7.1.3. Reporting

The goal of financial forecasting a project or company is to obtain “would be” scenarios of the financial statements and other reports.

Learn how the financial statements are organized within CASFLO APP here. With CASFLO APP you can forecast the following reports:

  1. Income statement.
  2. Balance sheet.
  3. Feasibility analysis.
  4. Indicators.
  5. Revenue plan.
  6. Financing plan.
  7. Investment plan.
  8. Human resources plan.

All reports are downloadable in Excel and PDF. The download buttons are below each report.

Income statement

If the income statement by functions is off (check the project settings) an income statement by natures will be presented.

Learn about the organization and the different presentations of the income statement.

Balance sheet

The balance sheet summarizes a company’s assets, liabilities and shareholders’ equity for each forecasting year.

You can learn more about the balance sheet on the financial analysis manual.

Feasibility analysis

This report presents the calculation of the Free Cash Flow to Firm (FCFF), perpetuity, Net Present Value (NPV) of the project, Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and payback periods.

You can learn more about feasibility analysis on the financial analysis manual.

Indicators

Here you will find a set of indicators and ratios:

Margins and profitability
  • Gross margin
  • Gross margins (with operating expenses)
  • Net margin
  • Return On Sales (ROS)
  • Return On Assets (ROA)
  • Return On Equity (ROE)
  • Return On Invested Capital (ROIC)

Learn more about margins and profitability on the accounting and reporting manual.

Solvency
  • Equity ratio
  • Equity-to-liabilities ratio
  • Liabilities-to-assets ratio

Learn more about solvency on the accounting and reporting manual.

Leverage
  • Average cost of debt
  • Equity-to-permanent financing ratio
  • Interest coverage ratio
  • Debt service coverage ratio

Learn more about leverage on the accounting and reporting manual.

Liquidity
  • Current ratio
  • Quick ratio

Learn more about liquidity on the accounting and reporting manual.

Growth rates

Displays the yearly growth rate for the following items of the income sheet:

Income statement weights

All income statement items are presented as a percentage of the weight of the net revenue.

Financing plan

Outputs the inflows and outflows of the project’s financing:

  • Issued capital
  • Other equity instruments
  • Shareholders loans
  • Debt
Revenue plan

List the estimates of sales of products and services that your project or company will sell.

Click on the top of the column to reorganize the items.

Investment plan

Lists the investments to be undertaken. Click on the top of the column to reorganize the items.

Human resources plan

Lists the human resources to be employed by the company. Click on the top of the column to reorganize the items.

Next Section: 7.2. Assumptions