Long-Term Financial Planning Long-term financial planning refers to the systematic formulation of the way to achieving a corporation’s long-term financial

• Long-Term Financial Planning

• Long-term financial planning refers to the systematic formulation of the way to

achieving a corporation’s long-term financial goals.

• It involves the investment that will be needed to achieve those goals and the

financing that must be raised.

• The result of the planning exercise is a Long-Term Financial Plan, which

specifies the growth rate expected to be achieved over 5 to 10 years horizon.

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CHAPTER 3: LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING AND GROWTH

Long-Term Financial Planning

• Developing an explicit financial plan, requires considering the following four key elements:

• The needed investment in new assets: This arises from the chosen investment opportunities which results from the firm’s capital budgeting decisions.

• The degree of financial leverage chosen: That is the amount of borrowing to be used to finance the chosen investment opportunity, which is determined by firm’s capital structure policy.

• The amount of liquidity and working that will be needed for routine operations: This is the firm’s net working capital decisions.

• The appropriate amount of cash dividend to be distribute to shareholders: This is determined by the firm’s dividend policy.

• Decisions on these four areas will directly affect the corporation’s future need for external financing, profitability and growth.

• Financial planners are said to be guided by six Ps: stated as: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.


Long-Term Financial Planning Financial Planning Models

Percentage of Sales Model:

• A variety of financial planning models exist to aid the financial planning process.

• The Percentage of Sales Model is the most popular model discussed in finance texts

and the one adopted. It however assumes fixed assets are used at full capacity (i.e.

100%). In this model, value of total sales reported in the income statement is

forecasted to grow at a specified rate over the next period.

• Other items in both the income statement and the balance sheet that are assumed to

vary directly with sales are identified.

• The forecasted sales growth implies need for more financing.

• To determine the amount of financing required a Pro-Forma income statement and

balance sheet would first have to be developed from the current financial

statements as illustrated below.

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Long-Term Financial Planning Percentage of Sales Model

Madina Corporation Income Statement for the ended 2014

GH¢

Sales 10,000

Cost of sales 8,000

Income before tax 2,000

Tax (34%) 680

Net income 1,320

Dividend 440

Retained earnings 880



Madina Corporation Balance Sheet as at year end 2014

Liabilities (GH¢) Assets (GH¢)

Accounts payable 3,000 Cash 1,600

Notes payable 1,000 Accounts payable 4,400

Total current liabilities 4,000 Inventory 6,000

Long-term debt 8,000 Total current assets 12,000

Equity 8,000 Net Fixed assets 18,000

Retained earnings 10,000

Total equity 18,000

Total liabilities & equity 30,000 Total assets 30,000

Madina Corporation’s Management has forecasted sales to increase by 25% for the

coming year 2015.



Pro-Forma Financial Statements

• Pro-Forma Income Statement

• To generate a pro-forma income statement total costs of sales is assumed to

continue to be (GH¢8,000/GH¢10,000) 80% of sales.

• Thus Madina Corporation’s pro-forma income statement for 2015 will look as:

Pro-Forma Income Statement for 2015

GH¢

Sales (25% projected) 12,500

Cost of sales (80% of sales) 10,000

Income before tax 2,500

Tax (34%) 850

Net income 1,650



• Since the 80% costs of sales are assumed to be constant then profit margin will as

well be constant as follows:

• From the 2014 income statement, profit margin was (GH¢1,320/GH¢10,000)

13.2%. Thus, from the pro-forma statement profit margin will as well be (GH

¢1,650/GH¢12,500) 13.2%.

The Corporation is assumed to have a dividend policy of constant dividend payout ratio

determined as follows:

Dividend payout ratio = Cash dividends/Net income.

= GH¢440/GH¢1,320 = 33⅓%

Thus, Retention ratio = Retained earnings/Net income.

= GH¢880/GH¢1,320 = 66⅔%

projected dividend to be paid = GH¢1,650 x 33⅓% = GH¢550

Projected retained earnings = GH¢1,650 x 66⅔% = GH¢1,100

GH¢1,650


• Pro-Forma Balance Sheet

• Each of the items that vary with sales is expressed as percentage of sales. Items that

do not vary with sales “n/a” is written against them., as Illustrated below:



Madina Corporation Percentage Pro-Forma Balance Sheet 2015

Liabilities (GH¢) % of sale Assets (GH¢) % of saleAccounts payable 3,000 30% Cash 1,600 16%

Notes payable 1,000 n/a Accounts payable 4,400 44

Total current liabilities 4,000 n/a Inventory 6,000 60

Long-term debt 8,000 n/a Total current assets 12,000 120

Equity 8,000 n/a Net Fixed assets 18,000 180

Retained earnings 10,000 n/a

Total equity 18,000 n/a

Total liabilities/equity 30,000 n/a Total assets 30,000 300%



• Notice the ratio of total assets to sales is 300%. This ratio is also called the capital

intensity ratio. It tells us the amount of assets (cash) needed to generate GH¢1 in

sales; so the higher the ratio is, the more capital intensive is the firm.



