of
stockholder’s equity
Unlike the statement of stockholders’ equity,
which shows all equity accounts transactions
that occurred during a given year, the
statement of retained earnings reconciles the
net income earned during a given year and any
cash dividend paid, with the change in retained
earnings between the start and the end of that
year.
RELATIVE VALUE
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
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is a summary of the cash flows over the period
of concern
provides insight into the firm’s operating,
investment, and financing cash flows and
reconciles them with changes in its cash and
marketable securities during the period
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ABSOLUTE VALUE
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INDIRECT METHOD
The indirect method for the preparation of the
statement of cash flows involves the adjustment of
net income with changes in balance sheet accounts
to arrive at the amount of cash generated by
operating activities.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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Included with published financial statements
are explanatory notes keyed to the relevant
accounts in the statements.
provide detailed information on the accounting
policies,
procedures,
calculations,
and
transactions underlying entries in the financial
statements
Common issues addressed by these notes
include revenue recognition, income taxes,
breakdowns of fixed asset accounts, debt and
lease terms and contingencies.
USING FINANCIAL RATIOS
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The information contained in the four basic
financial statements is of major significant to a
variety of interested parties who regularly need
to have relative measures of the company’s
performance.
Relative is the key word here, because the
analysis of financial statements is based on the
use of ratios or relative values.
is a method of determining an asset's worth
that takes into account the value of similar
assets
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which looks only at an asset's intrinsic value
and does not compare it to other assets
Financial ratios offer entrepreneurs a way to
evaluate their company's performance and
compare it other similar businesses in their
industry.
Ratios measure the relationship between two
or more components of financial statements.
They are used most effectively when results
over several periods are compared.
Ratios are extremely valuable as analytical
tools, but they have limitations.
They can indicate areas of strength and
weakness, but do not provide answers.
To be most effective, they should be used in
combination with other elements of financial
analysis.
There is no one definitive set of key financial
ratios, no uniform definition for all ratios, and
no standard which should be met for each
ratio.
Each situation should be evaluated with the
context of the particular firm, industry and
economic environment.
RATIO ANALYSIS
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involves methods of calculating and
interpreting financial ratios to analyze and
monitor the firm’s performance
The basic inputs are the firm’s income
statement and balance sheet.
Ratio analysis of a firm’s financial statements is
of interest to stockholders, creditors, and the
firm’s own management.
Both current and prospective shareholders are
interested in the firm’s current and future level
of risk and return, which directly affect share
prices.
The firm’s creditors are interested primarily in
the short-term liquidity of the company and its
ability to make interest and principal
payments.
A secondary concern of creditors is the firm’s
profitability; they want assurance that the
business is heathy.
Management uses ratios to monitor the firm’s
performance from period to period.
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TYPES OF RATIO COMPARISON
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Ratio analysis is not merely the calculation of a
given ratio.
More important is the interpretation of the
ratio value.
A meaningful basis for comparison is needed to
answer such questions as “Is it too high or too
low?” and “Is it good or bad.”
Two types of ratio comparisons can be made,
cross-sectional and time – series.
CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
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involves the comparison of different firms’
financial ratios at the same point in time
Analysis is often interested in how well a firm
has performed in relation other firms in its
industry.
Frequently, a firm will compare its ratio values
to those of a key competitor or group of
competitors that it wishes to emulate.
This type of cross-sectional analysis, called
benchmarking has become very popular.
Benchmarking
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A type of cross-sectional analysis in which the
firm’s ratio values are compared to those of a
key competitor or group of competitors that it
wishes to emulate.
is a process where you measure your company’s
success against other similar companies to
discover if there is a gap in performance that
can be closed by improving your performance.
Studying other companies can highlight what it
takes to enhance your company’s efficiency and
become a bigger player in your industry.
Comparison to industry averages is also
popular.
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TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS
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The most informative approach to ratio analysis
combines cross sectional and time-series
analyses.
A combine view makes it possible to assess the
trend in the behavior of the ratio in relation to
the trend for the industry.
CAUTIONS ABOUT USING RATIO
ANALYSIS
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Analyst have to be very careful when drawing
conclusions from ratio comparisons.
It’s tempting to assume that if one ratio for a
particular firm is above the industry norm, this
is a sign that the firm is performing well, at least
along the dimension measured by the ratio
evaluates performance over time
Comparison of current to past performance,
using ratios, enables analysts to assess the
firm’s progress
Developing trends can be seen by using
multiyear comparisons.
Any significant year-to-year changes may be
symptomatic of a problem, especially if the
same trend is not an industry-wide
phenomenon.
COMBINED ANALYSIS
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However, ratios may be above or below the
industry norm for both positive and negative
reasons, and it is necessary to determine why a
firm’s performance differs from its industry
peers.
Thus, ratio analysis on its own is probably most
useful in lighting areas for further investigation.
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5.
Ratios that reveal large deviations from the
norm merely indicate the possibility of a
problem.
A single ratio does not generally provide
sufficient information from which to judge the
overall performance of the firm.
The ratios being compared should be calculated
using financial statements dated at the same
point in time during the year.
It is preferably to use audited financial
statements for ratio analysis.
The financial data being compared should have
been developed in the same way.
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Results can be distorted by inflation, which can
cause the book value of inventory and
depreciable assets to differ greatly from their
replacement values.
CATEGORIES OF FINANCIAL
RATIOS
Financial ratios can be divided for convenience into
five basic categories:
1. Liquidity ratios
2. Activity ratios
3. Debt ratios
4. Profitability ratios
5. Market ratios
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The liquidity of a firm is measured by its ability
to satisfy its short-term obligations as they
come due.
Liquidity refers to the solvency of the firm’s
overall financial position - the ease with which
it can pay its bills.
Because a common precursor to financial
distress and bankruptcy is low or declining
liquidity, these ratios can provide early signs of
cash flow problems and impending business
failure.
The two basic measures of liquidity are the
current ratio and the quick (acid-test) ratio.
Current Ratio
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one of the most commonly cited ratios,
measures the firm’s ability to meet its shortterm obligations.
It is express as follows:
𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 ÷
𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠
A higher current ratio indicates a greater
degree of liquidity.
How much liquidity a firm need depends on a
variety of factors, including the firm’s size, its
access to short-term financing sources like bank
credit lines, and the volatility of its business.
The more predictable a firm’s cash flows the
lower the acceptable current ratio.
Quick (Acid-Test) Ratio
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is similar to the current ratio except that it
excludes inventory, which is generally the least
liquid current assets.
The quick ratio is calculated as follows:
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𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 =
𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠−𝐼𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦
𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠
As with the current ratio, the quick ratio level
that a firm should strive to achieve depends
largely on the nature of the business in which it
operates.
The quick ratio provides a better measure of
overall liquidity only when a firm’s inventory
cannot be easily be converted into cash.
If inventory is liquid, the current ratio is a
preferred measure of overall liquidity.
ACTIVITY RATIOS
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LIQUIDITY RATIOS
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measure the speed with which various
accounts are converted into sales or cashinflows or outflows
measures how efficiently the business is
running.
We often call this as “Assets Management
Ratio” i.e., how efficiently the assets of the
company are being used by the management to
generate maximum possible revenue.
measure how efficiently a firms operate along a
variety of dimensions such as inventory
management, disbursement, and collections
A number of ratios are available for measuring
the activity of the most important current
accounts, which, include inventory, accounts
receivable, and accounts payable.
The efficiency with which total assets are used
can also be assessed.
Inventory Turnover
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commonly measures the activity or liquidity, of
a firm’s inventory
It is calculated as follows:
𝐼𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 =
𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑑 ÷ 𝐼𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦
The resulting turnover is meaningful only when
it is compared with that of other firms in the
same industry or to the firm’s past inventory
turnover.
An inventory turnover of 20 would not be
unusual for a grocery store, whose goods are
highly perishable and must be sold quickly,
whereas an aircraft manufacturer might turn its
inventory just four times per year.
Another inventory activity ratio measures how
many days of inventory the firm has on hand.
Can be easily converted into an average age of
inventory by dividing in into 365 days.
The value can also be viewed as the average
number of days’ sales in inventory.
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Average Collection Period
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or average age of accounts receivable, is useful
in evaluating credit and collection policies.
the average amount of time needed to collect
accounts receivable.
