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Market and positioning
A business model is a theoretical tool that encompasses a large number of business elements and their relationships and is capable of describing a specific company's business model. It shows a company's value in one or more of the following areas: customers, corporate structure, and the network of customers used to produce, sell, deliver value and relationship capital for profit and sustainable profitability. Business models describe a wide range of formal or informal models used by companies to describe different aspects of business operations, such as operating processes, organizational structures, and financial forecasts.
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Market and positioning
Find the most scientific model for accurate user positioning
RFM model
R (Recency): refers to the latest consumption time, indicating the time since the user’s last consumption.
Customers with more recent consumption time are more valuable. Users who made purchases 1 year ago are definitely not as valuable as users who made purchases 1 week ago.
F (Frequency) Consumption frequency: Consumption frequency refers to the number of times a user purchases goods within a statistical period.
Users who make frequent purchases, that is, regular customers, are definitely worth more than customers who come once in a while.
M (Monetary) Consumption amount: Consumption amount refers to the total amount consumed by the user within the statistical period.
It reflects how much consumers create profits for the company. Naturally, the more users consume, the greater the value.
Why are these three indicators important?
Frequency and volume affect customer lifetime value
Recency affects retention
Retention is a measure of loyalty
What is the function?
Who are your most valuable customers?
Which customers are causing increased churn?
Who has the potential to become a valuable customer?
Which of your customers can you keep?
Which of your customers are most likely to respond to an engagement campaign?
Who are the worthless customers you don’t need to pay attention to?
Which development, retention, and recovery strategies should be developed for which customers?
Find the most valuable customers through the RFM model, and then provide targeted services and sales.
What data does the RFM model need?
Person: User ID
Hours: Trading hours
Money: Amount of consumption
How does the RFM model classify?
R F M
important value customers
R F M-
General value customers
R F-M
Important development customers
R F-M-
General development customers
R-F M
Important to keep customers
R-F M
Generally keep customers
R-F-M
Important to retain customers
R-F-M-
General customer retention
What strategy will be adopted after classification?
Advantages and Disadvantages of RFM Model
advantage
The RFM model requires less data. It only needs three types of data: "people, time, and money" to complete the analysis. Generally, companies will have these data as long as they have business and flow.
The RFM model defines eight major user categories. Compared with other clustering algorithm models, the user stratification is simple and clear, can explain the business well, and is easy to operate.
shortcoming
The RFM model is mainly used to study the behavior of paying users, and is more suitable for business scenarios with a large number of repurchases, such as FMCG, e-commerce, beauty industry, service industry and other industries.
With the growth of payment decision-making paths, there are more factors that affect payment. If you only look at the RFM model without looking at activity, retention, experience and other links, the effect of the final model may be mixed.
Product and business selection strategy model
Ansoff model
What is the Ansoff matrix model?
The Ansoff Matrix, also known as the product and market grid, was proposed by Dr. Ansoff, the father of strategic management, in 1957. It is composed of four elements: existing products, new products, existing markets, and new markets. It essentially looks at the specific business of an enterprise from the perspective of market dimension and product dimension, which enables enterprises to target different products and market types. , adopting different market strategies respectively, is one of the most widely used marketing analysis tools nowadays.
What is the use of Ansoff matrix?
In the Ansoff matrix model, product and market are the two major directions of thinking. Through 2 X 2 matrix cross analysis, four market combinations and corresponding marketing strategies can be derived, including market penetration strategy, product extension strategy, The main logic of market development strategy and diversified business strategy is that companies can choose four different growth strategies to achieve the goal of increasing revenue.
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What are the advantages of using the Ansoff matrix?
Using the two core dimensions of product and market to outline multiple possibilities for the future of the company, and matching the external environment and internal resources to think about it, will help clarify managers' thinking logic for corporate development. Not only can it be used for competitive analysis to study the possible future penetration paths of different potential competitors, but it can also help companies find more development opportunities in the current field in the future.
What are the four strategies of Ansoff Matrix?
