Technical Notes

NOTES TO CHAPTER 2

N2.1 Projecting Financial Statements Line Items

This note provides details about the line-item projections of AdvPak for each year t as shown in Exhibits 2.22.4.

Income Statements

  • Salest = Salest−1 × (1 + Growth Rate of Salest)
  • Cost of Salest = Cost of Sales as % Salest × Salest
  • Gross Profitt = Salest − Cost of Salest
  • Sales, General and Adm. Expensest (SG&At) = SG&At as % of Salest × Salest
  • Research and Developmentt (R&Dt) = R&D as % of Salest × Salest
  • EBITDAt = Gross Profitt − (SG&At + R&Dt)
  • Depreciationt = Depreciation as % PP&Et × PP&Et (PP&E from balance sheet)
  • EBITt = EBITDAt − Depreciationt
  • Interest Expenset = Interest Rate on Debtt × Debtt−1 (Debt from balance sheet)

To simplify, interest expense is based upon the level of debt at the beginning of the year. An alternative computation is to base it on the average debt balance during the year. The effect on valuation is usually immaterial.

Interest Incomet = Interest Rate on Cash and Marketable Securitiest (C&MSt) × C&MSt−1 (C&MS from balance sheet)

Pretax Incomet = EBITt − Interest Expenset + Interest Incomet

Current Income Taxt = Tax Rate on Incomet × Pre-Tax Incomet − Deferred Taxt

Deferred Taxt = Tax Rate on Incomet × (Tax Depreciationt − Book Depreciationt)

Net Incomet = Pre-Tax Incomet − (Current Income Taxt + Deferred Taxt)

Balance Sheets

Cash and Marketable Securitiest = End of Year C&MSt (from cash flow statement)

Accounts Receivablet (ARt) = AR as % of Salest × Salest

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