It is arrived at by dividing the average daily sales
into the accounts receivable balance:
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 =
FINANCIAL LEVERAGE
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𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒
𝐴𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 ÷365
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is meaningful only in relation to the firm’s credit
terms
Average Payment Period
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or average age of accounts payable is the
average amount of time needed to pay
accounts payable.
It is calculated in the same manner as the
average collection period:
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 =
𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦
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=
𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒
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𝐴𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 ÷365
The difficulty in calculation the average
payment not available in published financial
statements.
Ordinarily, purchases are estimated as a given
percentage of cost of goods sold.
The ratio is meaningful only in relation to the
average credit terms extended to the firm.
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Total Asset Turnover
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indicates the efficiency with which the firm uses
its assets to generate sales
Total asset turnover is calculated as follows:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 = 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 ÷
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠
the higher a firm’s total asset turnover, the
efficient its assets have been used
This measure is probably of greatest interest to
management because it indicates whether the
firm’s operations have been financially efficient.
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DEBT RATIOS
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The debt position of a firm indicates the amount
of other people’s money being used to generate
profits.
the financial analyst is most concerned with
long-term debts because these commit the firm
to a stream of contractual payments over the
long run
The more debt a firm has, the greater its risk of
being unable to meet its contractual debt
payments.
the more debt a firm uses in relation to its total
assets, the greater, the greater its financial
leverage
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is the magnification of risk and return through
the use of fixed-cost financing, such as debt and
preferred stock
The more fixed-cost debt a firm uses, the
greater will be its expected risk and return.
Is the use of borrowed money (debt) to finance
the purchase of assets with the expectation that
the income or capital gain from the new asset
will exceed the cost of borrowing
is the use of debt to buy more assets
Leverage is employed to increase the return on
equity
However, an excessive amount of financial
leverage increases the risk of failure, since it
becomes more difficult to repay debt.
With increase debt comes greater risk as well
as larger potential return
There are two general types of debt measures:
1. Measures of the degree of indebtedness
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measures the amount of debt
relative to other significant balance
sheet amounts
2. Measures of the ability to service debts
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reflects a firm’s ability to make the
payments required on a schedule
basis over the life of a debt
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The term to service debts means to
pay debts on time
The firm’s ability to pay certain fixed charges is
measure using coverage ratios.
Typically, higher coverage ratios are preferred
(especially by the firm’s lenders), but a very
high ratio might indicate that the firm's
management is too conservative and might be
able to earn higher returns by borrowing more.
In general, the lower the firm’s coverage
rations, the less certain it is to be able to pay
fixed obligations.
If a firm is unable to pay these obligations, its
creditors may seek immediate repayment
which in most instances would force a firm into
bankruptcy.
Two popular coverage ratios are the times
interest earned ratio and the fixed-payment
coverage ratio.
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Debt Ratio
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measures the proportion of total assets finance
by the firm’s creditors
The higher this ratio, the greater the amount of
other people’s money being used to generate
profits.
measures the amount of leverage used by a
company in terms of total debt to total assets
This ratio varies widely across industries, such
that capital-intensive businesses tend to have
much higher debt ratios than others.
From a pure risk perspective, debt ratios of 0.4
or lower are considered better, while a debt
ratio of 0.6 or higher makes it more difficult to
borrow money.
While a low debt ratio suggests greater
creditworthiness, there is also risk associated
with a company carrying too little debt.
The ratio is calculated as follows:
𝐷𝑒𝑏𝑡 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 ÷
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠
The higher the debt ratio, the greater the
firm’s degree of indebtedness and the more
financial leverage it has.
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PROFITABILITY RATIOS
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Times Interest Earned Ratio (TIE)
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sometimes called the interest coverage ratio
measures the firm’s ability to make contractual
interest payments.
The higher its value, the better able the firm is
to fulfill its interest obligations.
The Times Interest Earned (TIE) ratio measures
a company's ability to meet its debt obligations
on a periodic basis.
This ratio can be calculated by dividing a
company's EBIT by its periodic interest expense.
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 =
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑠 ÷
𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is the
same as operating profit.
FIXED-PAYMENT COVERAGE RATIO
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measures the firm’s ability to meet all fixedpayment obligations, such as loan interest and
principal, lease payments and preferred stock
dividends.
As is true of the times interest earned ratio, the
higher this value the better.
The formula for the fixed-payment coverage
ratio is:
𝐹𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 − 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = 𝐸𝐵𝐼𝑇 +
𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 ÷ 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 +
𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 + {(𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 +
1
𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠) 𝑥 [ ]}
1−𝑇
where T is the corporate tax applicable to the
firm’s income.
The term 1/(1-T) is included to adjust the aftertax principal and preferred stock dividend
payment back to before-tax equivalent that is
consistent with the before-tax values of all
other terms.
Like the times interest earned ratio, the fixedpayment coverage ratio measures risk.
The lower the ratio, the greater the risk to both
lenders and owners, and the greater the ratio,
the lower the risk.
This ratio allows interested parties to assess the
firm’s ability to meet additional fixed-payment
obligations without being driven into
bankruptcy.
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There are many of measures of profitability.
As a group, these measures enable analysts to
evaluate the firm’s profits with respect to a
given level of sales, a certain level of assets, or
the owners’ investment.
Without profits, a firm could not attract outside
capital.
Owners, creditors, and management pay close
attention to boosting profits because of the
great importance the market places on
earnings.
Are a class of financial metrics that are used to
assess a business's ability to generate earnings
relative to its revenue, operating costs, balance
sheet assets, or shareholders' equity over time,
using data from a specific point in time.
COMMON – SIZE INCOME
STSTAMENTS
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A useful tool for evaluating profitability in
relation to sales
Each item on this statement is expressed as a
percentage of sales
are especially useful in comparing performance
across years because it is easy to see if certain
categories of expenses are trending up or down
as a percentage of the total volume of business
that then company transacts
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN
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Three frequently cited ratios of profitability that
come directly from the common-size income
statements are:
1. the gross profit margin
2. the operating profit margin
3. the net profit margin
Gross Profit Margin
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also referred to as gross margin, is a measure of
a company's profitability
indicates the amount of revenue remaining in a
given accounting period after a company pays
for labor and materials, otherwise known as
cost of goods sold (COGS)
is good yardstick for measuring how efficiently
companies make money from products and
services, because it measures profit as a
percentage of sales revenue.
measures the percentage of each sales peso
remaining after the firm has paid for its goods.
The higher the gross profit margin, the better
(that is, the lower the relative cost of
merchandise sold).
The gross profit margin is calculated as follows:
𝑁𝑒𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛 = 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 − 𝐶𝑂𝐺𝑆 ÷
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 = 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 ÷ 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
What is a good gross profit margin?
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A good margin will vary considerably by
industry, but as a general rule of thumb, a 10%
net profit margin is considered average, a 20%
margin is considered high (or “good”), and a 5%
margin is low.
How do you interpret gross margin?
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The ratio indicates the percentage of each peso
of revenue that the company retains as gross
profit.
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For example, if the ratio is calculated to be 20%,
that means for every peso of revenue
generated, P0.20 is retained while P0.80 is
attributed to the cost of goods sold.
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is a profitability or performance ratio that
reflects the percentage of profit a company
produces from its operations before subtracting
taxes and interest charges
measures the percentage of each sales peso
remaining after all costs and expenses other
than interest, taxes, and preferred stock
dividend are deducted
It represents the “pure profits” earned on each
sales peso.
Operating profits are “pure” because they
measure only the profits earned on operations
and ignore interest, taxes and preferred stock
dividends.
A high operating profit margin is preferred.
The operating profit margin is calculated as
follows:
𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛 =
𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 ÷ 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
What is good operating profit margin?
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What constitutes a good profit margin depends
on the industry in which a company operates.
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As a general rule, a 10% operating profit margin
is considered an average performance, and a
20% margin is excellent.
