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Balance Sheet Analysis
August 2026

Consolidated financial position as of August 31, 2026, against fiscal year-end 2025 — with cross-statement ratio analysis, a derived cash-flow bridge, and a reconciled view of where this year's earnings went.

EntityParent Company (Consolidated)
Comparison basisEnd of Aug 2026 vs. End of FY 2025
CurrencyUSD (single currency)
PreparedAugust 22, 2026
Data verificationAll 3 report runs period-verified · NI cross-ties to $0.00
Executive Summary

The company earned $1.17M and kept $0.32M of it in cash.

Profitability is strong and improving — net margin 14.0%, annualized ROE 31.9%, near-zero leverage. The balance sheet risk is not solvency; it is working-capital absorption. Receivables and inventory grew $1.64M against a revenue run-rate up only 15.6%, extending the cash conversion cycle from 60 to 106 days. An estimated $1.24M of current assets now sits beyond what growth alone explains.

Total Assets
$7.03M
+42.4% vs FY25
Working Capital
$5.52M
+$1.70M
Net Margin (YTD)
14.0%
+3.3 pts vs FY25
ROE, annualized
31.9%
+1.3 pts
Cash Conversion Cycle
105.5d
+45.2 days — deteriorated
Inventory Turns, ann.
3.6×
−36% from 5.6×
Debt / Equity
0.27
−0.02 — self-funded
Interest Coverage
72.7×
+24.7×
Where the Earnings Went

Cash bridge — FY25 close to August 2026

Derived from balance-sheet movements and year-to-date net income, this bridge reconciles to the actual change in cash to the penny. It shows the single most important dynamic in this balance sheet: $1.76M of working-capital build consumed 1.5× the period's net income.

Cash & Undeposited Funds — $2,278K → $2,603K
Indirect method, derived from comparative balance-sheet deltas · $ thousands · reconciles exactly (residual $0.00)
01,000 2,0003,000 2,278 +1,174 −704 −931 −120 −11 +377 +540 2,603 CashFY25 close Net incomeJan–Aug 26 Receivablesbuild Inventorybuild Prepaids& other Capex netof depr. Payables &accruals Capitalstock CashAug 2026
Cash position Cash sources Cash uses — working-capital absorption
Bridge reconciliation — exact figures
$2,278,332.30 (FY25 cash + undeposited) + $1,174,240.26 NI − $704,007.05 ΔAR − $931,062.49 ΔInventory − $120,084.97 ΔPrepaids/advances − $12,100.00 capex + $841.67 depreciation + $376,927.47 ΔAP/accruals/sales tax + $539,920.82 Δcapital stock = $2,603,008.01 — equals reported Aug 2026 cash + undeposited funds. Residual: $0.00.
Statement

Comparative balance sheet with variance and common-size analysis

Financial rowAug 2026FY 2025Variance $Variance %% Assets '26% Assets '25
Current assets
Cash & undeposited funds (1000, 1090)$2,603,008$2,278,332+$324,676+14.3%37.0%46.2%
Accounts receivable, net (1100–1130)$2,163,312$1,459,305+$704,007+48.2%30.8%29.6%
Inventory, incl. in-transit (1200, 1215)$2,128,362$1,197,300+$931,062+77.8%30.3%24.3%
Prepaid expenses & advances (1400, 1460)$120,085$0+$120,085new1.7%
Total current assets$7,014,767$4,934,937+$2,079,830+42.2%99.8%100.0%
Fixed assets
Fixed assets, gross (1600)$12,100$0+$12,100new0.2%
Accumulated depreciation (1700)($842)$0($842)new0.0%
Total assets$7,026,025$4,934,937+$2,091,089+42.4%100.0%100.0%
Current liabilities
Accounts payable (2000, 2010)$1,229,000$986,917+$242,084+24.5%17.5%20.0%
Accrued liabilities (2210, 2220)$33,584$7,112+$26,473+372.3%0.5%0.1%
Sales tax payable — 12 states (2300)$228,116$119,745+$108,371+90.5%3.2%2.4%
Total current liabilities$1,490,701$1,113,774+$376,927+33.8%21.2%22.6%
Equity
Capital stock (3510)$2,908,304$2,368,383+$539,921+22.8%41.4%48.0%
Retained earnings$1,452,780$284,066+$1,168,714+411.4%20.7%5.8%
Net income, current YTD$1,174,240$1,168,714+$5,526+0.5%16.7%23.7%
Total equity$5,535,324$3,821,163+$1,714,161+44.9%78.8%77.4%
Total liabilities & equity$7,026,025$4,934,937+$2,091,089+42.4%100.0%100.0%

The Retained Earnings variance (+411.4%) is the mechanical roll-forward of FY2025 net income at year-end close — expected, not anomalous. Common-size columns (% of total assets) are a custom addition to the standard NetSuite report.

