ABC Limited is engaged in the business of Manufacturing alloy components. The CFO of the Company estimates that the Turnover of Company for the forthcoming Financial Year will be ₹100 Crore and thereafter year on year th

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ABC Limited is engaged in the business of Manufacturing alloy components. The CFO of the Company estimates that the Turnover of Company for the forthcoming Financial Year will be ₹100 Crore and thereafter year on year the Company can achieve 10% growth. He has also estimated that Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisations (EBITDA) for the forthcoming Financial Year will be 25% on Turnover. He also informs the Management that the Company can maintain the 25% EBITDA, provided there is not much change in the expenditure, as the 80% of expenditure of the Company is variable in nature. However, the purchase head of the Company comes out with the information that price for one of important Raw Material-'A', which forms 50% of the total raw materials is likely to rise upto 30% during the next Financial Year. (Raw Material Cost is estimated to be 60% of the Total Variable Cost). An alternate Raw Material-'P' is available, however it is costlier and it will bring down present EBITDA margin to 20%. It is expected that price of Material- 'P' will be stable in the next Financial Year. Assume there is no change in fixed or other variable expenses except change in Material 'A's price, as a part of the management you are required to: Find out the impact on profitability by preparing a Sensitivity Analysis table, if the price of the Raw Material-'A' is increases by 10%, 20% and 30% for the next Financial Year.

Answer & Explanation:

Sensitivity Table % of price change in Material A 10% 20% 30% Turnover (₹) 100 100 100 EBITDA 25% 25% 25% EBITDA (₹) 25 25 25 Total Expenses (sale - EBITDA) 75 75 75 % OF Variable Expenses 80% 80% 80% Total Variable Expenses (₹) 60 60 60 % of Total Raw Materials 60% 60% 60% Cost of Total Raw Materials (₹) 36 36 36 % of Materials-'A' in RM 50% 50% 50% Cost of Material- 'A' (₹) 18 18 18 Expected Increase (₹) 1.8 3.6 5.4 Increased Cost of Material - 'A' (₹) 19.8 21.4 23.4 Impact on EBITDA (Present EBITDA - Expected increase) 23.2 21.4 19.6 EBITDA% after price Increase 23.2 21.4 19.6

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