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It's also important to pay attention to the level
of interest payments from a company's debt.
What does low operating profit margin mean?
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A low profit margin means that your business
isn't efficiently converting revenue into profit.
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This scenario could result from, prices that are
too low, or excessively high costs of goods sold
or operating expenses.
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Low margins are determined relative to your
industry and historical context within your
company.
NET PROFIT MARGIN
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measures the percentage of each sales peso
remaining after all costs and expenses,
including interest, taxes and preferred stock
dividends, has been deducted
or simply net margin, measures how much net
income or profit is generated as a percentage of
revenue
It is the ratio of net profits to revenues for a
company or business segment
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is typically expressed as a percentage but can
also be represented in decimal form.
The higher the firm’s net profit margin, the
better.
A higher net profit margin means that a
company is more efficient at converting sales
into actual profit.
The net profit margin is calculated as follows:
𝑁𝑒𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛 =
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐴𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 ÷
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
What is a Good Profit Margin?
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A good margin will vary considerably by
industry, but as a general rule of thumb, a 10%
net profit margin is considered average, a 20%
margin is considered high (or “good”), and a 5%
margin is low.
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The net profit margin is a common cited
measure of the firm’s success with respect to
earnings on sales.
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“Good” net profit margins differ considerably
across industries.
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A net profit margin of 1% or less would not be
unusual for a grocery store, whereas a net profit
margin of 10% would be low for a retail jewelry
store.
RETURN ON TOTAL ASSETS (ROA)
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How do you interpret return on assets?
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A ROA that rises over time indicates the
company is doing well at increasing its profits
with each investment peso it spends.
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A falling ROA indicates the company might
have over-invested in assets that have failed to
produce revenue growth, a sign the company
may be in some trouble.
RETURN ON COMMON EQUITY (ROE/
ROCE)
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EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS)
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is a common metric used to carry out corporate
value
It can be defined as the value of earnings per
outstanding share of common stock of the
company.
EPS indicates the company's profitability by
showing how much money a business makes for
each share of its stock.
EPS is generally of interest to present or
prospective stockholders and management.
It represents the number of peso earned during
the period on behalf of each outstanding share
of common stock.
Earnings per share is calculated as follows:
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 =
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐴𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 ÷
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔
The higher the earnings per share of a
company, the better is its profitability.
While calculating the EPS, it is advisable to use
the weighted ratio, as the number of shares
outstanding can change over time.
This profitability indicator helps you determine
how your company generates its earnings and
how you compare to your competitors.
The return on total assets ratio compares a
company's total assets with its earnings after
tax and interest.
Calculation is as follows:
𝑅𝑂𝐴 =
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐴𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 ÷
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠
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measures the returned on the common
stockholder’s investment in the firm
the owners are better off the higher in this
return
Return on common equity is calculated as
follows:
𝑅𝑂𝐸 =
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐴𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 ÷
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦
A higher ROE signals that a company efficiently
uses its shareholder's equity to generate
income.
Low ROE means that the company earns
relatively little compared to its shareholder's
equity.
An ROE of 15-20% is considered good.
A value above 20% can indicate very strong
performance, but it can also be an indication
that company management has increased the
business's exposure to risk by borrowing
against company assets.
MARKET RATIOS
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relate the firm’s market value, as measure by its
current share price, to certain accounting values
These ratios give insight into how investors in
the marketplace feel the firm is doing in terms
of risk and return
they tend to reflect, on a relative basis, the
common stockholders’ assessment of all
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aspects of the firm’s past and expected future
performance
Here we consider two widely quoted market
ratios, one that focuses on earnings and
another that considers book value.
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PRICE / EARNINGS (P/E) RATIO
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is commonly used to assess the owner’s
appraisal of share value
measures the amount that investors are willing
to pay for each peso of a firm earnings
The level of this ratio indicates the degree of
confidence that investors have in the firm’s
future performance.
The higher the P/E ratio, the greater the
investors’ confidence.
How to calculate a company's P/E ratio.
This ratio is calculated by dividing a company's
stock price by the company's earnings-per-share
(EPS.)
𝑃𝐸 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 =
𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 ÷
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒
For example, if a company's share price is
currently P30 and the EPS is currently P10, the
P/E ratio would be 3.
For example, if a company has earnings of P10
billion and has 2 billion shares outstanding, its
EPS is P5. If its stock price is currently P120, its
PE ratio would be 120 divided by 5, which comes
out to 24.
Is a quick way to see if a stock is undervalued or
overvalued
And so generally speaking, the lower the P/E
ratio is, the better it is for both the business
and potential investors.
The metric is the stock price of a company
divided by its earnings per share.
What is a good price earnings ratio?
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A “good” P/E ratio isn't necessarily a high ratio
or a low ratio on its own.
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The market average P/E ratio currently ranges
from 20-25, so a higher PE above that could be
considered bad, while a lower P/E ratio could
be considered better.
MARKET /BOOK (M/B) RATIO
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provides an assessment of how investors view
the firm’s performance.
It relates the market value of the firm’s shares
to their book-strict accounting–value.
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Identifies undervalued or overvalued securities
by taking the book value and dividing it by the
market value.
The ratio determines the market value of a
company relative to its actual worth.
To calculate the firm’s M/B ratio, we first need
to find the book value per share of common
stock.
Book value per share (BVPS) is the ratio of
equity available to common shareholders
divided by the number of outstanding shares.
This figure represents the minimum value of a
company's equity and measures the book value
of a firm on a per-share basis.
Formula for book value share c/s:
𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 =
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦 ÷
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔
Formula for M/B ratio:
𝑀𝐵 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 =
𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎ℎ𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 ÷
𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘
The stocks of firms that are expected to perform
well– improve profits, increase their market
share, or launch successful products – typically
sell at higher M/B ratios than the stocks of rims
with less attractive outlooks.
Firms expect to earn high returns relative to
their risk typically sell at higher M/B multiples.
Like P/E ratios are typically assessed cross sectionally to get a feel for the firm’s return and
risk compared to peer firms.
Dupont System of Analysis
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One of the more interesting measures of a
company's financial performance
This model allows stock analysts and investors
to examine the profitability of a company using
information from both the income statement as
well as the balance sheet
is used to dissect the firm’s financial statements
and to assess its financial condition
It merges the income statement and balance
sheet into two summary measures of
profitability, return on total assets (ROA) and
return on common equity (ROE)
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Modified DuPont Formula
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The second step in the DuPont system employs
modified DuPont formula.
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This formula relates the firm’s return on total
assets (ROA) to its return on common equity
(ROE).
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The latter is calculated by multiplying the return
on total assets (ROA) by the financial leverage
multiplier (FLM), which is the ratio of total
assets to common stock equity:
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𝑅𝑂𝐸 = 𝑅𝑂𝐴 𝑥 𝐹𝐿𝑀
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Substituting the appropriate formulas into the
equation and simplifying results in the formula
given earlier,
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𝑅𝑂𝐸 =
The basic DuPont Analysis model is a method of
breaking down the original equation for ROE
into three components:
1. operating efficiency
is measured by Net Profit Margin and indicates
the amount of net income generated per peso
of sales.
2. asset efficiency
3. leverage
What does the DuPont identity tell you?
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The DuPont identity is an expression that shows
a company's return on equity (ROE) can be
represented as a product of three other ratios:
the profit margin, the total asset turnover, and
the equity multiplier.
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
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DuPont Analysis
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named after a financial model created by the
chemical manufacturer, DuPont Corporation, is
a financial framework driven by the return on
equity (ROE) ratio.
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The ROE is used to assess a company’s ability to
boost returns for its investors.
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is an expanded return on equity formula,
calculated by multiplying the net profit margin
by the asset turnover by the equity multiplier.