(1) Market penetration strategy
The lowest risk strategy is for a company to sell an existing product in an existing market because it already knows its customers well, has established channels, etc. Ansoff calls this strategy "market penetration."
focus
Analyze consumer demand and satisfaction for existing products to determine the degree of market penetration
Take measures
Promotion: lowering product prices, advertising, buying gifts, etc.;
Service: pre-sales service, in-sales service, after-sales service, etc.;
Activities: lottery activities, product exhibition activities, entertainment and games, etc.
penetration path
(2) Market development strategy
Use existing products to meet consumer needs in new markets
focus
Use a "market development" strategy to bring existing products into new markets. This strategy is also considered riskier than market penetration because it is difficult to understand the complexities of a new market. Changing sales locations or sales scenarios requires considering new market channels and routes, as well as promotion methods in new target market segments.
way of thinking
Analyze whether there is demand for the company's existing products in new markets, including new geographical markets, new distribution channels, new product packaging, and different pricing policies.
penetration path
(3) Product extension strategy
In the product development growth strategy, new products are introduced into the existing market and innovative products are used for differentiated competition.
focus
The product extension strategy is generally used by companies to expand the breadth and depth of existing products, and introduce a new generation of products or services to existing consumers by changing the appearance, improving product performance, etc.
way of thinking
Analyze whether there are still other unmet related needs in the existing market, and if so, indicate that there are opportunities for product function development in the market
Companies can meet this market demand by developing new products
penetration path
(4) Diversified business strategy
Providing new products to new markets requires companies to develop outside the industry and achieve cross-industry operations, so it is generally suitable for more mature companies.
focus
This strategy is the riskiest among other strategies because the company is entering an unknown territory. Therefore, the company can rely on its own advantages, anticipate and evaluate strategic risks, and adopt diversified operations to increase returns.
way of thinking
Analyze whether there are unmet consumer needs in the new market, and if so, adopt diversified business strategies
A diversification strategy is also applicable when attractive opportunities are discovered in areas outside the current business scope and the company has various successful business strengths.
penetration path
Knock on the blackboard
The four business strategies need to be selected in a certain order.
First, companies should use market analysis and research to determine whether there is room for expansion of existing products in the existing market, that is, adopt a market penetration strategy.
Secondly, when the existing market becomes saturated or penetration costs are high, further search for new markets, expand sales of existing products, and save product development costs.
The third step is to adopt a product extension strategy. During the technology upgrading and product upgrading stages, consider developing new products and promoting them to existing consumer groups.
The last step is to carry out diversified operations. It is necessary to carefully judge whether the company has sufficient resource support before deciding to develop new products and expand new markets.
Tools you must know for marketing
4P theory
What are 4Ps?
The Marketing Theory of 4Ps (The Marketing Theory of 4Ps) emerged in the United States in the 1960s with the introduction of the marketing mix theory. In 1953, Neil Borden coined the term "Marketing mix" in his inaugural address to the American Marketing Association, which means that market demand is more or less affected by The influence of so-called "marketing variables" or "marketing elements".
Which 4P is it?
price
Including basic price, discounted price, payment time, lending conditions, etc. It refers to the economic return that a company pursues when selling products.
place
Usually called the combination of distribution, it mainly includes distribution channels, storage facilities, transportation facilities, and inventory control. It represents the various activities organized and implemented by enterprises to enter and reach the target market for their products, including channels, links, places, Warehousing and transportation, etc.
product
The product mix mainly includes the product entity, service, brand, and packaging. It refers to the collection of goods and services provided by an enterprise to the target market, including product utility, quality, appearance, style, brand, packaging and specifications, as well as services and guarantees and other factors.
promotion
Promotional mix refers to the communication activities that enterprises use various information carriers to communicate with target markets, including advertising, personal selling, business promotion and public relations, etc.
What is the use of 4P?
In order to satisfy customers and achieve business goals, enterprises cannot only consider certain factors and methods in isolation. They must start from the needs of the target market and the characteristics of the marketing environment, and comprehensively use various marketing methods based on the company's resources and advantages to form a unified A comprehensive and supporting marketing strategy to achieve the overall effect and achieve the best results.
Combination characteristics of 4P
(1) It is controllable. The various means that make up the marketing mix are factors that enterprises can adjust, control and use. For example, enterprises can independently decide what products to produce, what prices to set, what sales channels to choose, and what promotion methods to use based on the target market conditions.
(2)Dynamic. The marketing mix is not a fixed static combination, but an infinitely changing dynamic combination. Enterprises are affected by changes in internal conditions and external environment and must respond proactively.
(3) It is holistic. The various means and components of the marketing mix are not simply added together or pieced together, but should become an organic whole. Under the guidance of a unified goal, they cooperate and complement each other to achieve a whole that is greater than the sum of the partial functions. effect.
