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How much cash will revenue growth consume before it pays back?

Model incremental receivables, inventory and payables caused by growth at unchanged operating terms.

Example scenario

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Current annual sales
$10,000,000
Planned sales growth
25 %
COGS share of sales
60 %
Receivable days
50 days
Inventory days
70 days
Supplier payable days
40 days
Incremental working-capital cash required$465,753

Example result only, not a forecast or promise.

Additional receivables
$342,466
Additional inventory
$287,671
Additional supplier financing
$164,384

What to do with this result

Fund growth using a dated plan; profit on new sales can arrive after the cash needed to deliver them.

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Calculation method

Incremental working capital = incremental sales × DSO / 365 + incremental COGS × (DIO − DPO) / 365.

Assumptions and limitations

  • Example inputs are editable scenarios, not Aryo results or independently verified industry benchmarks.
  • Planning scenarios are not lending, investment, tax or legal advice. Rates, prices, probabilities and transaction terms are supplied assumptions.

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