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Example of a Completed Enterprise Analysis

Description of enterprise analysis.

Sample format to prepare an enterprise analysis.

 

Enterprise Analysis (separate sheet for each enterprise)

Enterprise ___DRYBEANS____________

 

Period covered

__1995________________

 

Date prepared

____NOV. 1995__________

(Check 1)

__X_ Report of past activities

____ Projection of future activities

(Check 1)

_X__ Prepared on a "per-unit basis (e.g., per acre or per head)

____ Prepared for "entire enterprise"

REVENUE:  sources
Quantity
Price
Revenue
Cash inflow
a. beans
 882
 0.18
 158.76
 158.76
b.        
c.        
d.        
1. Total Revenue    
 158.76
 158.76
COSTS: sources
Quantity
Price
Cost
Cash outflow

Variable cash costs

a. seed

 

 50

 

0.54

 

27.00 

 

27.00

b. fertilizer
 
 
 1.89
1.89 

c. chemicals

 
 
 20.38
 20.38

d. medicine

 
 
 
 
e. land rent
 
 
 
 
f. hired labor    fuel
 7.80
0.80
 6.24
 6.24
g. interest on operating loan
 82.83
 0.05
 4.14
 4.14
h. repairs
 
 
10.33 
10.33 
i. custom operations
 
 
 
 
j. professional services misc. expenses
 
 
 1.00
 1.00
k.  crop insurance
 
 
 16.00
 16.00
2. Total variable cash costs
 
 
 86.98
 86.98

Variable non-cash costs

a. raised seed

       
b. raised feed        
c.        
3. Total variable non-cash costs        

Fixed cash costs

a. property tax

 
 

 

2.82

 

2.82

b. interest on long-term debt
 110.55
 0.10
 11.06
 11.06
c. allocated business overhead
 
 
 
 
d.  Equipment debt
 61.88
 0.10
 6.19
 6.19
4. Total fixed cash costs
 
 
 20.06
 20.06

Fixed non-cash costs

a. depreciation

   

 

19.30

 
b.    
 
 
5. Total fixed non-cash costs    
 19.30
 
Total cost (lines 2, 3, 4, 5)
126.34
 
6. Accounting profit (return to owned assets) line 1 minus lines 2, 3, 4, 5    

 

 32.42

 

Opportunity costs

a. unpaid labor

 
 
 
 
b. land equity
 221
 0.07
 16.13
 
c. cash from savings
 
 
 
 
d. non-land equity -- equipment
 120.12
 0.06
 7.21
 
e.
 
 
 
 
7. Total assigned opportunity cost
 
 
 23.34
 
Return to owned assets not assigned an opportunity cost (line 6 minus line 7)
 
 

 

9.08

 

Non-cost cash outlays

a. principal payments

 

110.55

 

0.03

 

 

3.65

b. owners' draw
 
 
 
 
c.
 61.88
 0.14
 
 8.85
8. Total non-cost cash outlays
 
 
 
 12.50
Net cash flow (line 1 minus lines 2, 4, 8)
 
 
 
 39.22

 

Last Updated November 7, 2006

   

Email: David.Saxowsky@ndsu.edu

This material is intended for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for competent professional advice. Seek appropriate advice for answers to your specific questions.

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