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Acknowledgement
We would like to thank and express our gratitude towards our honorable faculty Mr. Shahran
Abu Sayeed, who helped us tremendously throughout the entire course and helped us to
learn about various aspects of the short term financial management. It wouldn’t be possible
to complete this project without his help and directions. Would also like to thank each and
every member of the group who worked hard relentlessly to accomplish the task and present
the project in a great manner.
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Executive Summary
Square pharmaceuticals Ltd. was established in 1958 and has become one of the top
companies in Bangladesh. The Mission is to produce and provide quality & innovative
healthcare relief for people, maintain stringently ethical standard in business operation also
ensuring benefit to the shareholders, stakeholders and the society at large. They view
business as a means to the material and social wellbeing of the investors, employees and the
society at large, leading to accretion of wealth through financial and moral gains as a part of
the process of the human civilization. In this project the overall financial condition of the
company was measured, accessed and recommendation was given where the company needs
to develop.
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Table of Contents
1. Brief Introduction of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd ......................................... 7
3. Credit Policy.................................................................................................. 8
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8. Net Present Value ....................................................................................... 24
11. Appendix.................................................................................................. 28
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Brief Introduction of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (SPL), the pharmaceutical giant in the country, is a trusted name
in the industry of manufacturing quality medicines for more than four decades. It has today
burgeoned into one of the top line conglomerates in Bangladesh from the inception in 1958.
The flagship company SPL is holding the strong leadership position in the pharmaceutical
industry of Bangladesh and it has been continuously in 1st position among all national and
multinational companies since 1985. Now SPL is on its way to becoming a high performance
global player. SPL made its humble debut as a partnership firm in 1958 with a capital of TK.
55000, a floor space of 3000 square feet, and a team of 12 persons. Its turnover reached the
mark of taka one million within a span of only six years under the farsighted vision of the
management and the dedicated efforts of the company. The number of employees increased
and stood to 50 in 1964 with the growth of the turnover and at this point of time the
partnership firm was transformed into Private Ltd. Company. SPL entered into a technical
collaboration agreement in 1975 with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Belgium, which is a subsidiary
of Johnson and Johnson International, USA. SPL started to practice Good Manufacturing
Practices (GMP) since its inception as recommended by the World Health Organization
(WHO). In 1982, turnover reached over TK. 240 million, and the payroll increased 400 heads,
and by 1988 SPL’s turnover exceeded half a billion taka and the number of employees to 750.
Presently SPL is exporti8ng its products to Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Cambodia
and Russia. SPL again converted itself into Public Limited Company to sustain in the changed
environment in 1991. It became the first company in Bangladesh to cross the Billion Taka
mark turnover in 1992. It also got its share listed in the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock
Exchanges in 1994. At Present Square is the family of 1321 members. In 1995 with its finished
goods already dominating markets at home and abroad, SPL started production of
pharmaceutical raw materials from its new unit, christened as Square Chemical division. SPL
signed an agreement with M/s Tanvec, UK for the establishment of the second formulation
unit (Pharma II) at Kaliakoir, Gazipur in 1996. This factory was built with a view to get
approval of
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USFDA/MCA and was completed in year 2000. Without doubt the factory helped SPL continue
to command its leadership through the next millennium as well.
1.Mission
The missions of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited are:
• To provide and produce quality and innovative healthcare relief for people.
• Also ensuring benefit to the shareholders, stakeholders and the society at large.
1. Vision
The vision of Square business is that they view business as a means to the material and social
wellbeing of the investors, employees and the society at large, leading to the accretion of
wealth through financial and moral gains as a part of the process of human civilization.
2. Credit Policy
Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. didn’t have any credit policy in the year 2011-2015. They might
have several credit policies which they didn’t want to disclose in their financial reports. Since
there were huge volume of account receivables which indicate they have some sort of
policies.
