VALUATION

BACKGROUND

[001] Unless otherwise indicated herein, the materials described in this section are not prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

Field

[002] The subject matter in general relates to analysis of financial data. More particularly, but not exclusively, the subject matter relates to generation or preparation of a project financials and enterprise valuation based on the inputs provided by a user.

Discussion of related art

[003] Financial analysis of a project plays a vital role in determining the valuation of an enterprise. The financial analysis can be performed by analysts such as for example a professional accountant. One of the conventional approaches to generate or prepare financial analysis data include calculation of each and every financial element. Financial analysis, if performed manually, consumes considerable amount of time and could be erroneous due to lack of attention to detail of the professional accountant or by the individual while performing the analysis. Further, if the analysis is performed by the account professional for a client, the client has to pay huge amounts for such analysis since such tasks are tedious and require specific skills. In addition, in case of any minor change in the values, the professional accountant may have to again invest considerable time to incorporate such change into the analysis. Reanalysis may result in incurring additional costs to the client. Further, reanalysis consumes additional time, in addition to the time already spent for the previous analysis.

[004] Another conventional method for preparing financial analysis data and enterprise valuation includes the use of a computer application, called spreadsheet, such as MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL and STAR OFFICE CALC, among others. However, the account professional or the individual doing the analysis should have knowledge, skills and experience to use the spreadsheet tool. The analyst should be trained properly if he is not skilled in using the spreadsheet. Both the conventional approaches consume considerable amount of time to complete the analysis. Moreover, the analysis performed by any of the conventional approaches is prone to error due to the complexity of the task.

[005] In light of the foregoing discussion, there is need for an improved platform for enabling generation of project financials and enterprise valuation.

SUMMARY [006] In one aspect a system is provided for generating project financials and enterprise valuation. The system includes at least one processing module configured to receive financial information as input from a user device, process the input to generate an output summary and generate multiple output pages producing corresponding to project financials and enterprise valuation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[007] Embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the Figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements and in which:

[008] FIG. 1 is block diagram of an exemplary architecture of an exemplary system 100 for generating project financials and enterprise valuation, in accordance with an embodiment;

[009] FIGs. 2A-2B are flowcharts illustrating the steps for generating project financials and enterprise valuation, in accordance with an embodiment;

[0010] FIGs. 3A-3E illustrates user interface enabled by the system 100, in accordance with an embodiment;

[0011] FIG. 4A illustrates an example inventory output page;

[0012] FIG.4B illustrates an example balance sheet output page,

[0013] FIG.4C illustrates an example total written off expenditures output page;

[0014] FIG.4D illustrates an example profit and loss output page,

[0015] FIG. 4E illustrates example total assets and depreciation output page;

[0016] FIG.4F illustrates an example expenditures output page;

[0017] FIG.4G illustrates an example cash flow statement output page;

[0018] FIG.4H illustrates an example work capital estimate output page;

[0019] FIG.4I illustrates an example loan and interest output page,

[0020] FIG.4J illustrates an example evaluation summary' output page.

[0021] FIG.5 A illustrates an example topline chart;

[0022] FIG. 5B illustrates an example investment chart;

[0023] FIG. 5C illustrates an example operating profit chart;

[0024] FIG. 5D illustrates an example net profit chart; and

[0025] FIG. 5E illustrates an example cash accrual chart.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The following detailed description includes references to the accompanying drawings, which form part of the detailed description. The drawings show illustrations in accordance with example embodiments. These example embodiments are described in enough detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present subject matter. However, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments. The embodiments can be combined, other embodiments can be utilized, or structural and logical changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken as a limiting sense.

[0027] In this document, the terms“a” or“an” are used, as is common in patent documents, to include one or more than one. In this document, the term“or” is used to refer to a nonexclusive“or,” such that“A or B” includes“A but not B,”“B but not A,” and“A and B,” unless otherwise indicated.

