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Financial Forecasting 2

The document discusses key concepts related to balance sheets and financial ratios. It introduces assets and liabilities, and how equity is calculated as assets minus liabilities. It then explains key balance sheet efficiency ratios used to analyze financial performance, including debtor days ratio, days payable outstanding ratio, days in inventory ratio, and asset turnover ratio. Formulas are provided for calculating each ratio.

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Financial Forecasting 2

The document discusses key concepts related to balance sheets and financial ratios. It introduces assets and liabilities, and how equity is calculated as assets minus liabilities. It then explains key balance sheet efficiency ratios used to analyze financial performance, including debtor days ratio, days payable outstanding ratio, days in inventory ratio, and asset turnover ratio. Formulas are provided for calculating each ratio.

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Introduction to the

balance sheet
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Victoria Clark
CGMA Financial Analyst
Types of nancial statements

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Assets and liabilities
Asset = Economic Resource

Can be used to make money

Liability = Economic Obligation

Usually the obligation to pay something

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equity = assets - liabilities

Equity: portion of owner's interest in a property or


business

# House example
house_cost = 100000
down_payment = 20000
mortgage = 80000
tot_equity = house_cost - mortgage

# Balance sheet
owners_equity = assets - liabilities

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Let's practice!
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Balance sheet
ef ciency ratios -
Part 1
F IN AN CIAL F ORECAS TIN G IN P YTH ON

Victoria Clark
CGMA Financial Analyst
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Debtors and creditors
Sell now, get paid later
debtors

Buy now, pay later


creditors

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The debtor days ratio
How many days to receive payment from debtors

Lower ratio is better

Formula:
EndingB alanceDebtors
Debtor Days = S ales
x DaysInF inancialY ear
 

ddays_ratio = (debtors_end/sales_tot) * 365

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Days payable outstanding (DPO ratio)
How many days to pay our creditors

Higher ratio is better

Formula:
EndingB alanceCreditors
DP O = T otalCostOf GoodsS old x DaysInF inancialY ear
 

dpo = (creditors_end/cogs_tot)*365

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Let's practice!
F IN AN CIAL F ORECAS TIN G IN P YTH ON
Balance sheet
ef ciency ratios -
Part 2
F IN AN CIAL F ORECAS TIN G IN P YTH ON

Victoria Clark
CGMA Financial Analyst
Days in inventory
The inventory question:

How much stock is too little, and how much is too much?

How many days to sell our inventory

Days in inventory ratio:


AverageInventory
DII = T otalCostOf GoodsS old x DaysInF inancialY ear
Desired level depends on the industry

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Asset turnover ratio
Assets compared to sales generated

Highly dependent on the industry

Formula:
S ales
Asset T urnover = T otalAverageAssets
Production company: high level of assets & low ratio

Tech start up: low level of assets & high ratio

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Let's practice!
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