Exam 1 - Financial Statements Flashcards

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Financial Statements (Purpose)

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  • Helps potential creditors and investors make rational decisions about investments, credit, etc
  • Helps estimate timing of cash flows from dividends, interest payments, etc
  • Provides information on economic resources and claims
    - Assets, liabilities and equity
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Financial Statements (Limitations)

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  • Limited nonfinancial information
    • customer service, sales pipelines, quality measures
  • Limited info on soft assets
    • knowledge base, quality of personnel
  • Limited real-time information
  • Information not forward-looking
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Balance Sheet

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  • A listing of distributor’s assets, liabilities and capital as of a particular date
  • “Snapshot” of what the distributor owns and what it owes
  • Assets = Liabilities + Shareholder’s Equity
  • Distributor’s Assets
    • Current Assets
      • Management expects to use these assets within the next accounting period
        • Ex: cash, accounts receivable, inventory
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Current Assets (Cash & Cash Equivalents)

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  • Is money in the bank, cash on hand, Treasury bills
    • Cash is required to pay employees, suppliers, tax, interest etc
    • Cash represents approx. 2% of a distributor’s asset
    • Controller or financial manager is responsible for forecasting the distributor’s cash inflows and outflows
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Current Assets (Accounts Receivable)

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  • Largest or 2nd largest asset on distributor’s balance sheet
  • Accounts receivable and inventory make up 80% or more of total assets for many distributors
  • estimate the % of receivables that might turn bad

Net Accounts Receivables = Accounts receivables - Estimate of Doubtful Accounts

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Current Assets (Inventory)

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Largest or 2nd largest asset for distributors

Valuation of distributor inventory is an accounting challenge

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Current Assets (Other)

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Unexpired insurance premium is a current asset

Unused advertising expenses

Prepaid expenses would have been otherwise cash in bank (asset)

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Deffered Charges

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Expenditures whose benefits are reaped for periods after one year from the balance-sheet date

Not current asset

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Fixed Assets

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Non current assets are not expected to be completely used during the next business period
-Land and buildings
-Office furniture and fixtures
-Warehouse racks and equipment
-Trucks and other vehicles
The figure is the book value (not mkt. value), since the assets are not sold or replaced in the near term
Fixed assets are depreciated; Land is NOT
Depreciation is an EXPENSE

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Other Assets

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Goodwill is an asset that is typically found on the balance sheet that has aquired other businesses

Price of the acquired business - Fair value of the assets

Company’s name and reputation, customer base, intellectual capital, workforce, relationships

Writing off goodwill is called amortization

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Distributor Liabilities (Current Liabilities)

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Liabilities that are due for payment in the next accounting period

Accounts payable

Short-term notes payable

Current portion of long-term debt

Accrued Expenses
-Accrued salaries, accrued bonuses

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Deferred Income Taxes

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Accelerated depreciation for Tax purpose - reduces the tax

Normal Depreciation - Financial Statements

Tax gained now is paid back in years to come

Considered as Long-term Liability

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Distributor Liabilites (L-T Liability & Equity)

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Long Term Liabilities

  • Are amounts due after a year from the date on the B.S.
  • Dist. L-T debt is usally owed to a bank or other commercial lender
  • Some distributors borrow L-T funds from individuals or other investors

Equity

  • Capital invested and/or left in the business
    • Shares (common & preferred stock)
    • Preferred stock holders are given priority to the common stock holders for dividends and the proceeds from liquidation
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Income Statement

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Shows results of a company’s operations for a given period of time

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Sales Revenue

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Proceeds from sales of products and services to customers

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Service Revenues

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Equipment repairs and maintenance

Product assembly, kitting

Repackaging, labeling and other services

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Returns and Allowables

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Customer returns are very significant in some wholesale distribution lines of trade
-Books, Records, Periodicals
Sales allowances include
-Rebates, Promotional allowances
Sales Revenues = Sales - (Sales returns + Sales Allowances)

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Cash Discounts to Customers

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Discounts for prompt payment

An expense

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Cost of Goods Sold

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It is the cost of merchandise shipped to customers

Includes price paid to suppliers, minus discounts and allowances such as rebates and promotional allowances

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Cash Discounts from Suppliers

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Cash discounts earned from suppliers for prompt payment of their invoices, are generally not deducted from cost of merchandise

Reported as income

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Gross Margin %

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Gross margin divided by sales revenue equals gross margin %

Provides an insight into the strategies followed by different companies

Deteriorating gross margin % is a sign of inefficient management

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Operating Expenses

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Expenses may be reported in detail, may be grouped into categories or may be reported only in total

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People Expenses

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Personnel Costs, including salaries, wages, comissions, bonuses, health insurance, retirement plans, payroll taxes

People cost as a % of gross margin dollars is referred to as personnel productivity ratio (PPR)

Key to distributor profitability is to operate with a small number of experienced, qualified and highly effective people

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Selling General & Administrative Expenses (SG&A)

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Sales agents’ salaries and commissions

Advertising and promotion

Travel and entertainment

Executive and Admin salaries

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Non People Expenses

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Delivery Expenses

Taxes

Insurance

Computer and telecommunications expenses

Utilities

Travel Costs

Rent

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Non-operating Income or Loss

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Interest earned on idle cash

Income from outside investments

Gains in sales of assets

Service charges from late-paying customers

Cash discounts

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Statement of Cash Flows

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Reconciles increase or decrease in company’s cash balance from beginning to end of reporting period

Shows sources of a company’s cash inflows and uses of cash outflows

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The Cash Flow Cycle

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The Supplier ships merchandize to a distributor
-Most suppliers offer invoice terms of 15 to 30 days

Products are received by the dist. and placed into stock

Products are then shipped to a customer

Cash Flow Cycle starts w/ payment of an order to the supplier

Cash Flow Cycle ends with payment to the distributor

Cash Flow Cycle typically varies from 45 to 105 days

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Profit & Loss Statement

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A managerial tool that combines financial metrics from both the income statement and the balance sheet to reflect the profitability of a given operation for a given period

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P&L (Potential Contents)

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Rent Factor

Inventory Charge

Receivable Charge

Internal Costs