4C theory
What is 4C?
4C marketing theory is 4Cs marketing theory.
Which 4C is it?
Consumer
Refers to the needs and wants of consumers.
Companies should put customers first, emphasizing that creating customers is more important than developing products, and satisfying consumer needs and desires is more important than product functions. They cannot just sell the products the company wants to make, but must provide what customers really want to buy. The product.
Cost
(2) Cost refers to the cost and value to satisfy consumer needs and wants, or the cost price that consumers are willing to pay to satisfy their needs and desires. The marketing price factor here extends to the entire cost of the production and operation process.
The production cost of an enterprise, that is, the cost of producing products that meet consumer needs
Consumer shopping costs not only refer to the monetary expenditure of shopping, but also time consumption, physical and energy consumption, and risk bearing.
Convenience
Refers to the convenience of buying (Convenience to buy)
Compared with traditional marketing channels, the new concept pays more attention to the service link. In the sales process, it emphasizes providing convenience to customers, so that customers can purchase both goods and convenience.
Enterprises must have a deep understanding of the different purchasing methods and preferences of different consumers and integrate the principle of convenience throughout the entire process of marketing activities
Provide good pre-sales service and provide consumers with accurate information about product performance, quality, price, usage methods and effects in a timely manner.
After-sales service should pay attention to information feedback and follow-up investigation, handle and respond to customer opinions in a timely manner, proactively return and exchange problematic products, actively provide convenient repairs for use failures, and even provide lifetime warranty for large items.
Communication
Refers to communication with consumers.
Companies can try a variety of marketing plans and marketing combinations. If they fail to achieve the desired results, it means that the company and its products have not been fully accepted by consumers. At this time, we cannot rely on strengthening one-way persuasion of customers. We must focus on strengthening two-way communication, enhance mutual understanding, achieve true marketability, and cultivate loyal customers.
4R theory
What are 4Rs?
4R marketing theory is a new marketing theory proposed by American scholar Don Schultz on the basis of 4C marketing theory.
What are the 4Rs?
Relevance
Close contact with customers
Enterprises must establish relationships with customers in terms of business, needs, etc. through some effective ways to form a relationship of mutual help, mutual demand, and mutual need, connect customers with enterprises, reduce customer losses, and thereby improve customer loyalty and win a long-term and stable market.
Reaction
Improve response speed to the market
In markets that penetrate and influence each other, the most realistic problem for enterprises is not how to formulate, implement plans and controls, but how to listen to customers' hopes, desires and needs in a timely manner, and respond in a timely manner to satisfy customers. needs. This is conducive to the development of the market.
Relationship
Pay attention to the interactive relationship with customers
The 4R marketing theory believes that the key to seizing the market today has changed to establishing long-term and stable relationships with customers, turning transactions into a responsibility, and establishing interactive relationships with customers. Communication is an important means to establish this interactive relationship.
Reward
Return is the source of marketing
Enterprises must meet customer needs and provide value to customers, and cannot do useless things. On the one hand, returns are a necessary condition for maintaining market relationships; on the other hand, the pursuit of returns is the driving force for marketing development. The ultimate value of marketing lies in whether it brings short-term or long-term income to the enterprise.
Characteristics of 4R marketing
4R marketing is competition-oriented and puts forward new marketing ideas at a new level.
4R marketing focuses on establishing interactive and win-win relationships between enterprises and customers. It not only actively meets customer needs, but also proactively creates needs, establishes unique relationships with it through associations, relationships, reactions, etc., and connects enterprises and customers. , forming a unique competitive advantage.
4R marketing truly embodies and implements the idea of relationship marketing
4R marketing puts forward specific operating methods on how to build relationships, own customers for a long time, and ensure long-term interests. This is a great progress in the history of relationship marketing.
4R marketing is the guarantee for interaction and win-win
The response mechanism of 4R marketing provides the basis and guarantee for establishing relevant, interactive and win-win relationships between enterprises and customers. It also extends and sublimates marketing convenience.
The return of 4R marketing enables companies to take into account both costs and win-win aspects.
In order to pursue profits, companies must implement low-cost strategies, fully consider the costs that customers are willing to pay, minimize costs, and on this basis, obtain more customer shares and form economies of scale.
