Financial Management-Juraz-Short Notes
Financial Management-Juraz-Short Notes
Financial Management-Juraz-Short Notes
A) Maximisation of profit
It is the main objective of the business enterprises. According to this
view, the aim of financial management is to earn maximum rate of
profits on capital employed.
Advantages of profit maximisation
1. it is essential for survival.
2. Achievement of social welfare.
3. It attract investors to invest their savings in securities.
4. It is a measurement of standard.
5. It is a sufficient fund for future expansion.
Criticism of profit maximisation
1. It ignores time value of money.
2. It attracts cut-throat competition.
3. It exploits workers and consumers.
4. It does not take into consideration the welfare of the society.
5. Profit cannot be ascertain well in advance.
B) Maximisation of wealth
The wealth maximisation approach aims at maximising the wealth of
the shareholders by increasing earnings per share.
Advantages of wealth maximisation
1. It considers the time value of money.
2. It is universally accepted approach.
3. It consider the risk factor.
4. It focuses long term growth of the organisation.
5. It guides management in framing suitable dividend policy.
Criticism of wealth maximisation approach
1. It is useful only in large business.
2. It is not socially desirable.
3. It leads to confusion of financial policy.
4. It is an indirect name of profit maximisation.
Difference between profit maximisation and wealth maximisation
Profit Maximisation Wealth Maximisation
Short term objective Long term objective
Aims at maximising profit. Aims at maximising wealth.
It is a traditional approach. It is a modern approach.
It ignores risk factor. It consider risk factor.
It ignores society. It considers society.
It ignores time value of money. It considers time value of money.
C) Value Maximisation
Another objective of financial management is to increase the value
of the organisation. It maximises the long term market value of the
organisation.
Scope of financial management
1. Investment decision.
2. Working capital decision.
3. Financing decision.
4. Dividend decision.
5. Ensure liquidity.
6. Profit management.
7. Cash management
Role / Responsibilities of financial manager
1. Performing financial analysis and planning.
2. investment decision.
3. Financing decision.
4. Dividend decision.
5. Foreign exchange management.
6. Investment planning.
Time Value of Money
The concept of time value is based on the fact money has a time
value. This means value of money depends upon time. The value of
money changes over a period.
Application / Uses of Time Value of Money
1. Bond valuation.
2. stock valuation.
3. Financial analysis of firms.
4. Accept or rejection decisions for project management.
Techniques of time value of money
1. Compounding
The process of calculating future value of present money is called
compounding.
2.Discounting
The process of calculating present value of future money is called
discounting.
Risk
According to Roman, “Risk is the probability of failure to accomplish
an objective.”
Types of risk
1) Systematic Risk
It is a non-diversifier risk. It arises due to factors like economic,
sociological, political, etc.
a) Market risk
It refers to variability in stock prices due to change in investors
attitudes.
b) Interest rate risk
It refers to risk arises due to change in value of security prices due to
change in interest rate in the market.
c) Purchasing power risk
It refers to risk arises due to inflation. It is also known as inflation
risk.
2) Unsystematic Risk
It is a type of risk arises due to factors peculiar to a particular firm
such as labour strike, change in management etc.
a) Business risk
It refers to variability in the actual earnings of a firm from its
expected earnings.
b) Financial risk
It refers to risk arises due to the presence of debt I the capital
structure of a firm.
Return
It simply refers to benefits accrued on original investment made in
an asset or investment.
Approaches to measurement of return
1. Profit approach
2. Income approach
3. Cash flow approach.
4. Ratio approach.
Risk-Return Trade-off
A particular combination where both risk and return are optimised is
known as risk-return trade off.
MODULE II
Investment Decision
Capital budgeting
It is the process of making capital investment decisions.
Nature / Features of capital budgeting
1. Funds are invested in long term activities.
2. it involves large outlays.
3. It involves high degree of risk.
4. it requires careful planning.
5. Gestation period is long.
Role and importance of capital budgeting
1. It involves huge investment in assets.
2. It has long term affect on future profitability.
3. Capital budgeting decision cannot be reversed easily.
4. It involves greater risk.
5. It affect the growth of a firm.
6. It is difficult to make capital budgeting decision.
7. It facilitates cost control.
Limitations of capital budgeting
1. High degree of risk.
2. It is difficult to estimate cost of capital.
3. It is difficult to estimate rate of return.
4. It is difficult to estimate period of investment.
5. It is expensive.
6. It is irreversible in nature.
Capital budgeting process (Steps in capital budgeting)
1. Project generation
Capital budgeting process begins with identification of investment
proposals.
2. Project screening
Each proposal is subject to a preliminary screening in order to assess
technical feasibility.
3. Project evaluation
It is the process of evaluating profitability of each proposal.