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Square pharmaceutical Limited takes Short-term bank loan from the following banks:
Types Banks
Short Term Loan Commercial Bank of Ceylon Ltd., Dhaka
Short Term Loan Bank Alfalah Ltd., Dhaka
Cash Credit Janata Bank Ltd., Pabna
Trust Receipt City bank N.A, Dhaka
Trust Receipt Standard Chartered Bank, Dhaka
Trust Receipt Commercial Bank of Ceylon Ltd., Dhaka
Overdraft Eastern Bank Ltd., Dhaka
Trust Receipt ShahjalalIslami Bank Ltd., Dhaka
Trust Receipt HSBC Ltd., Dhaka
Overdraft Pubali Bank Ltd., Dhaka
Overdraft BRAC Bank Ltd., Dhaka
Trust Receipt Trust Bank Ltd., Dhaka
Trust Receipt Bank Asia Ltd., Dhaka
Trust Receipt BRAC Bank Ltd., Dhaka
Overdraft Bank Asia Ltd., Dhaka
Trust Receipt Prime Bank Ltd., Dhaka
Overdraft Sonali Bank Ltd., Mohakhali Branch, Dhaka-
Secured by FDR
Overdraft Janata Bank Ltd., Maizdee Court Corporate
Br., Noakhali- Secured by FDR
Overdraft Janata Bank Ltd., Foreign Exchange
Corporate Br., Sylhet- Secured by FDR
Overdraft Janata Bank Ltd., Mimi Super Market Br,
Chittagong- Secured by FDR
Overdraft Janata Bank Ltd., Mohakhali Corporate Br.,
Dhaka- Secured by FDR
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Among these short term bank loans, the loans of Janata Bank Ltd. are secured by registered
mortgage and other loans are secured against pledge and hypothecation of stocks and
book debts.
3.2 Long-Term Loans- Current Position
The current portion of long term debt is the amount of principal that will be due within one
year of the date of the balance sheet. Square Pharmaceutical Limited takes Long-Term loan
Current Portion from the following banks:
4. Marketable Securities
Marketable securities are financial instruments that can be easily converted to cash. These
are the securities or debts that are to be sold or redeemed within a year. Some marketable
securities are government bonds, common stock or certificates of deposit.
Square pharmaceutical Limited has many investments in the marketable securities. Those
Investment are:
1st ICB Mutual Fund 6 First Security Bank Ltd.
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Padma Oil United Air Ltd.
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The mentioned investments in marketable securities designated as available for sale by the
management. These are measured at fair value being non-current assets. Unrealized gain/
(loss) has been recognized as other comprehensive income.
In 2011 Square Pharmaceuticals Limited had 521,300,555 taka amount of share, in 2012 they
had 695,037,397 taka amount of share, in 2013 they had 589,313,880 taka amount of share,
in 2014 they had 844,360,472 taka amount of share, and in 2015 they had 879,249,484.
5. Liquidity Measure
Liquidity measures the company’s ability to pay off short term debt obligation. We need to
calculate some ratios for measuring liquidity.
Cash Ratio
0.110601243
0.081459705
0.039765522
0.027357423
0.019044124
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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Time Series analysis
From the above chart, we can see that cash ratio of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited is
increasing from the year 2011 to 2015. That means Square Pharmaceuticals Limited had
improved ability to meet uncertain condition in product market and border market. But it also
increased high cash holding agency and opportunity costs. So it will be better for them, if they
maintain higher cash to cover their operation.
40.75296765
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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Time series Analysis
From the above chart, we can see that Square Company’s Cash Conversion Period decreased
in 2012 from 106.606 to 90.538 but again it increased in 2013 from 90.538 to 101.752. And
then decreased again in 2014 from 101.752 to 40.752 and increased again in 2015 from
40.753 to 92.467. So, based on this data we can say that Square Company have overall good
credit policy and relatively small inventory holdings, which is good for them.
60.90617891
33.2889522
23.36860158
17.54492317
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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Time series Analysis
From the above chart, it is clear that Square Company’s cash burn rate was increasing year to
year that means its reduced liquidity. In 2011, there is only enough cash on hand to fund 17.54
days of COGS, and in 2012, square had enough cash on hand to fund 23.36 days of COGS. In
2013 square had enough cash to fund 33.28 days of COGS. In 2014, square had enough cash
on hand to fund 60.91 days of COGS and in 2015, square had enough cash on hand to fund
95.07 days of COGS without receiving additional cash inflows or external financing.
1 2 3 4
-369640507
-1650575689
-2257182109
Year
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Time series Analysis
From the above chart, it is clear the net liquid balance of Square is increasing per year which is
a good sign for the company. In 2011, the net liquid balance was -2257182109, it became
-1650575689 in 2012, again in 2013 it improved to -369640507 but in 2014, it became
2031612470 which is very good for the company. Clearly, having the cash in hand to pay off
debts is an advantage to borrowers and soothing to lenders. Thus, analysts use net liquid
assets as a very stringent test of how well a company can meet its short-term debt obligations.
