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Financial statement algebra

Jamal Munshi, Sonoma State Univesity, 1992
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Income Statement

  • NOI = S*(1 - vc/s) - FC
  • NIAT = (NOI - I)*(1-t)
Balance Sheet
  • TA = D + E
Stmt of Cash Flows
  • CFO = NIAT + Dep
  • CFC = [NOI + Dep]/[I + DS/(1-t)]
Ratios to assess operating decisions
  • PM = NOI/S
  • TAU = S/TA
  • ROI = NOI/TA
  • Note that ROI = PM * TAU
Ratios to assess financial decisions
  • ROE = NIAT/E
  • i = I/D
  • Note that ROE = [ROI + (D/E)*(ROI-i)]*(1-t)
Leverage Ratios
  • DOL = (NOI + FC)/NOI
  • DFL = NOI/(NOI - I)
One-tail Gaussian probability approximation
  • p = exp (-x)
  • where x = 0.711+0.707d*(1+0.416d)
Definitions
  • Income Stmt = matches costs to revenue in corresponding time periods.
  • Balance sheet = Distribution of claims on assets.
  • Cash flows = actual funds flowing to and from our checking account.
  • PM [profit margin] = our ability to control costs = measured by the amount of operating income per dollar of sales.
  • TAU [total asset utilization ratio] = our ability to use assets to generate sales = measured by the amount of sales generated per dollar of assets.
  • ROI [return on assets] = bottom line of our operations that assesses whether it is a good business to be in = the amount of operating income generated per dollar of assets.
  • i [little eye] = net cost of borrowed funds = measured as a percentage.
  • ROE [return on equity] = the bottom line of the business enterprise that measures our ability to increase the wealth of the owners = measured as the amount of net income made available to our shareholders per dollar of their investment.
  • DOL [degree of operating leverage] = the sensitivity of operating income to fluctuations in sales = the percentage change in NOI caused by a one percent change in sales = a measure of risk inherent in our operations = caused by fixed costs in our cost structure.
  • DFL[degree of financial leverage] = the sensitivity of net income to fluctuations in operating income = the percentage change in NIAT caused by a one percent change in NOI = additional risk induced by the use of borrowed funds = caused by fixed financial charges due to our capital structure.
  • FFL [favorable financial leverage] = when ROI is greater than i debt can be used to leverage (increase) ROE beyond ROI*(1-t).
  • UFL [unfavorable financial leverage] = when ROI is less than i increased use of debt decreases ROE.
  • DuPont analysis of operating decisions: ROI is partitioned into two multiplicative components - that which can be ascribed to our ability to control costs and that affected by our ability to use assets to generate sales. It is an analytical tool and not a computational tool.
  • DuPont analysis of financial decisions: ROE is partitioned into two additive components - that which can be ascribed to operations and an additional component due to financial leverage. It is an analytical tool and not a computational tool.

Derivation of equations

  • DOL = [dNOI/NOI]/[dS/S]
  • = [dNOI/dS] * [S/NOI]
  • = (1-vc/s)*S/NOI
  • = (NOI+FC)/NOI
  • DFL = [dNIAT/NIAT]/[dNOI/NOI]
  • = [dNIAT/dNOI]*[NOI/NIAT]
  • = (1-t)*NOI/NIAT
  • = [(1-t)*NOI]/[(1-t)*(NOI-I)]
  • = NOI/(NOI-I)
  • ROE = NIAT/E
  • = (1-t)*(NOI-I)/E
  • = (1-t)*(ROI*TA - I)/E
  • = (1-t)*(ROI*(D+E) - I)/E
  • = (1-t)*(ROI*D + ROI*E - I)/E
  • = (1-t)*(ROI*D + ROI*E - i*D)/E
  • = (1-t)*(ROI*D/E + ROI*E/E - i*D/E)
  • = (1-t)*[ROI + (D/E)*(ROI-i)]