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is also known as the DuPont identity or DuPont
model
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠
𝑥
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠
𝑥
=
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦
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Use of the financial leverage multiplier (FLM) to
convert the ROA into the ROE reflects the
impact of financial leverage on owners’ return.
Applying the DuPont System
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The advantage DuPont system is that it allows
the firm to break its return on equity into profiton-sales component (net profit margin), an
efficiency-of asset-use component (total asset
turnover), and a use- of-financial-leverage
component (financial leverage multiplier).
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The total return to owners therefore can be
analyzed in these important dimensions.
DuPont Formula
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The DuPont system first brings together the net
profit margin, which measures the firm’s
profitability on sales, with its total asset
turnover, which indicates how efficiently the
firm has used its assets to generate sales.
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In the DuPont formula, the product of these two
ratios results in the return on total assets (ROA):
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𝑅𝑂𝐴 =
𝑁𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑥 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟
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Substituting the appropriate formulas into the
equation and simplify results in the formula
given earlier,
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𝑅𝑂𝐴 =
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
=
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Financial
Forecasting
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are part of an integrated strategy that, along
with production and marketing plans, guides
the firm toward strategic goals
Those long-term activities, marketing and
product development actions, capital structure,
and major sources of financing
Also included would be termination of existing
projects, product lines, or lines of business;
repayment or retirement of outstanding debts;
any planned acquisitions
Such plans tend to be supported by a series of
annual budgets
SHORT-TERM (OPERATING) FINANCIAL
PLANS
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FINANCIAL PLANNING
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is an important aspect of the firm’s operations
because it provides road maps for guiding,
coordinating, and controlling the firm’s actions
to achieve its objectives
TWO KEYS ASPECTS
1.
o
2.
involves preparation of the firm’s cash
budget
PROFIT PLANNING
o
involves preparation
statements
Key inputs:
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of
pro
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forma
Both are useful for internal financial planning
They also are routinely required by existing and
prospective lenders.
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FINANCIAL PLANNING PROCESS
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begins with long-term or strategic financial
plans
guide the formation of short-term or operating
plans and budget – implements the firm’s longterm strategic objectives
include the sales forecast and various forms of
operating and financial data
Key outputs:
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CASH PLANNING
specify short-term financial actions and the
anticipated impact of those actions
These plans most often cover a 1- to 2-year
period
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include a number of operating budgets, the
cash budget, and pro forma financial statement
Here we focus solely on cash and profit
planning from the financial manager’s
perspective
begins with the sales forecast --- from it,
companies develop production plans that take
into account lead (preparation) times and
include estimates of the required raw materials
Using the production plans, the firm can
estimate direct labor requirements, factory
overhead outlays, and operating expenses
Once these estimates have been made, the firm
can prepare a pro forma income statement and
cash budget.
With these basic inputs, the firm can finally
develop a pro forma balance sheet
LONG-TERM (STRATEGIC) FINANCIAL
PLANS
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lay out a company’s planned financial actions
and the anticipated impact of those actions
over periods ranging from 2 to 10 years
Five–year strategic plans, which are revised as
significant new information becomes available,
are common
firms that are subject to high degrees of
operational uncertainty, relatively short
production cycles, or both, tend to use shorter
planning horizons
CASH
PLANNING:
BUDGETS
CASH
CASH BUDGET OR CASH FORECAST
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is a statement of the firm’s planned inflows and
outflows of cash
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It is used by the firm to estimate its short-term
cash requirements, with particular attention
being paid to planning for surplus cash and for
cash shortages
is designed to cover a 1-year period, divided
into smaller time intervals
The number and type of intervals depend on
the nature of the business
The more seasonal and uncertain a firm’s cash
flow, the greater the number of intervals
Because many firms are confronted with a
seasonal cash flow pattern, the cash budget is
quite often presented on a monthly basis. Firm
with stable patterns of cash flow may use
quarterly or annual time intervals
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Finally, adjustments may be made for additional
internal factor, such as production capabilities
Firms generally uses a combination of external
and internal forecast data to make the final
sales forecast
The internal data provide insight into sales
expectation and the external data provide a
means of adjusting these expectations to take
into account generally economic factors
the nature of the firm’s product also often
affects the nix and types of forecasting methods
used
SALES FORECAST
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The key inputs to the short-term financial
planning process
This prediction of the firm’s sales over a given
period is ordinarily prepared by marketing
department
On this basis, the financial manager estimates
the monthly cash flows that will result from
projected sales and from outlays related to
production, inventory, and sales
The manager also determines the level of fixed
assets required and the amount of financing, if
any, needed to support the forecast level of
sales and production
In practice, obtaining good data is the most
difficult aspect of forecasting
The sales forecast may be based on an analysis
of external data, internal data, or a combination
of the two
PREPARING THE CASH BUDGET
CASH RECEIPTS
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include all of a firm’s inflows of cash during a
given financial period
Common Components:
a)
b)
c)
cash sales
collections of accounts receivable
other cash receipts
LAGGED 1 MONTH
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These figures represent sales made in the
preceding month that generated accounts
receivable collected in the current month.
LAGGED 2 MONTHS
EXTERNAL FORECAST
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is based on the relationships observed between
the firm’s sales and certain key external
economic indicators such as the gross domestic
product (GDP), new housing starts, consumer
confidence, and disposal personal income --forecasts containing these indicators are readily
available
(GDP) is the total monetary or market value of
all the finished goods and services produced
within a country's borders in a specific time
period
INTERNAL FORECAST
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are based on a consensus of sales forecast
through the firm’s own sales channels
Typically, the firm’s salespeople in the field are
ask to estimate how many units of each type of
product they expect to sell in the coming year
are collected and totaled by the sales manager,
who may adjust the figures using knowledge of
specific markets or of the forecasting
salesperson’s ability
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These figures represent sales made 2 months
earlier that generated accounts receivable
collected in the current month.
Forecast Sales – this initial entry is merely
informational; it provides as an aid in calculating
other sales – related items.
Cash sales – the cash sales shown for each month
represents 20% of the total sales forecast for that
month.
Collection of A/R – these entries represent the
collection of accounts receivable (A/R) resulting
from sales in earlier month.
Other cash receipts – these are cash receipts from
other sources other than sales.
Payment of A/P – represents the payment of
accounts payable resulting from purchases in
earlier months.
CASH DISBURSEMENTS
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include all outlays of cash by the firm during a
given financial period.
Most Common Cash Disbursements:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
Cash purchases
Payment of accounts payable
Rent payments
Wages and salaries
Tax payments
Fixed-assets outlays
Interest payments
Cash dividend payments
Principal payments (loans)
Repurchases or retirement of stocks
NET CASH FLOW, ENDING CASH,
FINANCING, AND EXCESS CASH
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LAGGED 1 MONTH
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These figures represent purchases made in the
preceding month that are paid in the current
month.
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LAGGED 2 MONTHS
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These figures represent purchases made 2
months earlier that are paid in the current
month.
𝑁𝐸𝑇 𝐶𝐴𝑆𝐻 𝐹𝐿𝑂𝑊 =
𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑠 − 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠
𝐸𝑁𝐷𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝐶𝐴𝑆𝐻 =
𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ + 𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤
𝐸𝑋𝐶𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝐶𝐴𝑆𝐻 =
𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ − 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
IF ending cash < minimum cash balance:
o financing is required
o Such financing is typically viewed as
short-term and is represented by
notes payable
IF ending balance > minimum cash balance
o excess cash exists
o Any excess cash is assume to be
invested in a liquid, short-term,
interest-paying vehicle – that is, in
marketable securities.
EVALUATING THE CASH BUDGET
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Purchases - purchases represent 70% of
forecast sales for each month. Of this amount,
10% is paid in cash ,70% is paid in the month
immediately following the month of purchase
and the remaining 20% is paid 2 months
following the month of purchase.
Rent payments – rent of P 5,000 will be paid
each month.
Wages and salaries – fixed salaries for the year
are P 96,000, or P 8,000 per month. In addition,
wages are estimated 10% of monthly sales.
Taxes payments – taxes of P 25,000 must be
paid in December.
Fixed-asset outlays – New machinery costing
P130,000 will be purchased and paid for in
November.
Interest payments – an interest of P 10,000 is
due in December.
Cash dividend payments – cash dividends of
P20,000 will be paid in October.
Principal payments (loans) – a P20,000 principal
payment is due in December.
Cash purchases – for each month represent 10%
of the monthly purchases.
The cash budget indicates whether a cash
shortage or surplus is expected in each of the
months covered by the forecast.

