The ultimate solution from ExcelIdea.com :
- A dashboard of ready to use analyses and models,
- Examples of formulas used in financial analyses,
- Get ideas on how to design an analysis.
This spreadsheet has a place on your computer desktop.
- You will access it when you need to have a quick and accurate analysis of the data.
- You will open it when you want to see examples on how to use various excel formulas.
- You will need it as a reference when you need an idea on how to design a spreadsheet.
There are two tabs in the document:
1. List, which includes analysis / report name, its description, and a list of formulas that has been used in it. The list serves as navigation to the actual report. Just click on the analysis name and you will be redirected to the analysis itself.
2. Dashboard, which has all the analyses and reports that are listed in the ‘List’ tab. Just plug in the numbers in cells formatted in blue font to see the results in formulas, rations, and graphs.
Here is the list of what you will find inside:
1.
Forecast using existing valuesExcel formulas used: =FORECAST; =ROUND; UNIT PRICE CALCULATIONS, GRAPHS

2.
Forecast using trend analysisExcel formulas used: =TREND; % CHANGE
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Forecast using growth patternExcel formulas used: =GROWTH; % GROWTH

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Low / Mid / High EstimatesProforma Income Statement: Sales, Cost of Sales, Growth Margin, Net Profit

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Historical Sales Data AnalysisExcel formulas used: =MAX; =MIN; =AVERAGE; =COUNTIF; SUMIF; % growth change, VALIDATION, drop-down list feature; GRAPHS

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Historical Sales, Cost, and Net Profit AnalysisExcel formulas used: BRIDGE ANALYSIS, RATE & VOLUME, % Gross Margin, % Net Profit, =IF, =MAX; =MIN; =AVERAGE

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Actual to Goal / Benchmark AnalysisActual to Benchmark difference comparison
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Financial Statement Analysis to Benchmark RatiosReturn on Equity; Earnings per share; Net Profit Margin; Return on Assets; Return on total invested capital; Quick Ration; Current Ration; Days' sales in inventory; Inventory Turnover

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Depreciation calculationExcel formulas used: =DB, =DDB, =SLN, =SYD

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Future Value of an investmentExcel formulas used: =FV
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Present Value of an investmentExcel formulas used: =PV
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Calculate payment for a loanExcel formulas used: =PMT
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Calculate Rate for a Loan or InvestmentExcel formulas used: =RATE
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Calculate Number of Payments for a loan or investmentExcel formulas used: =NPER
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Calculate Interest Payment for a periodExcel formulas used: =ISPMT
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Calculate Payment on a Principal for a given periodExcel formulas used: =PPMT

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Monthly data analysisExcel formulas used: =VLOOKUP, =CHOOSE, =CONCATENATE, =MATCH, VALIDATION, =IF, =ISNA
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OTHER examples; instructionExcel formulas used: =CELL, =NOW, =HYPERLINK