[0028] Referring to the figures, more particularly to FIG. 1 exemplary' system 100 for facilitating project analysis for evaluating an enterprise is provided. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating hardware elements of the system 100, in accordance with an embodiment. The system 100 may be implemented using one or more servers, which may be referred to as server. The system 100 may include a processing module 102, a memory module 106, an input/output module 104, and a communication module 108. In an embodiment, the system 100 is an el ectronic device and may include smart phones, PDAs, tablet PCs, notebook PCs, laptops and computers among other computing devices.

[0029] The processing module 102 is implemented in the form of one or more processors and may be implemented as appropriate in hardware, computer executable instructions, firmware, or combinations thereof. Computer-executable instruction or firmware implementations of the processing module 102 may include computer-executable or machine- executable instructions written in any suitable programming language to perform the various functions described

[0030] The input/output module 104 may provide an interface for input devices such as computing devices, keypad, touch screen, mouse, and stylus among other input devices; and output devices such as speakers, printer, and additional displays among others. The input/output module 104 may be used to receive data or send data through the communication module 108.

[0031] The memory module 106 may include a permanent memory such as hard disk drive, may be configured to store data, and executable program instructions that are implemented by the processing module 102. The memory' module 106 may be implemented in the form of a primary' and a secondary memory. The memory module 106 may store additional data and program instructions that are loadable and executable on the processing module 102, as well as data generated during the execution of these programs. Further, the memory module 106 may be a volatile memory, such as a random-access memory and/or a disk drive, or a non volatile memory. The memory module 106 may comprise of removable memory such as a Compact Flash card, Memory Stick, Smart Media, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital memory, or any other memory storage that exists currently or may exist in the future.

[0032] The communication module 108 may include a modem, a network interface card (such as Ethernet card), a communication port, and a Personal Computer Memory' Card International Association (PCMCIA) slot, among others. The communication module 108 may include devices supporting both wired and wireless protocols. Data in the form of electronic, electromagnetic, optical, among other signals may be transferred via the communication module 108

[0033] We now proceed to discuss the detailed functions of each of the modules, described in the previous section, towards the intended function of project analysis and enterprise valuation. Each of the modules may function independently or in combination with other modules of system 100.

[0034] Referring to FIG. 2A-2B, the system 100 is configured to perform steps towards project analysis and enterprise valuation. A method 200 including one or more steps for generating project analysis and enterprise valuation report will be described in the following embodiments

[0035] At step 202, the system 100 receives project related information or financial information as input. The input may include topline 116a, expenditures 1 16b, purchase 116c, investment 1 16d, depreci ati on rate 116e, interest rate 116f, 1 oan 1 16g, and i ncom e tax rate 1 16h , among others. The inputs provided by the user is received by the input module 104. Referring to the Fig 3A, the user may click on a submit button displayed on a user device 302 for submission of the inputs related to the project.

[0036] The processing module 102 processes the information provided by the user at step 204. The processed information is displayed as an output summary' at step 206. in an embodiment, the system 100 enables the user to edit the inputs entered to obtain the desired output summary. At step 208, the user may edit the input, if the user is not satisfied with the output summary. For example, the user may find that the input provided by the user is incorrect if so, the user is directed to step 202, else the output summary is displayed at step 210 on the user device 302. Referring to FIG. 3E, a pictorial representation of an interface to receive input (step 202) and display output summary (steps 206 and 210) is illustrated. As seen in the FIG. 3E, the user provides input for fields, such as, topline and expenditures, current assets, non- current assets and means of project finance, among others. On clicking the submit button, project finance summary and enterprise valuation summary is displayed on the user device 302. The inputs provided by the user and the output summary obtained at step 210 is automatically saved in a specific file and folder created by the user.

[0037] Referring to FIG.3B, the display of an output summary on the user device 302 is illustrated, in accordance with an embodiment. The output summary may include (icons) topline 120a, expenditures 120b, operating profits 120c, interest payment 120e, depreciation 120d, written-off expenses 120f, cash accrual 120g, and enterprise valuation 120h, among others. In an embodiment, the user may click on the preview button. A preview output is displayed on the user device 302 at step 212.

