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Financial Forecasting And Modeling Equations

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1. Retained Earnings
= Dividends + Profit After Tax
= -- sales(yr1) x COGS/Sales Ratio
= Sales (yr1) x Current Assets/ Sales Ratio
= Net Fixed Assets + Other Current Assets + Cash

2. Dividends
= Sales (yr1) x Current Liabilities/Sales Ratio
= Stock (y0)
= --Depreciation rate x [FA At Cost (yr 0+1) ] /2
= --Dividend Payout ratio x profit before tax

3. Sales
= Dividends + Profit After Tax
= --Interest rate on debt x [Debt (yr0+1) ] /2
= sales( from yr 0) x (1+sales growth)
= Sales + COGS + Depreciation + Interest on Debt + Intest earned on cash and marketable securities

4. Stock
= -- Profit before tax x Tax Rate
= Sales (yr1) x Current Liabilities/Sales Ratio
= Stock (y0)
= --Dividend Payout ratio x profit before tax

5. Interest earned on cash and other marketable securities
= Sales x Current Assets/Sales Ratio
= Interest earned on cash balances rate x [Cash (yr 0 +1)] /2
= -- Profit before tax x Tax Rate
= Accumulated Retained Earnings (y0) +Retained Earnings

6. Cost of Goods Sold
= -- sales(yr1) x COGS/Sales Ratio
= Dividends + Profit After Tax
= --Depreciation rate x [FA At Cost (yr 0+1) ] /2
= Net Fixed Assets -- Deprecitation

7. Other Current Assets
= -- sales(yr1) x COGS/Sales Ratio
= Depreciation (yr0) -- [Depreciation Rate x FA At Cost (y0+1)] /2
= Net Fixed Assets -- Deprecitation
= Sales x Current Assets/Sales Ratio

8. Accumulated Retained Earnings
= Accumulated Retained Earnings (y0) +Retained Earnings
= Sales (yr1) x Current Assets/ Sales Ratio
= Interest earned on cash balances rate x [Cash (yr 0 +1)] /2
= Net Fixed Assets + Other Current Assets + Cash

9. Profit Before Tax
= -- sales(yr1) x COGS/Sales Ratio
= Interest earned on cash balances rate x [Cash (yr 0 +1)] /2
= Depreciation (yr0) -- [Depreciation Rate x FA At Cost (y0+1)] /2
= Sales + COGS + Depreciation + Interest on Debt + Intest earned on cash and marketable securities

10. Taxes
= Sales (yr1) x Current Liabilities/Sales Ratio
= Total Liabilities and equity -- current assets -- net fixed assets
= sales( from yr 0) x (1+sales growth)
= -- Profit before tax x Tax Rate

11. Net Fixed Assets
= Profit before tax + taxes
= Sales (yr1) x Current Assets/ Sales Ratio
= Stock (y0)
= Debt (y0) -- Debt repayment amount

12. Debt
= Sales (yr1) x Current Liabilities/Sales Ratio
= Debt (y0) -- Debt repayment amount
= Stock (y0)
= -- Profit before tax x Tax Rate

13. Interest Payments on Debt
= --Interest rate on debt x [Debt (yr0+1) ] /2
= Interest earned on cash balances rate x [Cash (yr 0 +1)] /2
= Sales x Current Assets/Sales Ratio
= --Depreciation rate x [FA At Cost (yr 0+1) ] /2

14. Current Liabilities
= Sales (yr1) x Current Liabilities/Sales Ratio
= Sales (yr1) x Current Assets/ Sales Ratio
= Depreciation (yr0) -- [Depreciation Rate x FA At Cost (y0+1)] /2
= sales( from yr 0) x (1+sales growth)

15. Cash (plug figure)
= Total Liabilities and equity -- current assets -- net fixed assets
= Dividends + Profit After Tax
= Sales + COGS + Depreciation + Interest on Debt + Intest earned on cash and marketable securities
= --Dividend Payout ratio x profit before tax

16. Total Assets
= Net Fixed Assets + Other Current Assets + Cash
= Sales (yr1) x Current Liabilities/Sales Ratio
= Profit before tax + taxes
= -- sales(yr1) x COGS/Sales Ratio

17. Accumlated Depreciation
= Sales (yr1) x Current Assets/ Sales Ratio
= Depreciation (yr0) -- [Depreciation Rate x FA At Cost (y0+1)] /2
= Sales (yr1) x Current Liabilities/Sales Ratio
= --Interest rate on debt x [Debt (yr0+1) ] /2

18. Depreciation
= Interest earned on cash balances rate x [Cash (yr 0 +1)] /2
= Sales (yr1) x Current Assets/ Sales Ratio
= --Depreciation rate x [FA At Cost (yr 0+1) ] /2
= Current liabilities + Debt + Stock + Accumulated Retained Earnings

19. Profit after Tax
= -- Profit before tax x Tax Rate
= Profit before tax + taxes
= Depreciation (yr0) -- [Depreciation Rate x FA At Cost (y0+1)] /2
= Total Liabilities and equity -- current assets -- net fixed assets

20. Total Liabilites and Equity
= Dividends + Profit After Tax
= Total Liabilities and equity -- current assets -- net fixed assets
= Current liabilities + Debt + Stock + Accumulated Retained Earnings
= --Dividend Payout ratio x profit before tax

21. At Cost
= Total Liabilities and equity -- current assets -- net fixed assets
= Net Fixed Assets -- Deprecitation
= --Dividend Payout ratio x profit before tax
= Profit before tax + taxes