Presentations – How to Do Good Analysis
A. Good Analysis – How To Give it
· don’t just read off the values from the slide · tell the STORY behind the numbers – link numbers to specific products and decisions
B. Interpreting Cash Flow Slides
Slide
Causes (usually a combination of the following)
Cash from Operating Activities
Positive Values
·High Sales of products — mention specific products
– Lower costs for materials & labor (variable costs)
– Lower costs for Period costs
– which generate higher profits and therefore cash from operating activities.
– selling off excess inventory produced in a previous round
Negative Values
·Excessive expenses (materials, labor, period costs)
· Excessive amounts of product left on hand – over optimistic sales forecasting or production creating inventory carrying charges
· Low sales due to competition or bad positioning of products
· Over-investment in TQM or investment in a new Product (R&D)
· excessive interest payments
Cash from Investing Activities
Positive Values ·Selling off capacity generates positive cash from investing
Negative Values
– buying capacity, automation investment
– NOT TQM or R&D (!)
– not a bad thing to have negative cash from investing; negative and positive values are simply descriptive of what happened
Cash from Financing Activities
Positive Values · issuing stock, taking loans, taking long-term debt, taking an emergency loan
Negative Values · buying back stock, paying back loans, issuing dividends
(don’t pay more than EPS in a dividend or it will hurt your stock price)
Ending Cash Balance
· don’t have to say too much about this – other than if you are in a strong, medium or weak cash position.
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How to Do a Good Analysis in a Presentation
A. How to Give a Good Analysis
Don’t just read the numbers off the slide; explain the STORY behind the numbers by connecting them to specific items and decisions.
B. Cash Flow Slides Interpretation
Slide
Reasons for this (usually a combination of the following)
Cash generated from operations
Positive Attributes
·High Sales of products — mention specific products
– Lower costs for materials & labor (variable costs)
– Lower costs for Period costs
– which generate higher profits and therefore cash from operating activities.
– selling off excess inventory produced in a previous round
Negative Values
·Excessive expenses (materials, labor, period costs)
· Excessive amounts of product left on hand – over optimistic sales forecasting or production creating inventory carrying charges
· Low sales due to competition or bad positioning