[0038] Referring to FIG.3C, preview output may include project financials such as project cost 126a, profit and loss account 126b, balance sheet 126c, cash flow statement 126d, inventory' 126e, charts 126f and enterprise valuation 126g, among others. Further, the user may open a specific project financial listed in the preview output by clicking on a page preview option for larger display of the selected page. On selecting any of said project financials output, the respective project financial output is displayed on the page preview' option. The user may open the desired project financial output for larger display of the selected project financial. For example, w'hen the user clicks on inventory 126e, the inventory 126e output page is displayed in the page preview format. The user may click on the page preview option for larger display (refer FIG. 4A) to open the selected page i .e. inventory' 126e output page.

[0039] At step 214, the system 100 enables the user to decide, if the user needs to edit any of the project financials (output pages) listed in the preview output. In an embodiment, the user is directed to step 218, if the user does not desire to edit or modify any of said project financials. Alternatively, the user may desire to edit or modify a specific project financials listed in the preview summary by selecting the edit option. In an embodiment, each of the project financials may be edited. For example, if the user clicks on project cost 126a, the page preview will show' the project cost 126a output in the page preview option, and the user may click on the page preview option for larger display of the project cost 126a output page. At step 216, a tool box menu displayed adjacent to the selected project financials output enables the user to make changes in the selected project financial output. In an embodiment, the tool box menu enables the user to change the font size of the text of the selected project financials. Referring to FIG.4B, which illustrates an example of balance sheet output, the user desiring to change the font size of the text in the balance sheet output, clicks on the toolbox displayed on the user device 302. On selecting the toolbox, the toolbox provides various options such as change in the fonts, colors, charts and graphs. The user may select“change in font size” option to change the font size of the text in the bal ance sheet output. In another embodiment, the tool box menu enables the user to change the text color or cells color of the selected project financials. To change the color of the text or cells in the profit and loss output, the user may select the“color change” option in the toolbox menu in an embodiment, the toolbox menu enables the user to change the layout of the selected project financials output. In an embodiment, the user may edit the style of the font in the output page using the tool box menu.

[0040] FIG.4C illustrates example of total written off expenditures output; Referring to FIG.4D illustrates an example of profit and loss output; FIG. 4E illustrates example of total assets and depreciation output; FIG.4F illustrates an example of expenditures output; FIG.4G illustrates example of cash flow statement output; FIG.4H illustrates example of work capital estimate output; FIG.4I illustrates example of loan and interest output and FIG.4J illustrates example of evaluation summary output.

[0041] Referring to FIG5A-5E, charts relating to the project financials output may be generated. In an embodiment, the tool box menu enables the user to modify the charts relating to the project financials output. The charts for example are topline chart, investment chart, operating profit chart, net profit chart and cash accrual chart, among others.

[0042] Referring to FIG.3D and FIG. 2B, at step 218, commands such as print, edit, preview, exit and file are displayed on the user device 302. In an embodiment, the user may select any of said options displayed on the user device 302 The user may click on the print option to print the entire output in portable document format. In another embodiment, the user may preview the project financials and valuations on selecting the preview option. Further, at step 220, the user is directed to step 202, if the user clicks on the edit option to make any changes in the project financials and valuation. Alternatively, on selecting the“exit” option the user may end the current session or ongoing project. The user may also view the entire project financials and enterprise valuation data saved in the specific file by clicking the "file" option.

CONCLUSION

[0043] It should be understood, that the capabilities of the invention described in the present disclosure and elements shown in the figures may be implemented in various forms of hardware, firmware, software, recordable medium or combinations thereof.

[0044] Although embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the system and method described herein. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.

[0045] Many alterations and modifications of the present invention will no doubt become apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art after having read the foregoing descripti on. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. It is to be understood that the description above contains many specifications, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention but as merely providing illustrations of some of the personally preferred embodiments of this invention. Thus, the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents rather than by the examples given.