Each month’s figure is based on the internally
imposed requirement of a minimum cash
balance and represents the total balance at the
end of the month.

Example, at the of each of the 3 months, the
company expects the following balances in
cash, marketable securities, and notes payable:
End-of-month balances (000)
Account
Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cash
25 25 25
Marketable securities
22 0 0
Notes payable
0 76 41
Note that the firm is assume first to liquidate its
marketable securities to meet deficits and then
to borrow with notes payable if additional
financing is needed.
As a result, it will not have marketable securities
and notes payable on its books at the same
time.
Because it may be necessary to borrow up to
P76,000 for the 3- month period.
The finance manager should be certain that
some arrangement is made to ensure the
availability of these funds.
COPING WITH UNCERTAINTY IN
THE CASH BUDGET
PREPARING THE PRO FORMA
INCOME STATEMENT
TWO
WAYS
OF
COPING
WITH
UNCERTAINTY IN THE CASH BUDGET
PERCENT- OF-SALES METHOD
1.
prepare several cash budgets – based on
pessimistic, most likely, and optimistic forecasts

From this range of cash flows, the financial
manager can determine the amount of
financing necessary to cover the most
adverse situation.

The use of several cash budgets, based on
different scenarios, also should give the
financial manager a sense of the riskiness
of the various alternatives.

This scenario analysis, or “what if“
approach, is often used to analyze cash
flows under a variety of circumstances.

Clearly, the use of electronic spreadsheets
simplifies the process of performing
scenario analysis.
CASH
FLOW
MONTH
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
WITHIN


Because the cash budget shows cash flows only
a total monthly basis, the information provided
by the cash budget is not necessarily adequate
for ensuring solvency.
A firm must look more closely at its pattern of
daily cash receipts and cash disbursements to
ensure that adequate cash available for paying
bills as they come due.
The financial manager must plan and monitor
cash flow more frequently than on a monthly
basis.
The greater the variability of cash flows from
day to day, the greater the amount of attention
required.
relies on accrual concepts to project the firm’s
profit and overall financial position
Shareholders, creditors, and the firm’s
management pay close attention to the pro
forma statements which are projected income
statements and balance sheets.
The approaches for estimating the pro forma
statements are all based on the belief that the
financial relationship reflected in the firm’s past
financial statements will not change in the
coming period.
TWO INPUTS REQUIRED FOR PREPARING
PRO FORMA STATEMENTS:
1.
2.
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
financial statements for the preceding year
the sales forecast for the coming year
It forecasts sales and then expresses the various
income statement items as percentages of the
project sales.
The percentages used are likely to be the
percentages of sales for those items in the
previous year.
Example:
𝐶𝑂𝐺𝑆
80,000
=
= 80%
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
100,000
𝑂𝑃𝐸𝑋
10,000
=
= 10%
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
100,000
𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒
1,000
=
= 1%
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠
100,000
CONSIDERING TYPES OF COST
AND EXPENSES

THE
PROFIT PLANNING: PRO FORMA
STATEMENTS
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The technique that is used to prepare the
proformas income statement assumes that all
the firm’s costs and expenses are variable.
That is, for a given percentage increase in sales,
the same percentage increase in cost of goods
sold, operating expenses, and interest expense
would result.
For example, sales increase by 35%, we
assumed that its cost of goods sold also
increased by 35%.
On the basis of this assumption, the firm’s net
profit before tax also increased by 35%.
PREPARING THE PRO FORMA
BALANCE SHEET
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A number of simplified approaches are
available for preparing the pro forma balance
sheet amounts as a strict percentage of sales.
A better and more popular is the judgmental
approach, under which the firm estimates the
values of certain balance sheet accounts and
uses its external financing as a balancing or
“plug” figure.
The judgmental approach represents an
improved version of the percent-of-sales
approach to pro form balance sheet
preparation.
Because the judgmental approach requires only
slightly more Information and should yield
better estimates than the somewhat naïve
percent-of-sales approach.
Positive Value for “External Financing
Required”


based on its plan, the firm will not generate
enough internal financing to support its
forecast growth in the assets
To support the forecast level of operation, the
firm must raise funds externally by using debt
and/or equity financing or by reducing
dividends
Once the form of financing is determined, the
pro forma balance sheet is modified to replace
“external financing required” with the planned
increases in the debt and/or equity account
Negative Value for “ External Financing
Required”


indicates that, based on its plans, the firm will
generate more financing internally than it
needs to support its forecast growth in assets
In this case, funds are available for use in
repaying debt, repurchasing stock, or increasing
dividends
Once the specific actions are determined,
“external financing required” is replaced in the
pro forma balance sheet with the planned
reductions in the debt and/or equity accounts.
Obviously, besides being used to prepare the
pro forma balance sheet, the judgmental
approach is frequently used specifically to
estimate the firm’s financing requirements.
that it can take 73 days on average to satisfy its
accounts payable. Thus, accounts payable
should equal one-fifth (73 days / 365 days) of
the firm’s purchases, or P 8,100 (1/5 x 40,500).
7. Taxes payable will equal one – fourth of the
current year’s tax liability, which equals P 455
(one-fourth of the tax liability of P 1,823.
8. Notes payable will remain unchanged from
their current level of P 8,300.
9. No change in other current liabilities is
expected. They remain at the level of the
previous year: P 3,400.
10. The firm’s long-term debt and its common stock
will remain unchanged at P 18,000 and P
30,000, respectively; no issues, retirements, or
purchases of bonds or stock are planned.
11. Retained earnings will increase from the
beginning level of P 23,000 to P 29,327. The
increase of P6,327 represents the amount of
retained earnings.
ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED (
AFN )

Funds that a firm must raise externally from
non-spontaneous sources, i.e., through
borrowing or by selling new stock, to support
operations… a sharp increase in its forecasted
sales.
ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED ARE BEST
DEFINED AS:
a.
b.
Assumptions:
1. A minimum cash balance of P 6,000 is required.
2. Marketable securities will remain unchanged
from their current level of P 4,000.
3. Accounts receivable on average represent
about 45 days of sales (about 1/8 of a year).
Annual sales are projected to be P 135,000,
accounts receivable should average P 16,875
(1/8 x 135,000).
4. The ending inventory should remain at a level of
about 16,000, of which 25% (approximately P
4,000) should be raw materials and the
remaining 75% (approximately P 12,000) should
consist of finished goods.
5. A new machine costing P20,000 will be
purchased. Total depreciation for the year is P
8,000. Adding the P 20,000 acquisition to the
existing net fixed assets of P 51,000 and
subtracting the depreciation of P 8,000 yields
net fixed assets of P 63,000.
6. Purchases represent approximately 30% of
annual sales, which in the case is approximately
P 40,500 (0.30 x 135,000). The firm estimates
c.
d.
e.
Funds that are obtained automatically from
routine business transactions.
Funds that a firm must raise externally through
borrowing or by selling new common or
preferred stock.
The amount of assets required per peso of
sales.
The amount of cash generated in a given year
minus the amount of cash needed to finance
the additional capital expenditures and working
capital needed to support the firm’s growth.
A forecasting approach in which the forecasted
percentage of sales for each item is held
constant.
RAISING
NEEDED
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
THE
ADDITIONAL
FUNDS
Based on the forecasted balance sheet,
MicroDrive will need 2,200 million of operating
assets to support its forecasted 3,300 million of
sales.
We define required assets as the sum of its
operating assets plus the previous amount of
short-term investments.
Since the company had no short-term
investments in 2004, its required assets are
simply 2,200 million.

We define the specific sources of financing as
the sum of forecasted levels of operating
current liabilities, long-term debt, and common
equity plus notes payable carried over from the
previous year:
Accounts payable
66.0
Accruals
154.0
Notes payable (carryover) 110.0
Long-term bonds
754.0
Preferred stock
40.0
Common stock
130.0
Retained Earnings
831.3
Total
2,085.3
Based on its required assets and specified
sources of financing, MicroDrive’s AFN is 2,200
– 2,085.3 = 114.7 million.
Because the AFN is positive, MicroDrive needs
114.7 million of additional financing and its
initial financing policy thru N/P.
Spontaneous liability 2004
Sales 2004
A/P & Accruals
Total assets 2004
Profit margin
Net profit/2004 sales
AFN
=
(A */So)ΔS - (L*/So)ΔS - MS₁(RR)
Projected
Projected sales 2005
Change in sales ( 2005 - 2004 )
Retention ratio
Actual
Retained earnings 2004/net profit 2004
AFN = (2,000M/3,000M)300M – (60M+140M/3,000M)300M – 114M/3,000M x 3,300M(56M/114)
= 0.667(300M) – 0.067(300M) – 0.038 (3,300M) (0.491)
= 200.1M – 20.1M – 62M (rounded )
= 118M
SPONTANEOUS LIABILITIES
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are called "spontaneous" because they arise
from changes in sales activity
are not directly controlled by the firm, but
instead are controlled by sales or production
volumes.
Accounts payable are short-term debt
obligations owed to creditors and suppliers.
For example, if a company owes its supplier for
raw materials used in production, the company
would typically have time to pay the invoice.
The terms for payables might be 30, 60, or 90
days in the future. Wages payable for those
workers tied to production if there's overtime
or added shifts as sales increase.
Also, taxes payable might fall under
spontaneous liabilities since the company's
profit would rise with sales leading to larger tax
liability to the Bureau of Internal Revenues.
SPONTANEOUSLY GENERATED FUNDS
ARE BEST DEFINED AS:

