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LiquidityDSO

DSO Calculator

How long does your company take to get paid after invoicing? Compare it with your sector's benchmark.

Benchmarks by sector included Calculate DSO →
LiquidityDPO

DPO Calculator

Are you making good use of your suppliers' credit? Calculate your average payment term.

Ideal: 30–45 days · Risk: +60 days Calculate DPO →
LiquidityFM

Working Capital

Do you have enough capital for day-to-day operations? Calculate your company's current liquidity.

Healthy ratio: ≥ 1.5× Calculate →
ProfitabilityBE

Break-Even Point

At how many units and what revenue do you start turning a profit? Calculate your operating break-even.

Break-even in units and in euros Calculate →
FinancingF/O

Factoring vs Overdraft

Which financing is cheapest for your company? Compare the real cost of each option.

The real cost of each, side by side Compare →
RightsJM

Late-Payment Interest

Calculate the interest and fixed compensation you can charge on late B2B payments, with the rule of each of the 21 euro-area countries.

21 countries · each law's own rule Calculate →
Financial structureAF

Financial Autonomy

Assess the soundness of your financial structure: autonomy, charge coverage and undercapitalisation risk.

Healthy benchmark: ≥ 30% equity Calculate →
Operational efficiencyPMI

Average Inventory Period

How long is your money tied up in stock? Spot excess inventory and its opportunity cost.

Benchmark: 30–45 days · Risk: +90 days Calculate →
Commercial riskCC

Customer Concentration

Assess how dependent your portfolio is. A customer accounting for over 30% of revenue is a strategic risk.

High risk: 1 customer > 30% of revenue Analyse →
SustainabilityESG

ESG Calculator

Assess your SME's Environmental, Social and Governance performance. Score 0–100 with tier and improvement plan.

Based on the VSME standard (EFRAG) · Free Calculate ESG →
Guide · 8 min read

The 8 financial mistakes that destroy Portuguese SMEs

From undercapitalisation to dependence on a single customer: the most common risk patterns and how to avoid them.

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Why financial literacy

The financial literacy Portuguese SMEs deserve.

Many SMEs don't have the financial-diagnostic tools that large companies use every day.

It is Advanta's ESG commitment: to democratise financial knowledge, so every manager makes better decisions, with or without our service.

Diagnose

See where the company stands today with objective, comparable metrics.

Learn

Understand what each metric means and how the best managers use them.

Act

Practical recommendations, and financing from banks and funders to carry out the improvements.

Measure

Track progress and prove the impact of your decisions over time.

Cases illustrative

The impact in practice.

Illustrative examples built on typical profiles of Portuguese SMEs: what factoring and confirming could change. Not real customers.

Illustrative example · Construction · Lisbon
DSO 112 daysDSO 14 days

Public works with invoices to municipal councils. With factoring, the company could get paid in 1 to 2 business days after the funder approves, whatever the public-sector terms. Capital that could be freed up: €180k.

Factoring
Illustrative example · Food distribution · Porto
DPO 22 daysDPO 82 days

A distributor with 30 suppliers, paying them ahead of term. With confirming, it could stretch its terms to 82 days while a bank or funder pays the suppliers on time. Extra cash it could keep: €95k.

Confirming
Illustrative example · IT consulting · Braga
Negative WCWC +€45k

Customers paying at 90 days while salaries and rent fall due at 30. Factoring could turn working capital positive within weeks, without a bank loan.

Factoring

Illustrative examples, not real customers. Results depend on each company's risk profile and on the funder's offer.

Self-diagnostic warning signs

Does your company show any of these signs?

Positive results do not guarantee financial health. These are the most common risk patterns in Portuguese SMEs.

Do customers pay in more than 60 days?

Locked-up capital finances your customers, not the business.

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Do you pay suppliers before collecting from customers?

A treasury gap that worsens as you grow.

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Is working capital negative or close to zero?

An inability to absorb operational shocks.

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Do you depend on one customer for over 40% of revenue?

A drop in orders could be fatal for liquidity.

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Do you use an overdraft to pay salaries or suppliers?

A clear sign of a structural treasury mismatch.

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Are sales growing but cash not keeping up?

Growth without liquidity accelerates the risk of insolvency.

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Do you have invoices overdue by more than 90 days uncollected?

Every extra day costs legal late-payment interest and credibility.

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Is your financial autonomy below 30%?

A company overly dependent on outside financing.

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Guides practical

Articles on financing and treasury.

Detailed explanations, jargon-free, with steps you can apply this week.

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