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Intermediate

Practice Drills: Spotting Working Capital Red Flags

A practice-first companion to Understanding Working Capital and Its Impact on Business Health. You already know what debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle mean; this course makes you apply them to real Indian filings. Working with Screener.in data, NSE and BSE annual reports, and the notes to accounts most investors skip, you will drill receivable ageing, related-party balances, inventory build-ups, stretched payables, supply chain finance and customer advances, then pull it all together into a red flag scorecard you can run on any listed company. Built for experienced retail investors, mutual fund investors, and salaried professionals who want to spot a working capital problem before it becomes a cash crunch.

Working Capital AnalysisReceivables and Inventory Red FlagsPayables and Hidden FinancingCash Conversion CycleScreener.in Practice

MODULES

5

DURATION

4 Hours

TRACK

Stock Market Basics

What You'll Master

Pull receivables, inventory, payables and their ageing notes from Screener.in and annual reports, standalone and consolidated

Test whether debtor days and inventory days are rising faster than sales can justify

Read receivable ageing schedules, provisions, unbilled revenue and inventory mix for early warning signs

Find related-party receivables and loans parked in other current assets

Spot stretched payables, supply chain finance, bill discounting and factoring that flatter the cash conversion cycle

Score any listed company on working capital risk with a repeatable red flag scorecard

Access Level

LEARNER

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Everything included

Full Text Playbooks

Actionable Exercises

Mobile Reading Mode

Lifetime Updates

Curriculum Breakdown

Chapter 1: Setting Up the Drill

2 Lessons

Your Working Capital Red Flag Toolkit: Ratios, Thresholds and Where to Find Them11 min read

Drill: Pulling Receivables, Inventory and Payables From Screener.in and Annual Report Notes13 min read

Chapter 2: Receivables Drills

3 Lessons

Drill: Debtor Days Rising Faster Than Sales13 min read

Drill: Receivable Ageing, Provisions and Unbilled Revenue14 min read

Drill: Related-Party Receivables and Loans Hiding in Other Current Assets13 min read

Chapter 3: Inventory Drills

2 Lessons

Drill: Inventory Build-Up, Genuine Growth or Unsold Stock13 min read

Drill: Inventory Mix, Raw Material vs Finished Goods, and Write-Down Risk13 min read

Chapter 4: Payables and Hidden Financing Drills

3 Lessons

Drill: Stretched Payables, Supplier Dependence and the MSME 45-Day Rule13 min read

Drill: Supply Chain Finance, Bill Discounting and Factoring That Flatter the Cycle14 min read

Drill: Customer Advances and Negative Working Capital That Can Reverse13 min read

Chapter 5: Full Practice Drills

3 Lessons

Full Drill: Reading a Five-Year Cash Conversion Cycle15 min read

Full Drill: Two Peers, Same Sector, One Red Flag Story16 min read

Full Drill: Building Your Working Capital Red Flag Scorecard15 min read