Post on 18-Dec-2015
How Bankers Look at Your Financial Statements
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Which Statements?
Balance sheetBalance sheet Income statementIncome statement Statement of cash flowsStatement of cash flows NotesNotes
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Accountant …. Banker Accountant’s concernsAccountant’s concerns
Banker’s concernsBanker’s concerns Where’s Waldo?Where’s Waldo? TrendsTrends StoryStory Sources of repaymentSources of repayment
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Balance Sheet - Assets
Current Assets / Current LiabilitiesCurrent Assets / Current Liabilities Assets excludedAssets excluded Accounts ReceivableAccounts Receivable Inventory (COGS, A/P)Inventory (COGS, A/P) IntangiblesIntangibles Unusual accountsUnusual accounts
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Balance Sheet - Liabilities
Accounts payable (inventory)Accounts payable (inventory) Officer loans/debtOfficer loans/debt LeverageLeverage
= Liabilities/Tangible Net Worth= Liabilities/Tangible Net Worth Unusual accountsUnusual accounts
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Income Statement
SalesSales
- COGS- COGS
= Gross Profits= Gross Profits
- Selling, General and Administrative Expenses- Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
= Operating Income= Operating Income
+ Other Income+ Other Income
- Other Expenses- Other Expenses
= Net Income= Net Income
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Income Statement
TrendsTrends MarginsMargins ProfitabilityProfitability Officer compensationOfficer compensation Legal expensesLegal expenses Bad debt expenseBad debt expense Unusual expensesUnusual expenses
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Statement of Cash Flows
Indirect Method (SFAS No. 95)Indirect Method (SFAS No. 95)
Direct Method (SFAS No. 95)Direct Method (SFAS No. 95)
Lender’s Direct Method Lender’s Direct Method
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UCA Cash Flow - Lender’s Direct Method
Business componentsBusiness components Order of priority of claims on cash flowOrder of priority of claims on cash flow
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Ratios TrendsTrends Working Capital/LiquidityWorking Capital/Liquidity A/R turn/daysA/R turn/days Inventory turn/daysInventory turn/days A/P turn/daysA/P turn/days LeverageLeverage Operating, net marginsOperating, net margins DSCDSC
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Notes Business activityBusiness activity Accounting PoliciesAccounting Policies Revenue recognitionRevenue recognition Property and equipment – depreciationProperty and equipment – depreciation Cost of salesCost of sales Debt: Notes payable (leases)Debt: Notes payable (leases) Expense detailExpense detail LitigationLitigation
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Additional information
Business plan/projectionsBusiness plan/projections Accounts receivable and payable agingsAccounts receivable and payable agings Company tax returnsCompany tax returns Asset listingsAsset listings Personal statementPersonal statement Personal tax returns (complete)Personal tax returns (complete)
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Is your company bankable?
Cash flow, DSCCash flow, DSC CollateralCollateral Guarantor supportGuarantor support Red flagsRed flags Five C’sFive C’s
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Banker conversation History of companyHistory of company OwnershipOwnership Division of dutiesDivision of duties ManagementManagement Marketing/salesMarketing/sales CompetitionCompetition Differentiation/nicheDifferentiation/niche SuppliersSuppliers ChallengesChallenges
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Labor supplyLabor supply Key employeesKey employees Facilities/space Facilities/space
needsneeds Equipment needsEquipment needs Banking historyBanking history Plans for the futurePlans for the future
Other/Misc
Presentation issuesPresentation issues Current issues - appraisalsCurrent issues - appraisals LTVLTV DSCDSC Current banking environmentCurrent banking environment Cash management arrangementsCash management arrangements Establish a relationship nowEstablish a relationship now
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