Research Article

Credit Risk Assessment of Supply Chain Financing with a Grey Correlation Model: An Empirical Study on China’s Home Appliance Industry

Table 2

SCF credit risk index system.

IndicatorMetricCalculation

ProfitabilityReturn on assets (U1)Net profit/average asset total ∗ 100%
Sales gross margin (U2)(Net operating income − operating costs)/net operating income ∗ 100%
Return on equity (U3)Net profit/average shareholder equity ∗ 100%
Net sales margin (U4)Net profit/net operating income ∗ 100%

SolvencyFlow ratio (U5)Current assets/current liabilities
Quick ratio (U6)Quick-moving assets/current liabilities
Asset-liability ratio (U7)Total liabilities/total assets ∗ 100%
Long-term asset suitability rate (U8)(Total shareholders’ equity + total long-term liabilities)/(total fixed assets/long-term investment) ∗ 100%

Operating capacityInventory turnover rate (U9)Cost of sales/average inventory balance
Accounts receivable turnover rate (U10)Net sales revenue/average balance of accounts receivable
Fixed asset turnover rate (U11)Sales revenue/average net value of fixed assets
Total asset turnover rate (U12)Sales revenue/average asset total

Development abilityYearly growth rate of operating income (U13)The increase in operating income this year/the total operating income in the previous year ∗ 100%
Capital accumulation rate (U14)The increase in shareholders’ equity this year/shareholders’ equity at the beginning of the year ∗ 100%
Profit growth rate (U15)Total profit growth this year/total profit of the previous year ∗ 100%