2024 – Week 1 Case Study Panera Bread Company Case Study Questions 1 Complete the financing portion of Panera

  

Week #1 Case Study – Panera Bread Company

Case Study Questions:

1. Complete the financing portion of Panera Bread Company’s 2007 forecast financial statements

a. Include a chart of your financial assumptions.

2. Develop a 5 year Financial Forecast (both Balance Sheet and Income Statement)

3. Describe three possible financial forecasting processes. Discuss the benefits and limitations of each three methods. Describe why you chose the approach you used in this case study.

4. Provide an assessment of the earning quality of Panera Bread in Year 5 of the projected financial statements. 

5. Determine the amount of Free Cash Flow Panera has in Year 5 of the projected financial statements. Discuss the importance of Free Cash Flow, and it’s relationship to overall accounting earnings.

6. Develop a table of relevant financial ratios for 2007 and Forecast Year 5; discuss the ratios, their change of the forecast period, and the overall performance of Panera Bread in Forecast Year 5. 

7. Given the need for external sources of capital, compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of external equity, a long-term note payable, and a short-term line of credit. 

Case Study Assumptions:

1. A 5-yearfinancialforecastworksheet has been provided to you on Blackboard.

2. Assume all borrowing are a type of debt, no additional equity will be utilized to raise capital

3. The share repurchase program DOES occur in 2008; and interest expense is equal to 6% of outstanding debt

4. Sales growth is 25% for the first two years; then 5% thereafter. 

Case Study Analysis Papers grading rubric

  

Grading   Criteria

Maximum   Points

 

CompletedPanera   Bread Company’s 2007 forecast financial statements.

5

 

Describe   three possible financial forecasting processes. Discuss the benefits and limitations of   each method. Describe why you chose the approach you used in this case study.

10

 

Develop   a 5 year Financial Forecast (Balance Sheet and Income Statement)

25

 

Provide   an assessment of the earning quality of Panera Bread in 2012 of the projected   financial statements. 

15

 

Determine   the amount of Free Cash Flow in 2012; discuss the importance of Free Cash   Flowand its relationship to overall accounting earnings.

15

 

Analysis   of financial ratios; including baseline ratios, their change of the forecast   periods, and the overall performance in 2012. 

10

 

Given   the need for external sources of capital, compare and contrast the advantages   and disadvantages of external equity, a long-term note payable, and a   short-term line of credit. 

10

 

Proper   spelling, punctuation, and APA Formatting

10

 

Total

100