Calculated by dividing the gross profit by the sales revenue,
expressed as a percentage
Net Profit Margin
NPM = (Net Profit Before Interest and Tax / Sales Revenue) X 100
Calculated by dividing Net profit before Interest
and Tax by Sale Revenue, expressed as a
percentage
Efficiency Ratios
Return on Capital Employed
Capital Employed = Long-term Liabilities + Share Capital + Retained Profit
ROCE = (Net profit before Interest and Tax / Capital Employed) X 100
Assesses the Return a firm is making from its Capital employed
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilites
A ratio that compares a firm's current assets to its current liabilities
Acid Test [Quick] Ratio
Acid Test Ratio = (Current Assets - Stock) / Current Liabilities
A stringent ratio that subtracts stock from the current assets and compares this to the firm's current liabilities
Efficiency Ratio Analysis (HL) 3.6
Stock Turnover Ratio
Stock Turnover Ratio (Number of Times) = Cost of goods sold / average stock
Stock Turnover ratio (Number of Days) = (Average Stock / Cost of goods sold) X 365
Measures how quickly a firm's stock is sold and replaced over a given period
Debtor Days
Debtor days Ratio (Number of Days) = (Debtors / Total Sales Revenue) X 365
Measures on average, the number of days it takes for a firm to collect its debts
Creditor Days
Creditor days Ratio (Number of Days) = (Creditors / Cost of Goods sold) X 365
Measures the average number of days a firm takes to pay its creditors
Gearing Ratio
Gearing Ratio = (Loan Capital / Capital Employed) X 100
Measures the extent to which the Capital Employed by a firm is financed from Loan Capital
Cash Flow 3.7
Cash Flow
Net Cash Flow = Cash Inflow - Cash Outflow
Money that flows in and out of a Business over
a given period of time
Profit
Profit = Sales Revenue - Total Costs
The Positive difference between Sales Revenue and Total Costs
Insolvency
A situation where a Business runs out of cash but may still be profitable
Working Capital Cycle
Working Capital
The difference between current assets and current liabilities
The period of time between payment for goods supplied to a Business and the Business receiving cash from their sales
Liquidation
A situation where all a firm's assets are sold off to pay any funds owing
Cash Flow Forecast
Opening Cash Balance
This is the cash that a Business starts with every month. It is the
cash held by a Business at the start of the trading year
Total Cash Inflows
This is the summation of all the
Cash Inflows during a particular
month
Total Cash Outflows
This is the summation of all the Cash Outflows during a particular month
Net Cash Flow
This is the difference between the Total Cash
inflows and the Total Cash outflows
Closing Cash Balance
This is the estimated cash available at the end of the month. It is
found by adding the net cash flow of one month to the opening
balance of the same month.
The future prediction of a firm's cash inflows and outflows
over a given period of time
Investment
The act of spending money on purchasing an asset with the expectation of future earnings
Investment Appraisal (3.8)
Payback Period
Payback Period = Initial Investment Cost / Annual Cash flow from Investiment
(Extra Cash Inflow Required / Annual cash in that year) X 12 Months
The length of time required for an investment project to pay back its initial costs outlay
The quantitative techniques used in evaluating the viability or attractiveness of an investment proposal
The Average Rate of Return
AAR = (((Total Returns - Capital Cost) / Years of Usage) / Capital Cost ) X 100
Measures the annual Net Return on an investment as a percentage of Capital Cost
Net Present Value (HL)
Discounted Cash Flows
Uses a discount factor that converts future cash inflows to their present value
The difference in the summation of present values of future returns and the original cost of investment
NPV = Total Present Values - Original Cost
Budgets (HL) 3.9
A quantitative financial plan that estimates the revenue and expenditure over a specified future time period
Budget Holder
A person involved in the formulation and achievement of a budget
Cost and Profit Centres
Cost Centre
A section of Business where cost are incurred and recorded
Profit Centre
A section of a Business where both cost and revenues are identified and recorded
Roles
Aiding in Decision Making
Better Accountability
Tracking problem areas
Increasing motiviation
Benchmarking
Problems of Cost and Profit Centres
Indirect cost Allocation
External Factors
Centre Conflicts
Staff Stress
Variance Analysis
The difference between the budgeted figure and the actual figure
Favourable Variance
When the difference between the budgeted and actual figure is financially beneficial to the firm
Adverse Variance
When the difference between the budgeted and actual amounts is financially costly to the firm
Strategic Planning
An organization's systematic process of defining its future
direction and deciding on how to allocate its resources accordingly
to fulfil this vision