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Farm Financial Scorecard

 
Case # 1
ND West
Your Farm
Liquidity
Current ratio
-
1.30%
 
Vulnerable   
1.0%
2.0%
Strong
Working capital
$215,640
$30,537
 
Solvency (market)
Farm debt-to-asset ratio
-
54%
 
Vulnerable   
60%
30%
Strong
Farm equity-to-asset ratio
100%
46%
 
Vulnerable   
40%
70%
Strong
Farm debt-to-equity ratio
-
119%
 
Vulnerable   
150%
43%
Strong
Profitability
Net farm income
-$112,586
$22,904
 
Rate of return on farm assets
-4.8%
3.9%
 
Vulnerable   
1.0%
5.0%
Strong
Rate of return on farm equity
-4.8%
0.6%
 
Vulnerable   
5.0%
10%
Strong
Operating profit margin
-91.2%
13.0%
 
Vulnerable   
20%
35%
Strong
Repayment capacity
Term-debt coverage ratio
999%
62%
 
Capital - replacement margin
$24,111
-$14,570
 
Vulnerable   
110%
135%
Strong
Financial efficiency
Asset-turnover rate (market)
5.2%
29.7%
 
Vulnerable   
20%
40%
Strong
Operating-expense ratio
106.1%
71.2%
 
Vulnerable   
80%
60%
Strong
Depreciation-expense ratio
19.7%
6.1%
 
Vulnerable   
20%
10%
Strong
Interest-expense ratio
0.2%
10.4%
 
Vulnerable   
20%
10%
Strong
Net farm income ratio
-26.0%
12.3%
 
Vulnerable   
10%
20%
Strong

(Developed by Rick Wackernagel, Dennis Kauppila and Glenn Rogers, University of Vermont Extension)



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