Funds that are obtained automatically from
normal operations, and they include increases
in accounts payable and accruals.
NET WORKING CAPITAL


Managing Working
Capital
IMPORTANCE

The importance of efficient working capital
management is indisputable given that a firm’s
viability relies on the financial manager’s ability
to effectively manage receivable, inventory and
payables.
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PROFITABILITY


DEFINITION

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is the money you put into your business
operating cycle
(abbreviated WC) is a financial metric which
represents operating liquidity available to a
business, organization, or other entity,
including governmental entities
equivalent to the amount of cash it can deploy
very rapidly, otherwise known as its operating
liquidity
required for any business to pay its trade
creditors for its day-to-day trading operations
The goal of working capital (or short-term
financial) management is to manage each of the
firm’s current assets (inventory, accounts
receivable, marketable securities and cash) and
current liabilities (notes payable, accruals and
accounts payable) to achieve a balance
between profitability and risk that contributes
positively to the firm’ s value.



commonly called working capital
represent the portion of investment that
circulates from one form to another in the
ordinary conduct of business
this idea embraces the recurring transition from
cash to inventories to accounts receivable and
back to cash
As cash substitute, marketable securities are
considered part of working capital.
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
represent the firm’s short-term financing,
because they include all debts of the firm that
come due in 1 year or less
these debts usually include amounts owed to
suppliers, employees and governments and
banks, among others
How changing the level of the firm’s current
assets affects its profitability-risk trade-off by
using the ratio of current assets total assets.
This ratio indicates the percentage of total
assets that is current.
For purposes of illustration, we will assume that
the level of total assets remains unchanged.
When the ratio increases – that is, when current
assets increase – profitability decreases. Why?
Because current assets are less profitable than
fixed assets
FIXED ASSETS




CURRENT LIABILITIES

is the probability that a firm will be unable to
pay its bills as they come due
CHANGE IN CURRENT ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS


is the relationship between revenues and costs
generated by using the firm's assets –both
current and fixed – in productive activities.
A firm can increase its profit by:
(1) increasing revenues or
(2) decreasing costs
RISK
GOAL

difference between the firm’s current assets
and its current liabilities
When current assets exceed current liabilities,
the firm has a positive net working capital
When current assets are less than current
liabilities, the firm has negative net working
capital

are more profitable because they add more
value to the product than that provided by
current assets
Without it, the firm could not produce the
product
The risk effect, however, decrease as the ratio
of current assets to total assets increases.
The increase in current assets increases net
working capital, thereby reducing the risk of
insolvency.
In additional, as you go down the asset side of
the balance sheet, the risk associated with the
assets increases:
o Investment in cash and marketable
securities is less risky than investment in
accounts receivable, inventories and fixed
assets.
CURRENT ASSETS TO TOTAL
ASSETS RATIO (CATA)


It indicates the extent of total funds invested for
the purpose of working capital and throws light
on the importance of current assets of a firm
It should be worthwhile to observe that how
much of that portion of total assets is occupied
by the current assets, as current assets are
essentially involved in forming working capital
and also take an active part in increasing
liquidity
CHANGES
LIABILITIES
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CONVERSION
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CURRENT
We also can demonstrate how changing the
level of the firm’s current liabilities affects its
profitability-risk trade-off by using the ratio of
current liabilities to total assets.
This ratio indicates the percentage of total
assets that has been financed with current
liabilities.
Again, assuming the total assets remain
unchanged, the effects both on profitability and
risk of an increase or decrease in the ratio.
When the ratio increases, profitability
increases.
Because the firm uses more of the lessexpensive current liabilities financing and less
long-term financing.
Current liabilities are less expensive because
only notes payable, which represent about 20%
of the typical manufacture’s current liabilities,
have cost.
The other current liabilities are basically debts
on which the firm pays no charge or interest.
However, when the ratio of current liabilities to
total assets increases, the risk of insolvency also
increases because the increase in current
liabilities in turn decreases net working capital.
The opposite effects on profit and risk result
from a decrease in the ratio of current liabilities
to total assets.
We use net working capital to consider the basic
relationship between current assets and
current liabilities and then use the cash
conversion cycle to consider key aspects of
current asset management
CASH
(CCC)

IN
CALCULATING THE CASH CONVERSION
CYCLE
Operating cycle (OC)
is the time from the beginning of the production
process to collection of cash from the sale of the
finished product
encompasses two major short-term asset
categories
o inventory
o accounts receivable
It is measured in elapsed time by summing the
average age of inventory (AAI) and the average
collection period (ACP):
OC = AAI + ACP
Average payment period (APP)
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
However, the process of producing and selling a
product also includes the purchase of
production inputs (raw materials) on account,
which results in accounts payable.
Accounts payable reduce the number of days a
firm’s resources are tied up in the operating
cycle.
The time it takes to pay the accounts payable,
measured in days
The operating cycle less the average payment
period yields the cash conversion cycle.
The formula is: CCC = OC – APP
Substituting the relationship of the two
equations, we can see that the cash conversion
cycle has three main components:
(1) average age of the inventory,
(2) average collection period, and
(3) average payment period:
CCC = AAI + ACP – APP
Clearly, if a firm change any of these time
periods, it changes the amount of resources tied
up in the day-to-day operation of the firm.
Example: IBM had annual revenues of 98,786
million, cost of revenue of 57,057 million, and
accounts payable of 8,054 million. IBM had an
average age of inventory (AAI) of 17.5 days, an
average collection period of 44.8 days, and an
average payment period (APP) of 51.2 days
(IBM’s purchases were 57,416 million). Thus the
cash conversion cycle for IBM was 11.1 days
(17.5 + 44.8 – 51.2). The resources IBM had
invested in this cash conversion cycle (assuming
a 365-day year) were:
CYCLE
measures the length of time required for a
company to convert cash invested in its
operations to cash received as a result of its
operation
Average age of inventory (AAI)


represents the average number of days that
pass before a company sells its inventory
balance
it is an important working capital efficiency
metric that is also referred to as days’ inventory
on hand (DOH)
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
If the firm’s sales are constant, then its
investment in operating should also be
constant, and the firm will have a permanent
funding requirement.
A constant investment in operating assets
resulting from constant sales overtime.
If the firm’s sales are cyclic, then its investment
in operating assets will vary over time with its
sales cycles, and the firm will have seasonal
funding requirement.
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
CASH CONVERSION CYCLE FUNDING REQUIREMENT AND
STRATEGIES
Because under this strategy the amount of
financing exactly equals the estimated funding
need, no surplus balance exist.
Alternatively, Semper can choose a
conservative strategy, under which surplus cash
balance are fully invested.
This surplus will be the difference between the
peak need of $1,125,000 and the total need,
which between $135,000 and 1,125,000 during
the year.
PERMANENT FUNDING REQUIREMENT

is a constant investment in operating assets
resulting from constant sales over time

