The analysis of the expected performance of the venture leverages the draft of multiply interconnected schemes, predicting the investment output in terms of revenues, costs and monetary flows:
- PROJECT DESCRIPTION (introduction to the company)
- FINANCIAL PLAN, composed by:
- assumptions of the calculations
- sales plan
- variable cost schemes
- overheads statements
- investment plan
- depreciations table
- cash-flow schemes
- profit & loss table
- balance sheet statements
- break-even and sensitivity simulations
- income and financial ratios
The results of the projections are shown to investors and partners to express the company expected performance, as return on investment forecasts and management business goals. However, in some cases, the analysis aims to reach a further goal: to estimate the venture value, work that requires a further step in the assessment:
- COMPANY EVALUATION (discounted cash-flow analysis)
And in term of scope:
- MANAGEMENT: X
- PRESENTATION: X
- EVALUATION: X