4I theory
What is 4I?
Liu Dongming proposed the four principles of social media marketing: "interest, interest, interaction and personalization".
What are the 4Is?
interesting
Cleverly wrapping the hook of marketing information in an interesting plot is an effective way to attract fish to take the bait. "Great Internet marketing, he has fun blood flowing through him! He is not a blunt advertisement, he is not a blunt advertisement! The entertainment factor is in him!"
interests
The "benefits" provided to consumers in online marketing are more extensive, and the first thing that comes to our minds is material benefits, which are only part of them.
What else?
1. Information and consultation
2. Function or service
3. Psychological satisfaction or honor
4. Actual material/monetary benefits
interaction
Treating consumers as a subject and initiating equal interactive communication with brands can bring unique competitive advantages to marketing. Future brands will be semi-finished products, half determined by consumer experience and participation. Of course, it’s important for marketers to find ways to lead and dominate the interaction between the two.
individuality
Personalized marketing gives consumers a sense of "focus" satisfaction. Personalized marketing is more appealing to consumers and more likely to trigger interactions and purchases. In online media, the characteristics of digital flow make all this simple and cheap. It is possible to segment a small group of people, or even one person, to achieve one-to-one marketing. How can we not use this God-given opportunity?
What is the role of 4I theory?
4Is marketing theory is not only the theoretical basis for the implementation of e-commerce social media marketing, but also the breakthrough direction of e-commerce marketing, helping enterprises to strengthen marketing depth.
The first step in product and business positioning
STP marketing strategy
What is STP marketing strategy?
STP marketing strategy is a strategy widely used in marketing. Its core is to achieve an enterprise's market competitive advantage through market segmentation, target market selection and positioning.
What does it mean specifically?
Market Segmentation
Targeting
Positioning
Can you talk about it in detail?
Market Segmentation
Market segmentation is the process of dividing the entire market into several small sub-markets or target markets according to certain standards and characteristics.
Purpose
Understand the different needs, purchasing behaviors and preferences of the market to better meet consumer needs. Market segmentation can be based on consumers’ geographical location, age, gender, income level, interests and hobbies and other factors.
Targeting
Target market selection is based on market segmentation, selecting one or more market segments with the most potential and attractiveness as the company's target market
Purpose
By clarifying the target market, companies can formulate various marketing activities more accurately and improve market coverage and sales results.
Positioning
Positioning is to determine the unique position and competitive advantages of an enterprise's products or brands in the target market based on the needs and competitive environment of the target market. Positioning can be shaped through product features, brand image, pricing strategy, marketing communications, etc.
Purpose
Successful positioning can enable consumers to form a unique impression and perception of the company's products or brands, thereby achieving market differentiation and increasing brand value.
What is the core of STP marketing strategy?
STP marketing strategy is a marketing strategy centered on market segmentation, target market selection and positioning. Through STP strategies, companies can better understand and meet consumer needs, improve market coverage and sales results, and enhance their market competitiveness.
Through the organic combination of market segmentation, target market selection and positioning, companies can more accurately target the target market, create a unique brand image, and carry out effective marketing activities.
How to understand a company’s business model
BMC canvas
What is BMC Canvas?
BMC Canvas Business Model Canvas is the abbreviation of Business Model Canvas. It is a powerful general business model proposed by Alexander Osterwalder of Switzerland in the book "New Generation of Business Models".
What is the business model canvas used for?
The way of thinking and tools used to sort out business models can help us describe, evaluate and change business models, and present them in an extremely concise, visual, and piece-of-paper manner.
It describes the basic principles of how companies create value, deliver value and obtain value, shows the logic of companies creating revenue, and helps us establish various logical relationships related to business models more clearly.
It can help managers generate ideas, reduce risks, accurately locate target users, reasonably solve problems, correctly examine existing businesses and discover new business opportunities, etc.
What does the business model canvas consist of?
Customer Segments Customer Segments
Value Propositions Value Propositions
Channels Channels
Customer Relationships Customer Relationships
Revenue Streams Revenue Streams
Key Resources Key Resources
Key Activities Key Activities
Key Partnerships Key Partnerships
Cost Structure Cost Structure
The nine modules cover four perspectives of business: customers, products or services, infrastructure and financial capabilities.
What do the nine core modules mean?