Liabilities (GH¢) Change Assets (GH¢) Change (GH¢) (GH¢)

Accounts payable 3,750 750 Cash 2,000 400

Notes payable 1,000 0 A/Cs payable 5,500 1,100

Total current liabilities 4,750 750 Inventory 7,500 1,500

Long-term debt 8,000 0 Total curt assets 15,000 3,000

Equity 8,000 0 Net Fixed assets 22,500 4,500

Retained earnings 11,100 1,100

Total equity 19,100 1,100

Total liabilities/equity 31,850 1,850 Total assets 37,500 7,500

Ext Financing needed 5,650 5,650



• The pro-forma balance sheet indicates projected assets increase by GH¢7,500

based on projected sales revenue. However liabilities and equity will increase by

only GH¢1,850, creating a shortfall of (GH¢7,500 - GH¢1,850) GH¢5,650, which

is labeled external financing needed (EFN).

• Thus, to achieve the 25% projected sales increase, the Corporation should raise the

needed GH¢5,650 from the following three possible external sources: short-term

borrowing, long-term borrowing and new equity or a combination of them.

• Now if the company decides to borrow, it might borrow some short-term and the

rest long-term. Since current asset are to increase by GH¢3,000, while current

liabilities by only GH¢750, it could borrow (GH¢3,000 - GH¢750) GH¢2,250 in

short term notes, the remaining (GH¢5,650 - GH¢2,250) GH¢3,400 in long-term

debt. The two combined external sources are now captured in the completed Pro-

Forma Balance Sheet as follows:


Long-Term Financial Planning :Percentage of Sales Model

Pro-Forma Balance Sheet 2015

Liabilities (GH¢) Change Assets (GH¢) Change

(GH¢) (GH¢)

A/Cs payable 3,750 750 Cash 2,000 400

Notes payable 3,250 2,250 A/C payable 5,500 1,100

Current liabilities 7,000 3,000 Inventory 7,500 1,500

Long-term debt 11,400 3,400 Current assets 15,000 3,000

Equity 8,000 0 Net Fixed assets 22,500 4,500

Retained earnings 11,100 1,100

Total equity 19,100 1,100

Liabilities/equity 37,500 7,500 Total assets 37,500 7,500



• In the previous discussion the growth rate on sales is given upon which the amount

of external financing required to support it is determined.

• In this section however, the corporation’s financing policy is assumed as given and

then the relationship between that policy and its ability to finance new growth is

examined.

• External financing is however only resorted to if internal financing is insufficient.

• Thus, Internal growth rate and Sustainable growth rate are particularly useful in

long-term financial planning:

• The Internal growth rate:

• The internal growth rate is the maximum growth rate that a firm can achieve with

internal financing only.

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Long-Term Financial Planning External Financing and Growth Rate

• The internal financing however depends on the firm’s dividend policy, which is

also composed of dividend payout ratio and earnings retention ratio. Madina

Corporation’s dividend payout ratio and retention ratio from its 2012 income

Statement are:

• Dividend payout ratio = = = 75%

• Retention ratio = = = 25%

• Internal growth rate =

• Where, b is the retention ratio = 25% and ROA is return on assets = 5.78%, derived

from Madina Corporation’s financial Statement for the year 2012 discussed earlier

on.

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• Therefore Madina Corporations internal growth rate = =

= 0.0147 or 1.47%.

• That implies the company can expand up to a maximum rate of 1.47% per year

with only internal financing, beyond which it will required external financing.

• The sustainable Growth Rate:

• For the corporation to grow beyond its internal growth rate of 1.47% per year,

external financing must be arranged.

• The desired higher growth rate is termed sustainable growth rate, which should not

be financed with external equity.



• Reasons why external equity financing may be avoided include:

i. Additional public equity issue can be expensive due to high floatation costs

ii. Current owners may not wish to bring in new owners

iii. Current owners may not wish to contribute additional equity

• Thus, Sustainable Growth Rate =

• For Madina Corporation the ROE = 11.15% calculated previously.

• Sustainable growth rate is thus = = = 0.0287 or 2.87%

• That implies the corporation can expand up to a maximum growth rate of 2.87%

per annum without external equity financing but rather with external debt

financing.

• If a firm wants to increase its sustainable growth rate, then it must take measures to

increase its ROE and retention ratio.

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• It therefore implies that a firm’s ability to sustain its growth rate depends explicitly

on its level of ROE determined by strategies to improve

1. Profit margin and total assets turnover

2. Adjust financing policy and dividend policy.



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