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This is the part where the general impression of the protective borrower is analysed.
The lender forms a very subjective opinion about the trust – worthiness of the entity to
repay the loan. Discrete enquires, background, experience level, market opinion, and
various other sources can be a way to collect qualitative information and then an
opinion can be formed, whereby he can take a decision about the character of the entity.
Capacity
Capacity refers to the ability of the borrower to service the loan from the profits
generated by his investments. This is perhaps the most important of the five factors.
The lender will calculate exactly how the repayment is supposed to take place, cash
flow from the business, timing of repayment, probability of successful repayment of
the loan, payment history and such factors, are considered to arrive at the probable
capacity of the entity to repay the loan.
Capital
Capital is the borrower’s own skin in the business. This is seen as a proof of the
borrower’s commitment to the business. This is an indicator of how much the borrower
is at risk if the business fails. Lenders expect a decent contribution from the borrower’s
own assets and personal financial guarantee to establish that they have committed their
own funds before asking for any funding. Good capital goes on to strengthen the trust
between the lender and borrower.
Collateral are form of security that the borrower provides to the lender, to appropriate
the loan in case it is not repaid from the returns as established at the time of availing
the facility. Guarantees on the other hand are documents promising the repayment of
the loan from someone else (generally family member or friends), if the borrower fails
to repay the loan. Getting adequate collateral or guarantees as may deem fit to cover
partly or wholly the loan amount bears huge significance. This is a way to mitigate the
default risk. Many times, Collateral security is also used to offset any distasteful factors
that may have come to the fore-front during the assessment process.
Conditions
Conditions describe the purpose of the loan as well as the terms under which the facility
is sanctioned. Purposes can be Working capital, purchase of additional equipment,
inventory, or for long term investment. The lender considers various factors, such
as macroeconomic conditions, currency positions, and industry health before putting
forth the conditions for the facility.
Credit is an integral part of the modern economy and the global financial system. The
expansion of credit has been a major contributing factor to global economic development and
is often described as the lifeblood of the economy. Access to credit has facilitated GDP
expansion through an increase in consumption and the allocation of resources to productive
purposes. It has also helped to improve the efficiency and profitability of business by enabling
access to funding for things like expansion, capital expenditures, research and development,
and staffing. In this environment, investors are inevitably faced with tremendous amounts of
potential bond offerings from companies seeking funds to perform various activities. Before
purchasing corporate bonds, savvy investors typically undertake credit analysis to determine
whether the company has the financial ability to meet its obligations. Failure to perform
adequate credit analysis can potentially expose investors to significant losses.
It is critical to carefully analyze each company and the particulars of its debt offering before
deciding whether to purchase. Effective credit analysis is essential for investors seeking to
determine whether a company has the financial ability to meet its financial obligations.
Understanding and applying the five Cs of credit analysis provides investors with a practical
and effective framework for assessing the creditworthiness of a corporate issuer. This
framework includes an analysis of capacity, collateral, covenants, character, and credit rating.
While by no means a guarantee against default, credit analysis involving the five Cs can help
to manage default risk.
Conversely, the cash flow direct method measures only the cash that's been received, which is
typically from customers and the cash payments or outflows, such as to suppliers. The inflows
and outflows are netted to arrive at the cash flow. The direct method is also known as the
income statement method.
Under the direct method, the only section of the statement of cash flows that will differ in the
presentation is the cash flow from the operations section. The direct method lists the cash
receipts and cash payments made during the accounting period. The cash outflows are
subtracted from the cash inflows to calculate the net cash flow from operating activities, before
the net cash from investing and financing activities are included to get the net cash increase or
decrease in the company for that period of time.
What Is the Indirect Method?
The indirect method is one of two accounting treatments used to generate a cash flow statement.
The indirect method uses increases and decreases in balance sheet line items to modify the
operating section of the cash flow statement from the accrual method to cash method of
accounting.
The cash flow statement primarily centers on the sources and uses of cash by a company, and
it is closely monitored by investors, creditors, and other stakeholders. It offers information on
cash generated from various activities and depicts the effects of changes
in asset and liability accounts on a company's cash position.
The indirect method presents the statement of cash flows beginning with net income or loss,
with subsequent additions to or deductions from that amount for non-cash revenue and expense
items, resulting in cash flow from operating activities.
I prefer to use the direct method method to disclose the reconciliation of net income to the cash
flow from operating activities that would have been reported if the indirect method had been
used to prepare the statement. The reconciliation report is used to check the accuracy of the
operating activities, and it is similar to the indirect report. The reconciliation report begins by
listing the net income and adjusting it for non-cash transactions and changes in the balance
sheet accounts. This added task makes the direct method unpopular among companies.
4. A break-even analysis helps illustrate the relationship between profits, revenues and
costs
A break-even analysis helps determining the number of product units that need to be sold for a
business to be profitable knowing the price and the cost of the product.If the fixed costs are
greater than zero, then it is important to have a positive contribution margin per unit (i.e.
price>variable costs) to reach a break-even point at all.
Because of the positive contribution margin, the slope of the revenue line is steeper than the
slope of the total costs line. Therefore, revenue per unit is higher than cost per unit. If there
were no fixed costs, then obviously the business would be profitable from the beginning. In the
example shown above, the costs involved when zero units are sold are the fixed costs only.
To cover these fixed costs, the business needs to sell a certain number of units to reach
this break-even point or cover the fixed costs.