Customer SegmentationCS
Describe who the company's target user groups are, how these target user groups are segmented, and what characteristics each segmented target group has in common. Enterprises need to conduct in-depth analysis of segmented user groups and design corresponding business models on this basis.
Businesses should answer two questions: Who am I creating value for? Who are our most important customer groups?
Value PropositionVP
Describe products or services that create value for segmented user groups. What problems can these products and services solve for segmented user groups? What needs do they meet?
channel channel CH
Describe the methods or channels through which the company communicates with segmented user groups and sells products or services.
The channel path should describe the following issues
What are the channels for reaching users?
Which channels are most effective?
Which channels have the highest input-output ratio?
How can channels be integrated to maximize efficiency?
Customer RelationsCR
Describe the type of relationship established between the enterprise and the user segment.
For example, communicate with users through dedicated customer representatives, communicate with users through self-service, communicate with users through communities, etc.
Source of incomeRS
Describe how the company generates revenue from each user segment.
Revenue is the artery of an enterprise. In this module, questions such as how the enterprise collects fees, how customers pay fees, how willing customers are to pay, and how the enterprise sets prices should be answered.
Key resources KR
Describe what resources the company needs to make the current business model operate effectively. Core resources can be physical assets, financial assets, intellectual assets, human resources, etc.
Key business activities KA
Describe what business activities the company should carry out after it has core resources to ensure that the current business model operates effectively.
For example, manufacturing higher-end products, building efficient network service platforms, etc.
Key Partner KP
Describe the upstream and downstream partners in the industry chain related to the enterprise, how the enterprise and their relationship network are, how cooperation affects the enterprise, etc.
cost structureCS
Describe all the costs required to run the business effectively.
Fixed costs and variable costs
How the cost structure is structured
Which activities or resources cost the most
How to optimize costs, etc.
How to use the business model canvas?
In what order?
How to practice financial thinking in management
Dupont model
What is the DuPont model?
The DuPont model is a management tool that uses traditional performance management tools to measure and analyze a company's current earnings. The traditional financial tools it uses include income statements and balance sheets.
What are the usage scenarios?
The DuPont analysis method uses the relationship between major financial ratios to comprehensively analyze the financial status of the company, evaluate the company's profitability and return on shareholders' equity, and evaluate the company's performance from a financial perspective.
Basic idea
Decomposing the enterprise's return on net assets into multiple financial ratio products is helpful for in-depth analysis and comparison of enterprise operating performance.
Frame logic
ROE (return on equity) = net sales interest rate * asset turnover rate * equity multiplier
Net sales profit margin = net profit / sales revenue
Indicates the profitability of the business
Asset turnover rate = sales revenue / total assets
Indicates the company's ability to turn over funds
Equity multiplier = total assets/net assets (equity)
Reflects the degree of debt of an enterprise. The higher the asset-liability ratio, the greater the equity multiplier and the greater the risk.
Give an easy-to-understand example
Background introduction
Gu Zailing and Zhou Jicheng are two brothers. They each took the 10 million given by their old father to open a four-son shop in Zhusha and Dupu respectively. One year later, Gu Zailing's company has a net profit of 2 million, and the return on net assets is 20%. Zhou Jicheng's company has a net profit of 3 million, and the return on net assets is 30%. Both stores are opened by the Fourth Son, so why are the profits different in the end? So Gu Zailing started to think about it.
Tool analysis
Fortunately, Gu Zailing understood financial management and knew some financial analysis indicators, so she decided to use DuPont analysis for analysis. Looking at the return on equity alone, we only know that Gu Zailing Company's return on equity is small, but we don't know why it is so small. Therefore, it is necessary to dismantle the return on equity.
Knock on the blackboard
Return on equity = (net profit/sales revenue)*(sales revenue/total assets)*(total assets/total owners’ equity)=net sales interest rate*total asset turnover rate*equity multiplier.
Can you give me a picture?
DuPont analysis
1. Net sales profit margin
Net sales profit margin = net profit/sales revenue, which reflects how much profit each 1 yuan of sales revenue can bring, and reflects the profit level of your product or service.
Gu Zailing's company's net profit is 2 million, and its sales revenue is 20 million, so the net sales profit rate is 10%.