SEASONAL FUNDING REQUIREMENT

is an investment in operating assets that varies
over time as a result of cyclic sales
If a firm does not face seasonal cycle, then it will
only face a permanent funding requirement.
With seasonal needs, the firm must also decide
on how it wishes to meet the short-term nature
of its seasonal cash demands.
The firm may choose either an aggressive or a
conservative policy toward this cyclical need.
An investment in operating assets that varies
over time as a result of cyclic sales. T
The definition of cyclical is something that goes
in cycles, or something that occurs in a
repeating pattern.
The change of seasons each year is an example
of something that would be described as
cyclical. Recurring at regular intervals. Tending
to rise and fall in line with the fluctuations of the
business cycle.
AGGRESSIVE FUNDING STRATEGY
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is a funding strategy under which the firm funds
its seasonal requirements with short-term debt
and its permanent requirements with long-term
debt
CONSERVATIVE FUNDING STRATEGY
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
is a funding strategy under which the firm funds
both its seasonal and its permanent
requirements with long – term debt.
Example: Semper Pump Company has a
permanent funding requirement of $135,000 in
operating assets and seasonal funding
requirements that vary between $0 and
$990,000 and average $101,250.
If Semper can borrow short-term funds at 6.25%
and long-term funds at 8%, and if can earn 5%
on the investment of any surplus balances, then
the annual cost of an aggressive strategy for
seasonal funding will be:

The average surplus balance would be
calculated by subtracting the sum of the
permanent need (135,000) and the average
seasonal need ($101,250) from the seasonal
peak need ($1,125,000) to get $888,750
($1,125,000-$135,000-101,250).
This represents the surplus amount of financing
that on average could be invested in short-term
assets that earn a 5% annual return.
It is clear from these calculations that for
Semper, the aggressive strategy is far less
expensive than the conservative strategy.
However, it is equally clear that Semper has
substantial peak-season operating-asset needs
and that it must have adequate funding
available to meet the peak needs and ensure
ongoing operations.
Clearly, the aggressive strategy’s heavy reliance
on short-term financing makes it risker than the
conservative strategy because of interest rates
swing and possible difficulties in obtaining
needed short-term financing quickly when
seasonal peak occurs.
The conservative strategy avoids these risks
through the locked-in interest rate and longterm financing, but it is more costly because of
the negative spread between the earnings rate
on surplus funds (5%) and the cost of the longterm funds that create the surplus (8%).
Where the firm operates, between the
extremes of the aggressive and conservative
seasonal funding strategies, depends on
management’s disposition toward risk and the
strength of its banking relationship.
STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING
THE CASH CONVERSION CYCLE
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Some firms establish a target cash conversion
cycle and then monitor and manage the actual
cash conversion cycle toward the targeted
value.
A positive cash conversion cycle, means the firm
must use negotiated liabilities (such as bank


loan) to support its operating assets. Negotiated
liabilities carry an explicit cost, so the firm
benefits by minimizing their use in supporting
operating assets.
Simply stated, the goal is to minimize the length
of the cash conversion cycle, which minimizes
negotiated liabilities.
This goal can be realized through use of the
following strategies:
1. Turn over inventory as quickly as possible
without stockouts that result in lost sales.
2. Collect accounts receivable as quickly as
possible without losing sales from highpressure collection techniques.
3. Manage mail, processing and clearing
time to reduce them when collecting from
customers and to increase them when
paying suppliers.
4. Pay accounts payable as slowly as
possible without damaging the firm’s
credit rating.
o
o
2.
o
o
3.
o
o
o
COMPONENTS
OF
CASH
CONVERSION CYCLE (CCC)
1.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

The first component of cash conversion cycle is
the average age of inventory.
The objective for managing inventory is to turn
over inventory as quickly as possible without
losing sales from stockouts.
The differing viewpoints about appropriate
inventory level commonly exist among a firm’s
finance, marketing, manufacturing and
purchasing managers.
Each views inventory levels in the light of his or
her own objectives.
The finance manager’s general disposition
toward inventory level is to keep them low, to
ensure that the firm’s money is not being
unwisely invested in excess resources.
The marketing manager, on the other hand,
would like to have a large inventories of the
firm’s finished products. This would ensure that
all orders could be filled quickly, eliminating the
need for backorders due to stockouts.
The
manufacturing
manager’s
major
responsibility is to implement production plan
so that it result in the desired amount of
finished goods of acceptable quality available
on time at a low cost.
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Common
Inventory

1.
o
o
techniques
for
items with the largest peso investments. This
group consists 20% of the firm's inventory items
but 80% of its investment in inventory.
The group B consists of items that account for
the next largest investment in inventory.
The C group consists of a large number of items
that require a relative small investment.
Two-bin method
The item is stored in two bins. As an item is
needed, inventory is removed from the first bin.
When that bin is empty, an order is placed to
refill the first bin while inventory is drawn from
the second bin.
Economic Order Quantity ( EOQ ) Model
One of the most common techniques for
determining the optimal order size for
inventory items is the EOQ model.
The EOQ model considers various costs of
inventory and then determines what order size
minimizes total inventory cost.
EOQ assumes that the relevant costs of
inventory can be divided into order costs and
carrying costs.

Order costs include fixed clerical costs of
placing and receiving orders: the cost of
writing a purchase order, of processing the
resulting paperwork, and of receiving an
order and checking it against the invoice.

Carrying costs are the variable costs per
unit of holding an item of inventory for a
specific period of time.

Carrying costs include storage costs,
insurance costs, the costs of deterioration
and obsolescence, and the opportunity or
financial cost of having funds invested in
inventory.

Formula:
where:
S = usage in units per period
O = order cost per order
C = carrying cost per unit per period
Managing
The most commonly used techniques are:
ABC system
The inventory management techniques that
divides inventory into groups – A, B and C, in
descending order of importance.
The A group includes those items with the larges
peso investment. Typically, this group includes

where:
D = annual demand
C = cost per order
H = Holding or carrying cost per unit
Example: Max Company, a producer of
dinnerware, has an A group inventory item that
is vital to the production process. This item
costs P1,500, and Max uses 1,100 units of the
item per year. Order cost per order P150 and
the carrying costs per unit per year is P200.
Calculate the EOQ?
CREDIT STANDARDS

