Financial Analysis case studies, worked step by step

Cases
100
Traced to a firm
63
Topics
14
Hard
30
Topic
All topicsCredit analysis and lending14Budgeting, variance and reporting8Valuation9Financial statement analysis6Earnings quality and adjustments6Working capital and cash flow6M&A and corporate development7Costing, pricing and unit economics6Investment evaluation and pitches9Leveraged buyouts7Capital budgeting6Forecasting and scenarios5Financing, capital structure and treasury6Distress and restructuring5
Level
AnyWarm upCoreHard
Source
AnyReported at a firmStandard
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  1. 005An infrastructure contractor raises its cost estimate on a contract that is 60% complete. How much profit is reversed this year, and what changes if the contract turns loss-making?Earnings quality and adjustmentsCoreBig FourEquity research
  2. 017A cement plant missed budgeted EBITDA by Rs 32.75 crore while selling 15% fewer tonnes. Use a flexed budget to split the variance.Budgeting, variance and reportingCoreCorporate FP&ACost accounting
  3. 023A consumer company's sales to distributors rose 25% while distributors' sales to shops rose 8%. How much revenue was pulled forward, and what happens next quarter?Earnings quality and adjustmentsCoreForensic and auditEquity research
  4. 024A carmaker stretches supplier payment from 60 to 120 days through a bank programme and operating cash flow jumps Rs 1,200 crore. Is that free cash flow, and is it debt?Working capital and cash flowCoreRating agenciesTreasury
  5. 040A woollens maker sells 70% of its year in four winter months but produces evenly. Find its peak working capital need and size a seasonal credit line.Working capital and cash flowCoreTreasuryBank credit
  6. 045Tejomaya Technologies has 1,000 staff, a mid-year hike, 18% attrition backfilled after two months, and 150 net new hires. Build the year's staff cost budget month by month.Budgeting, variance and reportingCoreGCC finance centresCorporate FP&A
  7. 046Sindhuja Electronics owes US $20 million in six months. Compare leaving it open, a forward and a call option if the rupee ends at 80, 84 or 88, and say what each choice is really a decision about.Financing, capital structure and treasuryCoreTreasuryCorporate finance
  8. 048Natural rubber rises 20% and Pathik Tyres can pass only part of it on, with a lag. Show the EBITDA margin quarter by quarter in the first year under base, bull and bear pass-through cases.Forecasting and scenariosCoreCorporate FP&AEquity research
  9. 052Kamalnayan Hotels is at 4.6x net debt to EBITDA against a 4.0x covenant. Size an equity cure, a hotel sale and a waiver, and say which you would use.Distress and restructuringCoreRestructuring advisoryBank credit
  10. 057Lekhani Software capitalises 40% of its R&D while its peers expense all of theirs. Restate EBITDA and EBIT on a comparable basis.Earnings quality and adjustmentsCoreEquity researchBig Four

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