4. Project selection
It is a process of selection and approval of the best proposal.
5. Project execution
After the election of project, funds are allocated for them and a
capital budget is prepared.
6. Performance review
In this stage, progress must be reviewed at periodical intervals.
Investment appraisal methods (Techniques of capital budgeting)
Traditional Methods Modern Methods
(Non-discounting techniques) (Discounting methods)
Urgency method Discount pay back method.
Payback period method Net present value method
Average rate of return method Benefit cost ratio
Internal rate of return
Net terminal value method.
Urgency method
In this method most urgent projects are taken up first.
Merits of urgency method Demerits of urgency method
It is a simple technique It is not based on scientific test
It is useful to short term projects Selection is based on situation
MODULE III
Cost of Equity
Cost of capital
It refers to minimum required rate of return or the cut off rate for
capital expenditures.
Features of cost of capital
1. It is a rate of return required on the projects.
2. It is the reward for business and financial risks.
3. It is the minimum rate of return on a firm.
4. It is a riskless cost of particular source.
Importance of cost of capital
1. Useful in investment decision.
2. Useful in designing capital structure.
3. Useful in deciding method of finance.
4. Optimum mobilisation of resources.
5. Useful in evaluation of performance of management.
Factors determining cost of capital
1. General economic conditions.
2. Risk.
3. Amount of finance required.
4. Floatation cost.
5. Taxes.
Classification of cost of capital
1. Historical cost
It refers to the cost which has already been incurred for financing a
project.
2. Future cost
It refers to the expected cost of fund to be raised for financing a
project.
3. Specific cost.
It refers to the cost of a specific source of a capital.
4. Composite cost
It refers to the combined cost of various source of capital.
5. Average cost
It refers to weighted average cost of capital calculated on the basis of
cost of each source of capital and weights assigned to them in the
ration of their share to total capital fund.
6. Marginal cost
It is the cost of obtaining an extra one of finance.
7. Explicit cost
It is a discount rate which equates the present value of cash inflows
with the present value of cash outflows.
8. Implicit cost
Implicit cost refers to rate of return which can be earned by investing
the funds in alternative investment.
Cost of debt
It is the payment of interest on debentures or bonds or loans from
financial institutions.
Irredeemable debt
These are the debts which are not repayable during the life of the
company.
Redeemable debt
These are the debt issued to be redeemed after a certain period
during the lifetime of a firm.
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
This approach was developed by William S Sharpe. According to this
approach, return on equity shares depends on amount of risks
associated with it. If more risk is associated with it, it will provide
more return. If less risk, it will provide less return.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
It simply refers to average cost of various sources of finance.
Merits of WACC
1. It is a straight forward approach.
2. It is useful in capital budgeting.
3. It is more accurate when profits are normal.
4. It consider all changes in the capital structure.
Limitations of WACC
1. It is not suitable in case of low profits.
2. It is very difficult to assign weights.
3. It is not suitable in case of excessive low cost debt.
Source of Finance
1) Share capital
The capital of a company is divided into small units. Those units are
called share.
a) Equity share capital
Shares which are not preference shares are called equity shares.
These are ordinary shares.
b) Preference share capital
Preference shares are those shares which carries preferential right
with respect to payment of dividend and repayment of capital.
2) Debenture capital
Debenture simply refers to acknowledgment of debt.
3) Term Loan
A term loan is granted on the basis of agreement between borrower
and the lending institution.
4) Venture capital
It refers to giving capital to enterprise that has risk and adventure.
5) Lease finance
A lease is contractual arrangement calling for lessee to pay the lessor
for the use of an asset.
6) Retained earnings
A part of profit earned every year shall be retained in the business.
The amount retained in the business is known as retained earnings.
Capital Structure
Capital Structure
According to CW Gerstenberg, “ Capital structure refers to the kind
of securities that make up capitalisation.”
Capitalisation
It is a total amount of capital raised through shares, debentures,
bonds and retained earnings.
Difference between capitalisation and capital structure
Capitalisation Capital Structure
It is a quantitative concept It is a qualitative concept.
It is classified as over and under It is high or low geared.
capitalisation.
It is influenced by internal needs It is influenced by external force.
of the company
It is the total amount of capital It is the make up of
raised through shares, capitalisation.
debentures etc.
Difference between capital structure and finance structure
Capital structure Finance structure
It includes long term and short It includes only long term source
term source of fund. of the fund.
It means the entire liability side It means long term liabilities of
of the balance sheet. the company.
It consists of all source of It consists equity, preference
capital. and retained earning capital.
It is not important while It is important while determining
determining value of firm. value of firm.
MODULE IV
Working Capital Management
Working capital
It is the capital required for day to day working of an enterprise.
This is just a theory short notes from all the modules. You all need to
focus on problem section well while preparing for the exams