Foreign Exchange Impact Calculator
Quantify the P&L and balance sheet impact of exchange rate movements on foreign-currency revenue, costs, and net assets with sensitivity analysis.
Inputs
Results
Rate Change (%)
-4.55%
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter Foreign Currency Revenue, Foreign Currency Costs, and Foreign Currency Assets.
- Set Foreign Currency Liabilities, Original Exchange Rate, and Current Exchange Rate.
- Adjust Budget Exchange Rate, Sensitivity Shock (%) as needed.
- Review the Rate Change (%) (%) result.
- Use Revenue FX Impact ($) and Cost FX Impact ($) to inform your decision.
How the result changes with Original Exchange Rate
| Original Exchange Rate | Rate Change (%) |
|---|---|
| 1,000 | -99.89% |
| 3,500 | -99.97% |
| 6,500 | -99.98% |
| 9,000 | -99.99% |
What each input means
- Foreign Currency Revenue
- Annual revenue denominated in the foreign currency.
- Foreign Currency Costs
- Annual costs denominated in the foreign currency.
- Foreign Currency Assets
- Total assets on the foreign subsidiary balance sheet.
- Foreign Currency Liabilities
- Total liabilities on the foreign subsidiary balance sheet.
- Original Exchange Rate
- Exchange rate when the position was established (home/foreign).
- Current Exchange Rate
- Current market exchange rate (home/foreign).
- Budget Exchange Rate
- Exchange rate assumed in the annual budget.
- Sensitivity Shock (%)
- Additional rate movement to stress-test (e.g., +5% depreciation).
What each result means
- Rate Change (%)
- Percentage change from original to current exchange rate.
- Revenue FX Impact
- Change in home-currency revenue due to FX movement.
- Cost FX Impact
- Change in home-currency costs due to FX movement.
- Net Transaction Impact
- Net P&L effect from transaction exposure.
- Profit Impact
- Change in operating profit from FX movement.
- Budget Variance
- Revenue variance vs budgeted exchange rate.
- Translation Gain/Loss
- Unrealized gain or loss on net foreign asset translation.
- Sensitivity Impact
- Additional profit impact if rate moves by the shock percentage.
- Total FX Exposure
- Combined absolute transaction and translation exposure.
How this is calculated
Worked example, using the default values
- Identify Input Parameters4 parametersForeign Currency Revenue = 1000000, Foreign Currency Costs = 600000, Foreign Currency Assets = 5000000, Foreign Currency Liabilities = 2000000 = 8 input(s) provided
- Calculate Rate ChangeRate Change = (rateChange / originalRate) * 100-4.55 = -4.55%
- Calculate Revenue FX ImpactRevenue FX Impact = revenueAtCurrent - revenueAtOriginal-50000 = $-50,000
- Calculate Cost FX ImpactCost FX Impact = costsAtCurrent - costsAtOriginal-30000 = $-30,000
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