Expanding the Dreamx Coffee Business
The Dreamx coffee business would be expanding one day keeping in view the trend in the area. This paper aims at proposing the desired expansion plan of Dreamx coffee business which is a small scale business.
Financial plan:
The expansion of a business will be based upon debt financing as all the available sum was used in launch of first branch.
Thus, the Dreamx Coffee Parlor business plan has been created mostly by views that are all the basic components of an ideal business plan. One must realize that financing is needed at every stage of the business. It is needed from starting up business till ramping it up to the profitability. Financing needs vary from business to business. For example retailers
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Efficient budget allocation is the prime duty of the finance department. Financial plan of the new branch will ensure a specific profit margin after the payment of finance cost (Ayyagari et al., 2007). The following financial terms will help us to lay a sound financial plan for our new branch:
Solvency:
Solvency can be defined as financial health of the company in long term. In order to interpret about the financial health of the company, the following ratios will help us;
Debt Ratio:
Debt ratio can be calculated as;
Total Liabilities /Total assets * 100
The debt ratio of the company is expected to follow the following trend with dip in some years due to more current liabilities and leverage of the company.
Ages of payables: Increase in the ages of the payable was due to increased and improved relationship with suppliers.
Cash Debt Coverage:
Cash debt Coverage can be calculated as;
Net Operating Cash Flow / Average Total liabilities There are negative cash flows expected during launch of any new business plan. This negative cash would improve due to reduction in total liabilities and improvement in the cash flows.
Interest Coverage Ratio
Interest Coverage Ratio can be calculated as;
Profit before interest & tax / Interest
The interest cover ratio provides the basis for the company higher returns. This ratio would be lower in the initial period because of the increased debt expenses. Later on it will become higher due to paying of all the debts.
Profitability:
Debt ratio percentages increased for Company G from 28.34% to 29.94%. Industry quartile is 30, 45 and 66 percent, putting Company G below average. Debt Ratio represents strength for Company G.
The solvency ratio is the ability for a company to repay debts shown in a percentage. The ratio shows if a business can meet goals of a long term loan by calculating the current and long term liabilities divided by net profit after taxes plus depreciation. In years one through four the
Solvency ratios: The solvency ratios debt to total assets ratio and times interest earned tells creditors if a company will be able to pay maturing debt and interest. Total liabilities divided by total assets is the debt to total assets ratio. Creditors will determine if a company can pay the maturing debt by the lower the percentage of the debt to total assets ratio the more likely it will be able to pay its debts. The times interest earned is income before income taxes and interest expense divided by interest expense. The result of this ratio will tell creditors and investors the company’s ability to pay interest as it comes due. The higher the result of times interest earned the easier it is for the company to pay their interest.
Ratio analysis is a tool brought by individuals used to evaluate analysis of information in the financial statements of a business. The ratio analysis forms an essential part of the financial analysis which is a vital part in the business planning. There are 3 different ways of assessing businesses performance and these are: solvency, profitability and performance. Ratio analysis assists managers to work out the production of the company by figuring the profitability ratios. Also, the management can evaluate their revenues to check if their productivity. Thus, probability ratios are helpful to the company in evaluating its performance based on current earning. By measuring the solvency ratio, the companies are able to keep an
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Solvency ratios is used to measure the ability for a business to meet its long term debts. The formula for Solvency ratio = (After Tax Net Profit + Depreciation) / Total liabilities. This formula calculates whether a business cash flow is sufficient enough to meet its short and long term liabilities.
The Debt Ratio, projects the relationship between the total assets and total debts of the company. This ratio is used to measure the financial risk of the company. In order to measure the financial risk, we need to look at the amount of debt that the company has incurred due to the financing of operations. This is done by comparing the total debt to the total assets of the company, from there we derive a debt percentage. The total debt amount includes, current and non-current liabilities. Whilst, the total assets amount includes, current and non-current assets. The overall ratio is expressed as a percentage. This percentage indicates how much of debt is incurred by the company, when financing its operations. If the overall percentage is high, it implies that the company is at a financial risk as there is a relatively high proportion of debt.As potential investors would not want to in a company which has a high percentage of debts.Whilst a low overall percentage, the company is at a low financial risk and are handling their debts well. The
Solvency refers to a company’s ability to meet its financial commitments in the long-term. Based upon the debts-to-assets ratios of the two companies, we can determine that Kraft Heinz is more well-equipped to meet their long-term financial obligations than General Mills is because the total liabilities of Kraft Heinz are a smaller percentage of their total assets than General Mills’s total liabilities are. In regards to liquidity, Kraft Heinz has a current ratio of 0.92, whereas General Mills has a current ratio of 0.79. Liquidity refers to a company’s ability to meet its financial commitments in the short-term.
Based upon the firm’s low target leverage of 5%, low degree of operating leverage, and favorable credit history and financial outlook, the model assumes a cost of debt in line with AAA corporate debt at 7.02%. This estimate seems reasonable and sensitivity analysis shows a 1% decrease in the forecasted share price requires at least a 2.4% increase in the cost of debt.
However, the business owner can also attempt to operate his/her business by bootstrapping, which refers to the operation of an entity by using limited sources of capital (Gregory, n.d.). In addition, the financial factors should also include financial planning. Financial planning normally refers to the cash flow and income statement, balance sheet and breakeven analyses. Therefore, there are three major sections to an ideal business plan that are the organizational goals, the sales forecasts, and the financial factors.
We assume linear increase in the EBIT and EBITDA at 3% for 1999 from 1998 figures. Considering the debt will be long-term, we test both 10- and 20-year corporate yields as interest rates to see what would be the coverage ratios, using the 1999 projected figures.
There is general agreement that the concept of solvency relates to having the capacity to meet debts as they fall due. An insurance company is solvent if it is able to fulfil its obligations under all contracts at any time (or at least under most
The debt-to-capital ratio gives users an idea of a company's financial structure, or how it is financing its operations, along with some insight into its financial strength. The higher the debt-to-capital ratio, the more debt the company has compared to its equity. Star River has always depended much on debt for its financing and the trend shows this ratio may get higher in future. Star River, with high debt-to-capital ratios, compared to a general or industry average, may show weak financial strength because the cost of these debts may weigh on the company and
Long-term solvency for Ford Motor Company also appears to be strong. The company’s times interest earned ratio of 1.96 means that it can cover its interest charges on current debt issues almost two times over. This is a good sign that bankruptcy is not eminent and the company is solvent in the long-run. A higher debt to equity ratio means a company gets a larger portion of its financing from creditors than shareholders, though higher is a subjective measure and depends on the industry. (Wahlen et al, 2008) Automotive manufacturers tend to have debt to equity ratios above 2 because the industry is capital intensive. (Debt/equity ratio, 2014) Ford’s debt to equity ratio in 2011 was 10.89, far higher than the industry standard, potentially due to the circumstances of the time. The financial crisis of 2008 resulted in major financial bailouts across the automotive industry. These large levels of debt to the government would increase the debt to equity ratios of all companies that accepted the money.
You can make use of three different ratios to evaluate company and measure its financial strength. Two of the ratios viz. debt and debt-equity ratios are very common measurements. The third one, capitalization ratio, gives a proper insight in evaluating the company’s capital structure.