Financial Analysis with MicroStrategy
The unique strengths of the MicroStrategy platform are well suited for performing even the most demanding of Financial Analysis applications. Using MicroStrategy, Financial users have their detailed reporting, their scorecard of metrics, and their interactive dashboards at their fingertips via a single interface. From Profit Margin or Current Ratio to Assent Turnover or Debt to Equity, users have unlimited access to financial ratios and analytics when performing financial analysis with any MicroStrategy reporting tool.
The MicroStrategy platform offers analytics that can be used to answer key financial questions:
* What is the aging distribution of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?
* Are there any customers with payment problems; if so, who needs to be notified?
* What are the values of assets and liabilities on a given date?
* What is the value of assets, liabilities, and owners’ equity on a given date?
* What is the breakdown of expenses by business units?
* Which business units are hitting their targets?
* What are the revenue trends by business units?
* What are the trends in revenue, by revenue types?
* What is the forecasted revenue? Has this forecast changed? Why have revenue forecasts changed?
* What is the actual amount of profit margin by business unit or region? What are the associated trends?
* What is the breakdown of costs by vendors, and what are the associated trends?
* What is the change in cash position from period to period?
* Which bills are due this week and for what amounts?