The firm’s minimum requirements
extending credit to a customer.
for
FIVE C’S OF CREDIT
4.
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5.
6.
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Reorder Point
Once the firm has determined its economic
order quantity, it must determine when to place
an order.
The point at which to reorder inventory,
expressed as days of lead time x daily usage.
Formula: Reorder point = Days of lead time x
daily usage
The reorder point of Max Company, assuming
that Max Co. operates 250 days per year and
uses 1,100 units of this item, its daily usage is
4.4 (1,100 / 250). If its lead time is 2 days and
Max wants to maintain safety stock of 4 units.
Calculate the reorder point.
Reorder point = [(2 x 4.4) + 4] = 12.8 or 13 units
Total cost of inventory
o The sum of order costs and carrying costs
of inventory.
Safety stock
The extra inventory that is held to prevent
stockouts of important items.
Just–in-time (JIT) System
The inventory management technique that
minimize inventory investment by having
materials arrive at exactly the time they are
needed.
Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) System
Inventory management technique that applies
EOQ concept and a computer to compare
production needs to available balances and
determine when orders should be place for
various items on a product’s bill of materials.
ACCOUNTS
MANAGEMENT
RECEIVABLE
The second component of the cash conversion
cycle is the average collection period.
This period is the average length of time a sale
on credit until the payment becomes usable
funds for the firm.
The average collection period has two parts:
1. time from sale until the customer mails the
payment - involves managing the credit
available to the firm’s customer and the
second part involves collecting and
processing payments
2. time from when the payment is mailed until
the firm has the collected funds in its bank
account
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One popular credit selection technique is the
five C’s credit, which provides a framework for
in-depth credit analysis.
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The five C’s are:
1. Character: The applicant’s record of
meeting past obligations.
2. Capacity: The applicant’s ability to repay
the requested credit, as judged in term of
financial statement analysis focused on
cash flows available to repay debt
obligations.
3. Capital: The applicant’s debt relative to
equity.
4. Collateral: The amount of assets the
applicant has available for use in securing
the credit.
5. Conditions: Current general and industryspecific economic conditions and any
unique condition surrounding specific
transaction.
CREDIT SCORING
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Credit scoring is a method of credit selection
that firms commonly use with high
volume/small-peso credit request.
Credit scoring applies statistically derived
weights to a credit applicant’s scores on key
financial and credit characteristics to predict
whether he or she will pay the requested credit
in a timely fashion.
Simply stated, the procedure results in a score
that measures the applicant, overall credit
strength, and the score is used to make the
accept/reject decision for granting the applicant
credit.
Credit scoring is most commonly used by large
credit card operations, such as those of banks,
oil companies and department stores.
The purpose of credit scoring is to make a
relative informed credit decision and
inexpensively, recognizing that the cost of a
single bad scoring decision is small.
However, if bad debts from scoring decision
increase, then the scoring system must be
reevaluated.
CHANGING CREDIT STANDARDS
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The firm sometimes will contemplate changing
its credit standards in an effort improve its
returns and create greater value for its owners.
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To demonstrate, consider the following changes
and effects on profits expected to result from
the relaxation of credit standards.
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If credit standards were tightened, the opposite
effect would be expected.
Example: Dodd Tool, a manufacture of lathe
tools, is currently selling a product for P10 per
unit. Sales all on credit for last year were 60,000
units. The variable cost per unit is P6. The firm’s
total fixed costs are P120,000. The firm is
currently contemplating a relaxation of credit
standards that is expected to result in the
following: a 5% increase in units sales to 63,000
units: an increase in the average collection
period from 30 days (the current level) to 45
days; an increase in bad debt expense from 1%
to 2%. The firm determines that its cost of tying
up funds in receivables is 15% before taxes.
Sales are expected to increase by 5%, or 3,000
units. The profit contribution per unit will equal
the difference between the sale price per unit
(P10) and the variable cost per unit (P6). The
profit contribution per unit will be P4. The total
additional profit contribution from sales will be
P12,000 (3,000 x 4 per unit).
COST OF THE MARGINAL INVESTMENT
IN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
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To determine the cost of the marginal
investment in accounts receivable, we must find
the difference between the cost of carrying
receivables under the two credit standards.
Because its concern is only with the out-ofpocket costs, the relevant cost is the variable
cost.
Formula:
We calculate the margin investment in accounts
receivable and its cost as follows:
The resulting value of P2,574 is considered a
cost because it represents the maximum
amount that could have been earned before
taxes on the P17,159 had it been placed in an
equally risk investment earning 15% before
taxes.
COST OF MARGINAL BAD DEBTS
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The total variable cost of annual sales under the
present and proposed plan can be found as
follows, using the variable cost per unit of P 6.
where: Turnover of accounts receivable =
365/Average collection period
Total variable cost of annual sales:
o Under present plan: (6 x 60,000 units) =
360,000
o Under proposed plan: (6 x 63,000 units) =
378,000
The turnover of A/R is the number of times each
year that the firm's A/R actually turned into
cash.
It is found by dividing the average collection
period into 365 days.
Turnover of accounts receivable:
o Under present plan: 365/30 = 12.2
o Under proposed plan: 365/45 = 8.1
By substituting the cost and turnover data just
calculated into, we get the following average
investments in A/R:
Average investment in A/R
o Under present plan: P360,000(sales)/12.2
= P29,508
o Under
proposed
plan:
P378,000
(sales)/8/1 = P46,677
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The cost of marginal bad debts by taking the
difference between the level of bad debts
before and after the proposed relaxation of
credit standards.
Cost of marginal bad debts
Note that the bad debt costs are calculated by
using the sales price per unit (P10) to deduct not
just the true loss of variable cost (P6) that
results when a customer fails to pay its account
but also the profit contribution per unit (in this
case P4) that is included in the “additional profit
contribution from sales.”
Max Company has annual sales P10 million and
an average collection period of 40 days
(turnover = 365 ÷ 40 = 9.1). In accordance with
the firm’s credit terms of net 30, this period is
divided into 32 days until the customers place
their payments in the mail (not everyone pays
within 30 days) and 8 days to received, process
and collect payments once they are mailed. Max
is considering initiating a cash discount by
changing its credit terms form net 30 to 2/10
net 30.
The firm expects this change to reduce the
amount of time until the payments are placed in
the mail, resulting in an average collection
period of 25 days (turnover = 365 ÷ 14.6).
Max has raw material with current annual usage
of 1,100 units. Each finished product produced
requires one unit of this raw material at a
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variable cost of P1,500 per unit, incurs another
P800 of variable cost in the production process,
and sells for P3,000 on terms of net 30.
Variable costs therefore, total P2,300 (P1,500 +
P800). Max estimates that 80% of its customers
will take the 2% discount and that offering the
discount will increase sales of the finished
product by 50 units (from 1,100 to 1,150 units)
per year but will not alter its bad debt
percentage.
Max’s opportunity cost of funds invested in
accounts receivable is 14%.
Should Max offer the proposed cash discount?
CASH DISCOUNTS PERIOD
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The financial manager can change the discount
period, the number of days after the beginning
of the credit period during which the cash
discount is available.
The net effect of changes in this period is
difficult to analyze because of the nature of
forces involved.
For example, if a firm were to increase its cash
discount period by 10 days (for example,
changing its credit terms form 2/10 net 30 to
2/20 net 30), the following changes would be
expected to occur:
(1) Sales would increase, positively affecting
profit.
(2) Bad-debt expenses would decrease,
positively affecting profit.
(3) The profit per unit would decrease as a result
of more people taking the discount, negatively
affecting profit.
AGING OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
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An aging schedule breaks down accounts
receivable into groups on the basis to their time
of origin.
The breakdown is typically made on a monthby-month basis, going back 3 or 4 months.
The resulting schedule indicates the percentage
of the total accounts receivable balance that
have been outstanding for specified period of
time.
The purpose of the aging schedule is to enable
the firm to pinpoint problems.
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(1) the time from purchase of goods on account
until the firm mails its payment and
(2) the receipt, processing, and collection time
required by the firm’s suppliers.
The receipt, processing and collection time for
the firm, both from customers and to its
suppliers, is the focus of receipt's and
disbursement management.
FLOAT
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Float refers to funds that have been sent by the
payer but not yet usable funds to the payee.
Float is important in the cash conversion cycle
because its presence lengthens both the firm
average collection period and its average
payment period.
However, the goal of the firm should be to
shorten its average collection period and
lengthen its average payment period. Both can
be accomplished by managing float.
Float has three component parts:
1. Mail float is the time delay between when
payment is placed in the mail and when it
is received.
2. Processing float is the time between
receipt of the payment and its deposit
into the firm’s account.
3. Clearing float is the time between deposit
of the payment and when spendable
funds become available to the firm.
This component of float is attributable to the
time required for a check to clear the banking
system.
Some popular techniques for managing the
component parts of float to speed up
collections and slow down payments.
SPEEDING UP COLLECTION
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Speeding up collection reduces customer
collection float time and thus reduces the firm’s
average collection period, which reduces the
investment the firm must make in its cash
conversion cycle.
A popular technique for speeding up collections
is a lockbox system.
A lockbox system is a collection procedure in
which customers mail payments to a post office
box that is emptied regularly by the firm’s bank,
which processes the payments and deposits
them in the firm’s account.
This system speed up collection time by
reducing processing time as well as mail and
clearing time.
SLOWING DOWN PAYMENTS
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MANAGEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND
DISBURSEMENTS
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The third component of cash conversion cycle,
the average payment period, also has two parts:
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Float is also a component of the firm’s average
payment period.
In this case, the float is in the favor of the firm.
The firm may benefit by increasing all three of
the components of its payment float.
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One of the popular technique for increasing
payment float is controlled disbursing.
Controlled disbursing, which involves the
strategic use of mailing points and bank
accounts to lengthen mail float and clearing.
Firms must use this approach carefully, though,
because longer payment periods may strain
supplier relations.
CASH CONCENTRATION
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Cash concentration is the process used by the
firm to bring lockbox and other deposits
together into one bank, often called the
concentration bank.
DEPOSITORY TRANSFER CHECK (DTC)
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It is an unsigned check drawn on one of a firm’s
bank accounts and deposited in another.
(ACH)
AUTOMATED
HOUSE)TRANSFER
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CLEARING
is a preauthorized electronic withdrawal from
the payer’s account and deposit into the
payee’s account via a settlement among banks
by the automated clearing house.
WIRE TRANSFER
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is an electronic communication that, via
bookkeeping entries, removes funds from the
payer’s bank and deposits them in the payee’s
bank.
ZERO - BALANCE ACCOUNTS (ZBA)
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is a disbursements account that always has an
end-of-day balance of zero because the firm
deposits money to cover checks drawn on the
account only as they presented for payment
each day. The purpose is to eliminate
nonearning cash balance in corporate checking
accounts.