Zhou Jicheng's company's net profit is 3 million, and its sales revenue is 15 million, so the net sales profit rate is 20%.
analyze
The sales revenue of Gu Zailing's company is higher than that of Zhou Jicheng, but the net profit is not as good as Zhou Jicheng's. The reason is that in addition to selling fuel vehicles, his younger brother Zhou Jicheng also sells new energy vehicles. New energy vehicles have large profit margins and have good after-sales service. Profits are also high. Therefore, the total sales revenue of Zhou Jicheng's company is not as good as that of Gu Zailing, but the profit it brings is higher than that of Gu Zailing.
2. Total asset turnover rate
Total asset turnover rate = sales revenue/total assets, which reflects the income generated by each RMB of assets and reflects the asset operation efficiency of a company.
Gu Zailing's company's sales revenue is 20 million and its total assets are 40 million, so the total asset turnover rate is 50%.
Zhou Jicheng's company's sales revenue is 15 million and its total assets are 60 million, so the total asset turnover rate is 25%.
analyze
The asset operation efficiency of Gu Zailing's company is higher than that of Zhou Jicheng. The main reason is that Gu Zailing is good at calculating and has a deep understanding of the importance of cash flow. He does not give credit to customers and delays prepayments to suppliers as long as he can.
Zhou Jicheng has a carefree personality and is very lenient with supplier payments. He is mainly known as a wealthy person, so there are many prepaid accounts in his account, which naturally leads to more total assets, so the total asset turnover rate is relatively slow.
3. Equity multiplier
Equity multiplier = total assets/total owners’ equity, which reflects the financial risk of the company. A higher ratio indicates a greater financial risk.
The total assets of Gu Zailing's company are 40 million, and the total owner's equity is 10 million, so the equity multiplier is 4.
The total assets of Zhou Jicheng's company are 60 million, and the total owners' equity is 10 million, so the equity multiplier is 6.
analyze
The equity multiplier of Gu Zailing Company is 4, which is lower than that of Zhou Jicheng Company. Further financial discovery revealed that although both Gu Zailing and Zhou Jicheng only had 10 million start-up capital, Zhou Jicheng was bold since he was a child and turned around. He borrowed 10 million yuan from the bank at the beginning. In actual calculation, Zhou Jicheng had the equivalent of 20 million yuan in start-up capital.
After dismantling the ROE formula, Gu Zailing found the driving factors that affect ROE, and then amplified the favorable driving factors and reduced the unfavorable factors, thereby achieving the purpose of increasing ROE.
How to break the situation?
1. Regarding the low net sales profit rate, Gu Zailing can increase the net sales profit rate by introducing high-profit new energy vehicles and reducing the churn rate of after-sales customers.
2. The total asset turnover rate of Gu Zailing's company is well maintained, allowing his brother Zhou Jicheng to appropriately control cash flow expenditures and maintain a reasonable credit sales policy to reduce capital costs and thereby increase the total asset turnover rate.
3. In terms of equity multiplier, Gu Zailing Company is relatively conservative. Without bank financing, it can borrow from banks appropriately, that is, use leverage to expand production and operations to achieve greater returns, but financing is a double-edged sword. , if the operating conditions are not ideal at that time, the company may be unable to repay bank loans, resulting in bankruptcy.
Disadvantages of DuPont Analysis
1. Only consider financial indicators
DuPont analysis only uses quantifiable financial indicators and does not take into account unquantifiable non-financial indicators at all.
for example?
R&D investment
User reputation
intellectual property
patented technology
2. Indicators are short-sighted
The consideration is short-term operating results and financial status, which may prompt management to pay too much attention to short-term performance and ignore activities that are valuable to the long-term development of the company.
for example?
For example, the R&D investment of new energy companies will reduce the company's profits in the short term, but in the long run, this investment is crucial for companies to form technical barriers in the industry.
3. Unable to fully reflect asset value
In the market environment, the intangible intellectual assets of an enterprise are crucial to improving the long-term competitiveness of the enterprise, but DuPont analysis cannot solve the problem of valuation of intangible assets.
4. No distinction is made between interest-bearing liabilities and non-interest-bearing liabilities
When considering the equity multiplier, DuPont analysis considers, but does not distinguish between interest-bearing liabilities and non-interest-bearing liabilities. Interest-bearing liabilities are financial leverage.
If interest-free liabilities are taken into account, the actual effect of leverage will be distorted. For example, a company borrows 10 million yuan from a bank with interest and receives 10 million yuan in advance payments from customers. These are two completely different leverage matters for the company.