Asset composition shift — % of total assets
Liquidity quality is migrating from cash to inventory
FY 2025  ·  $4.93M
Aug 2026  ·  $7.03M
Cash 46.2% → 37.0% Receivables 29.6% → 30.8% Inventory 24.3% → 30.3% Prepaids & fixed 0% → 1.9%
Working-Capital Efficiency

The cash conversion cycle extended by 45 days

Every day of cash-cycle extension at the current revenue run-rate ties up roughly $35K of cash. The 45-day extension accounts for the bulk of the $1.76M working-capital build.

Cash conversion cycle components — days
DSO + DIO − DPO · FY 2025 (gray) vs Aug 2026 YTD (navy; red where deteriorated)
DSO — receivables
48.9
62.7  +13.8d
DIO — inventory
64.9
101.4  +36.5d
DPO — payables (offset)
53.5
58.5  +5.1d
CCC — net cycle
60.3
105.5  +45.2d
Bar length scaled to 105.5 days = full width. DSO = AR ÷ (revenue ÷ days in period); DIO = inventory ÷ (COGS ÷ days); DPO = AP ÷ (COGS ÷ days).

Excess working capital — growth-adjusted

Holding FY2025 efficiency constant and scaling balances by the growth in their annualized drivers (revenue +15.6% for AR; COGS +13.8% for inventory), expected balances would be:

BalanceActual Aug 2026Expected at FY25 efficiencyExcess
Accounts receivable$2,163,312$1,687,248$476,064
Inventory$2,128,362$1,362,286$766,076
Cash tied up beyond growth$1,242,140
Cross-Statement Analysis

Ratio suite — balance sheet × income statement

Liquidity

MetricFormulaAug 2026FY 2025ΔReading
Working capitalCA − CL$5,524,066$3,821,163Strong
Current ratioCA ÷ CL4.714.43Very strong
Quick ratio(cash + AR) ÷ CL3.203.36−0.16Strong; softening
Cash ratiocash ÷ CL1.752.05−0.30Quality shifting to inventory

Profitability & returns

MetricFormulaFY26 YTDFY 2025ΔReading
Gross marginGP ÷ revenue39.2%38.2%Improving
Operating marginoperating income ÷ revenue14.2%11.0%Opex leverage
Opex ratioopex ÷ revenue25.0%27.2%Scaling efficiently
Net marginNI ÷ revenue14.0%10.7%Strong
ROA, annualizedNI × (365/243) ÷ assets25.1%23.7%Excellent
ROE, annualizedNI × (365/243) ÷ equity31.9%30.6%Excellent

DuPont decomposition — what drives the 31.9% ROE

ComponentFormulaAug 2026FY 2025Direction
Net marginNI ÷ revenue14.0%10.7%
Asset turnover, annualizedrevenue ÷ assets1.792.21Dragging — asset bloat
Equity multiplierassets ÷ equity1.271.29Neutral — unlevered
ROE = margin × turnover × leverage31.9%30.6%

The decomposition isolates the tension: margin gains (+3.3 pts) are being partially consumed by turnover losses (−0.41). If asset turnover recovers to FY25 levels at current margins, implied ROE ≈ 39%.

Leverage & coverage

MetricFormulaAug 2026FY 2025ΔReading
Debt-to-equityliabilities ÷ equity0.270.29Minimal leverage
Equity ratioequity ÷ assets78.8%77.4%Self-funded
Interest coverageoperating income ÷ interest72.7×48.0×No solvency concern
Findings & Recommended Actions

Five findings, in priority order

Flag · Priority 1
Working capital is absorbing cash faster than the business is earning it.

Inventory +77.8% (+$931K) and receivables +48.2% (+$704K) against a revenue run-rate up 15.6%. Inventory turns fell from 5.6× to 3.6×; the cash cycle extended 60 → 106 days. Growth-adjusted excess: $1.24M. The company remains highly profitable, which is masking the drag — at lower margins this pattern would already be a liquidity problem.

ActionRun Inventory Turnover (report 64) by item and location to isolate slow movers; run A/R Aging Summary (report 274) to determine whether the receivables build is aging deterioration or billing-volume timing.
Watch · Priority 2
The headline current ratio flatters the liquidity trend.

Current ratio improved 4.43 → 4.71, but composition moved the wrong way: cash fell from 46.2% to 37.0% of assets while inventory rose from 24.3% to 30.3%. Quick ratio (−0.16) and cash ratio (−0.30) both declined. Levels remain strong; the direction warrants monitoring, not intervention.

