Business Finance: Lectures
Business Finance: Lectures
Business Finance: Lectures
LECTURES
Finance can be defined as the science and art
of managing money. (Gitman & Zutter, 2012)
Budgeting is the act of estimating revenue and
expenses over a period of time.
Investments come in many forms that will
generate income or appreciate in the future.
Source of funds refer to individuals or
company that lends money to those who need
it, especially businesses.
Finance is concerned with decisions
about:
-How much of their earnings they spend
-How much they save or how much they
need
-How they invest their savings
-How they raise additional funds they
need (Gitman)
Forms of business organizations:
-Sole Proprietorship - A business owned
by one person and operated for his or her
own profit.
-Partnership - A business owned by two or
more people and operated for profit.
-Corporation – An entity created by law
owned by shareholders.
Corporations may either be privately
owned or publicly owned.
Privately owned corporations are often
owned by family members whose stocks
may not be offered to outsiders unless
consent by the family members is
secured.
Companies which are publicly listed are
owned by unrelated investors and are
traded in organized exchanges
Prices of stocks of listed corporations
are driven by several factors such as
the earnings of the companies, the
prospects of the industry where these
companies operate, the general
market sentiment, and the economic
prospects of the country, among
others.
Do you think a profitable
company is a successful company?
Why?
Do you think is it good if a
company has a very large amount
of cash? Why?
What is the overall objective of a
shareholder?
How do we measure shareholders
wealth?
Shareholders’ wealth is measured based
on the current market price of the
corporation’s stocks. The market price
changes across different periods. Hence,
the value of your investment changes in
different points on time based on the
market value at that time.
Factors that Influence Market Price
CONTROLLABLE BY MANAGEMENT
Profitability
• Profit is a measure of the financial
performance of a company for a period
of time.
CONTROLLABLE BY MANAGEMENT
CONTROLLABLE BY MANAGEMENT
Dividends
• Holders of shares receive dividends from a
corporation as returns on their investments
in form of cash or other properties.
Companies which have better dividend
policies are generally more attractive than
companies who do not pay out dividends.
CONTROLLABLE BY MANAGEMENT
Competent management
• Competent managers may have any of
the following attributes: 1) visionary 2)
decisive 3) people-oriented, 4) inspiring,
5) innovative, 6) respected and 7)
experienced/seasoned manager.
CONTROLLABLE BY MANAGEMENT
To compute:
Amount of change = Current year
amount – Base (earlier) year amount
Percent of change = Amount of
change/Base (earlier) year amount
FINANCIAL PLANNING
TOOLS AND CONCEPTS
Planning is an important aspect of the
firm’s operations because it provides road
maps for guiding, coordinating, and
controlling the firm’s actions to achieve
its objectives (Gitman & Zutter, 2012).
Management planning is about setting
the goals of the organization and
identifying ways on how to achieve them
(Borja& Cayanan, 2015).
Long-term goals
Short-term goals
Financial planning starts with
long term plans which would
then translate to short term
plans.
Long-term financial plans - These are a
set of goals that lay out the overall
direction of the company. A long-term
financial plan is an integrated strategy
that takes into account various
departments such as sales, production,
marketing, and operations for the
purpose of guiding these departments
towards strategic goals.
Short-term financial plans - Specify short-
term financial actions and the anticipated
impact of those actions. Part of short term
financial plans include setting the sales
forecast and other forms of operating and
financial data. This would then translate into
operating budgets, the cash budget, and
pro forma financial statements (Gitman &
Zutter, 2012).
PLANNING PROCESS
1. Set goals or objectives.
For corporations, long term and short term objectives are usually
identified. These can be seen in the company’s vision and mission
statements. The vision statement states where the company
wants to be while the mission statement states the plans on how
to achieve the vision.
Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) Vision: To excel in providing great
tasting food that meets local preferences better than anyone; To
become one of the three largest and most profitable restaurant
companies in the world by 2020. Mission: To serve great tasting
food, bringing the joy of eating to everyone.
PLANNING PROCESS
2. Identify Resources
Resources include production
capacity, human resources who will
man the operations and financial
resources (Borja & Cayanan, 2015).
3. Identify goal-related task
PLANNING PROCESS
4. Establish responsibility centers for accountability
and timeline
5. Establish the evaluation system for monitoring
and controlling
For corporations, the management must establish a
mechanism which will allow plans to be monitored.
This can be done through quantified plans such as
budgets and projected financial statements. The
management will then compare the actual results to
the planned budgets and projected financial
statements.
PLANNING PROCESS
6. Determine contingency plans
In planning, contingencies must be
considered as well.
Budgets and projected financial statements
are anchored on assumptions. If these
assumptions do not become realities,
management must have alternative plans
to minimize the adverse effects on the
company (Borja & Cayanan, 2015).