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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Time series Analysis
By analyzing the graph, we can see that Days inventory held was decreasing from the year
2011 to 2014, but in 2015 it again increased by some amount. The lower the days inventory
held ratio is, the better it is for the company. Square was trying to reduce the days inventory
held and they were also doing great until 2014, but in 2015 they again ended up with an
increasing days inventory held. Since the inventory turnover ratio refers to the average
amount of inventory during the year, and since sales usually fluctuate during the year, the
days' sales in inventory is an approximation.
1 2 3 4 5
Years
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Time series Analysis
From the above graph we can see that, the DSO is decreasing from year to year. In 2011 it was
20.92 days, in 2012 it was reduced to 18.37 days, again in 2013 it was reduced to 16.27 days,
in 2014 it was 12.02 days and finally in 2015 it was decreased to 12.23 days. A low DSO value
means that it takes a company fewer days to collect its accounts receivable. A high DSO shows
that the company is selling its product to customers on credit and taking longer to collect
money.
34.74708508 34.85586096
3.913126641
0.622317901
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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Time series Analysis
In 2011 and 2012 the days payable outstanding was almost same, in 2011 it was 34.7470 and
in 2012 it was 34.8558 days. But in 2013 it reduced magnificently to just 3.91 days. But again,
it increased to 48.3543 days in 2014 and in 2015 it went down to just .62231 days. By seeing
the variety in the graph, we can conclude that the DPO for the Square is very unstable. They
should manage the DPO. Managing the DPO is very important for any company. Companies
must strike a delicate balance with DPO. The longer they take to pay their creditors, the more
money the company has on hand, which is good for working capital and free cash flow. But if
the company takes too long to pay its creditors, the creditors will be unhappy. They may
refuse to extend credit in the future, or they may offer less favorable terms. Besides, because
some creditors give companies a discount for timely payments, the company may be paying
more than it needs to for its supplies. If cash is tight, however, the cost of increasing DPO may
be less than the cost of foregoing that cash earlier and having to borrow the shortfall to
continue operations.
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Cash Conversion Efficiency
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
1 2 3 4 5
Year
6. Solvency Measure
We need to calculate 4 things in order to measure the solvency. Those 4 things are current
ratio, quick ratio, net working capital and working capital requirement.
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Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016
Current Ratio
3.818007502
3.131867616
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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Quick Ratio
2.255901583
1.675529852
0.847552246 0.790711447
0.669912826
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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Net Working Capital
7183152033
5104836155
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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Working Capital Requirements
4807899963
3974202817
3025321951 3201027391
2516357601
1 2 3 4 5
Year
NPVD
NPVperp
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Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
NPVD
60,000,000.00
50,000,000.00
40,000,000.00
30,000,000.00
20,000,000.00
10,000,000.00
0.00
1 2 3 4 5
Year
NPVperp
250,000,000,000.00
200,000,000,000.00
150,000,000,000.00
100,000,000,000.00
50,000,000,000.00
0.00
1 2 3 4 5
Year
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8. Cash Discount
We didn’t find any mention of cash discount which is offered by the company after going
through the entire financial reports of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. from the year 2011-2015.
One of the reason of that may be it didn’t want to disclose their credit policy to their
competitors. But it is our recommendation that they should offer cash discount to their
customer because it will help the company to collect their receivables more efficiently. As a
result the company will be able to overcome bad debt and it will decrease the default risk. At
the time of measuring the solvency, we saw that the cash and quick ratio of the company is
not stable and a better collection of the receivables will enhance the overall liquidity of the
company, which in turn will increase the value of the company. So after our overall analysis
we recommend that the company should offer a cash discount within the first 5-10 days. As a
result the company will see higher liquidity which will increase the overall financial capability
of the company. It will also increase the value of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd in the market.
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9. Conclusion
Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has a very good working environment where the employees get
enough opportunity to show their ability and creativeness. It has a great communication
channel. Its informal communication channel is also very active. Introduction of LAN
smoothened the communication process. Most of the employees are dedicated and
motivated to work. Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. believes in honesty in every phase of
business. The management promotes this idea to its workers. The image of the company is
also good all over the company so the customers all over the country recognize Square as a
quality company and an honest company.
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10. Appendix
10.1 Balance Sheet
References
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