Watch · Priority 3
Sales tax exposure widened to 12 states, +90.5%.

Sales tax payable grew $120K → $228K. Four states appear for the first time (Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Ohio); California grew +133.5% to $78K. Consistent with multi-state retail expansion, but each new state adds nexus, registration, and filing-cadence obligations.

ActionConfirm registrations and filing calendars for CO, FL, MI, OH with the tax team before Q4.
Strength
Profitability, returns, and capitalization are excellent.

Net margin expanded 10.7% → 14.0% on gross margin +1.0 pt and an opex ratio down 2.3 pts. Annualized ROE is 31.9% with debt-to-equity of 0.27 and interest coverage of 72.7×. Equity grew $1.71M — $1.17M from earnings, $0.54M from capital stock. Growth is fully self-funded.

Hygiene · Immaterial
Four ledger cleanup candidates, under $1K combined.

1130 Other Receivables ($100.00) and 1460 Advances Paid ($15.00) carry contra balances; the 2000 Accounts Payable header account holds a $89.97 debit balance alongside the 2010 trade account; 1215 Inventory In Transit sits at a flat $100.00. Clearing these before year-end keeps the roll-forward clean.

Transparency

Sources, methodology & assumptions

Source data — NetSuite standard reports

All financial data was extracted from NetSuite's own report engine (not raw SQL), so figures match what any user sees in the UI. Each run returned periodVerified: true, confirming the requested period filters were applied verbatim.

#ReportFilters appliedRendered periodVerified
R1Comparative Balance Sheet (id −198)crit_1_mod=TP (resolved to period 182 = Aug 2026), crit_2=-1 consolidatedEnd of Aug 2026 vs. As of FY 2025
R2Income Statement (id −200)crit_1_mod=TFYTP (periods 173→182), crit_2=-1Jan 2026 – Aug 2026
R3Income Statement (id −200)crit_1_mod=LFY (periods 156→170), crit_2=-1FY 2025

Integrity checks performed

  1. Net income cross-tie: Balance-sheet NI line ($1,174,240.26) equals R2 income-statement NI exactly; comparative-column NI ($1,168,713.92) equals R3 exactly. Difference: $0.00.
  2. Balance check: Total assets = total liabilities & equity in both periods ($7,026,025.38 / $4,934,936.83).
  3. Cash bridge: derived indirect cash walk reconciles to the reported change in cash with a residual of $0.00 (figures in Section 2).
  4. Retained-earnings roll-forward: FY25 RE ($284,066.46) + FY25 NI ($1,168,713.92) = Aug 2026 RE ($1,452,780.38). Confirms the +411% RE variance is mechanical.

Assumptions & limitations

  • Point-in-time balances. Day-count metrics (DSO, DIO, DPO) and returns use closing balances, not period averages — FY2024 opening balances were not pulled. In a growth environment this slightly overstates day-count metrics in both periods; the directional 45-day CCC deterioration is robust to this choice.
  • Annualization. YTD flow metrics (turns, ROA, ROE, asset turnover) are scaled by 365 ÷ 243 (Jan 1 – Aug 31, 2026). This assumes no material seasonality in the remaining four months; Q4 retail seasonality could shift annualized figures.
  • Excess working-capital estimate. "Expected" AR scales the FY25 balance by annualized revenue growth (+15.6%); expected inventory scales by annualized COGS growth (+13.8%). This is a linear heuristic, not a demand model.
  • Comparison basis. The prior column is fiscal year-end 2025 (Dec 31), not the same period last year — this is the standard NetSuite comparative-balance-sheet convention (period vs. prior FY close). An 8-month interval separates the two snapshots.
  • Aggregation. Statement lines are grouped for readability (e.g., 12 state sales-tax accounts into one row); account numbers for each grouping are noted inline. No figures were excluded.
  • Single currency. Account operates in USD only; no FX translation effects.
  • No SuiteQL was used. All figures come from the three report runs above plus deterministic arithmetic (computed in a sandboxed JS worker, formulas shown in each table).
This document was prepared from NetSuite standard reports R1–R3 as listed above, retrieved from account TD3016323 (production) under the preparing user's role and permissions. Figures reflect posted transactions as of the retrieval timestamp and may change with subsequent postings, period adjustments, or reclassifications. Annualized metrics are extrapolations and not forecasts. Ratio "readings" are analytical commentary, not audit opinions; this document does not constitute audited financial statements. Immaterial rounding: tables display whole dollars; all ratios were computed on unrounded source figures.
Prepared August 22, 2026 · Sources: NetSuite reports −198, −200 · All periods verified SuiteStep, LLC · Sonar AI