Finacial Management Flashcards
Reasons why business may fail?
- Lack of capital
- Too many long term assets
- Inadequate control over inventory (stock) + credit
- Problems with cash flow
- Lack of control over costs and sales
The difference between total sales and total costs of the business?
Net Profit
The cost of borrowing money, or the return of saving?
Interest
Profits earned by a business that are reinvested in the business rather than paid out as dividends?
Retained profit
The money required to set up to run and expand a business?
Finance
Measures of a business’s ability to pay its debts.
Liquidity
Where a business sells an assets and then leases it back?
Sale and Leaseback
Where the shares of a company are offered for sale on a stock market for the first time?
Floatation
Resources owned and used by a business over the long term such as buildings and machinery?
Fixed assets
A loan facility from the bank that may have to be repaid at any time?
Overdraft
Another term for the value of sales made by a business?
Revenue
Everything that the business owns that has monetary value, including cash, stocks, debtors?
Assets
Measurement of net profit - liabilities?
Gross Profit
An alternative word for revenue or sales?
Turnover
What is a debenture?
Long term borrowing, similar to selling shares, promise of repaying amount lent w/ fixed period in time + set amount interest.
Pros of debenture?
Cons of debentures?
PROS
Very structured method, exact interest paid consistently
CONS
Debenture holder claim item in trade for unpaid debts over time.
A bank loan is money borrowed from the bank (to be repaid), with interest applied over a set period of time. What are the PROS and CONS of this?
PROS
easy, large amounts, structured
CONS
business risk poor credit rating + bankruptcy
What is a issuing shares? And why do businesses use this method?
Issues shares is when a business sells a fraction of their business to an individual or another business.
Reasons for this is to raise capital. Depending on percentage obtained determines amount received.
PROS and CONS issuing shares?
For both the owners of the share/s and the business selling them.
owners of shares PROS - don’t need to repay money invested - cheaper than a loan - large amounts can be made
CONS
- lose investment if business fails
sharing businesses
PROS
- short term method to improve cashflow (sale of share)
CONS
- pay shareholders profits
- share of ownership -> loss of control of business
Define venture capitalist?
Individual group invest in small, risky business
Pros and cons of having a venture capitalist?
PROS
- raise money for business even if bank disagrees with idea
CONS
- VC at risk and may want control (percentage) of/over business
PROS and CONS selling assets?
PROS
- business using money already invested in business
CONS
- may sell something not worth selling
- could sell something business needs in future
Define Mortgage?
PROS and CONS?
Long term loan provided by bank to by property.
PROS
- structured repayments long term (25+ years)
CONS
- large sums interest
- take long time to repay
Government grants?
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PROS and CONS?
Money given to a business by government. Usually used to help finance new jobs - especially those that create new jobs.
PROS
- don’t need to repay money
CONS
- limited funds available
- may be restrictions on what money can be used for
Hire purchase?
Item bought on finance, repayments made each month. Final payment when items becomes property of business
PROS and CONS hire purchase?
PROS
- flexible method
(can hand back if item no longer required, payment stop)
CONS
- high interest
- item not owned until end of term
Define trade credit?
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PROS and CONS
“But now, pay later” basis for items bought from suppliers
PROS
- more money in immediate future
CONS
- accounts settled within 30, 60, 90 days
Retained Profit? PROS and CONS?
Money kept from business by owners (marked retain profit on balance sheet)
PRO
- pay no interest on money
CONS
- could been invested business
- business may not have enough profit to retain bye to business needs
- aggravate shareholders if dividends is affected (share percentage)
Debt factoring?
PROS + CONS?
The company sells outstanding debt to a debt factoring company, who return a smaller percentage of that debt to the business
PROS
business gets money that may never have been paid back
Saves business time chasing customers
CONS
time consuming
Receive less money than owed
Leading?
PROS + CONS?
Business rents item from owner. Used to help obtain new equipment
PROS
Cost of assets spread over its life
Massive money analysts not needed to purchase
CONS
may result in being more expensive to buying it over long period time
Business doesn’t own asset so doesn’t appear balance sheet
Short term financing?
Up to 3 years with high interest
Medium term financing?
3 to 10 years with medium interest
Long term financing?
Over 10 years with low interest
Short term financing is used for?
Day to day running of a business and is usually for a period of up to 3 years.
Examples of inflows?
- sales revenue
- capital
- loans
- grants
Examples of outflows?
- purchases
- rent
- wages
Examples short term financing?
- overdraft
- short term loan
- hire purchase (external)
Examples medium term financing?
- medium term loans ($10,000 +)
- hire purchase
- leasing
Factors that influence a banks decision to lend?
- assets
- credit history
- current inflow
- proposal of product
- nature of market
MORE SECURITY = LESS INTEREST
Sale + leaseback?
Company sells assets (land, etc.) for cashflow • company then leasing asset back from leasing company as business still using item
As leasing is an expanse business can claim as tax recieiving additional money
Debt ratio?
Indicates how much of a business’s finances are due to borrowing; whether assets are funded by liabilities
High debt ratio (50% +)?
Funded by borrowings
Low debt ratio (< 50%)?
Funded by owner
Recommendations to fix debt ratio?
- decrease debt through repayment
- monitor debt + equity ratios as impacts future borrowings
- minimise need to hold large assets
Equity ratio?
Indicates extent to which owner has financed business as opposed to using an alternative source of finance (borrowings)
High equity ratio?
Funds provided by owner
Low equity ratio?
Funds provided by borrowings
Cash flow to revenue ratio?
Indicates the entity’s efficiency in converting revenue from sales and additional income, to cash.
High cash flow to revenue ratio?
Large proportions of revenue realised as cash (company not efficient cash flow)
Low cash flow to revenue ratio?
Small amounts of revenue consistently noticed as cash and converted.
Cash flow to revenue recommendations?
- increase cash from operatating activities
- increase cash sales compared to credit sales
- improve credit policy
- offer early repayment discounts
- discounts on cash payments
- easy payment options, electronic (PayPal, BPay, etc)
Net profit ratio?
Indicates the ability of the enterprise to generate a return in the owner’s investment
High net profit ratio?
Operating revenue high + operating expenses low
Low net profit ratio?
Selling volume and sales low compared to fixed costs
Recommendations net profit ratio?
- increase sales revenue
- reduce expenses
Capital definition?
All of the assets invented into company included the one with debt on them
Revenue = ?
Income, money made
Define cash sales?
Immediate payment (paid w/ cash)
Entity?
The business
What is equity?
Difference between value of assets/ value of liabilities
Enterprise?
The business.
Define surplus?
Excess amount of money left over after requirements have been met
Stock level control??
At the end of the financial year, products go on sale in order to reduce interest charged on businesses inventory
Inventory??
Produces purchased to sell as good from company
Improving cash flow?
- Ensure surplus
- access working capital
- meet short term expenses
- distributing payments consistently by subverting/ trade credit
- increase sales revenue by marketing + stock level control
- strong credit policy
- use of debt factoring
Improve working capital?
- ensure supply cash adequate meet short term expenses
- strong credit policy
- an overdraft
- sale + leave back
- scheduling accounts payable chronologically
- control stock level in inventory