BEC 12 - Financial Management Concepts and Tools Flashcards
What is the ultimate objective of the financial management function in a profit-oriented entity?
The ultimate objective of financial management is to maximize the value of the entity, usually as reflected by the market price for the firm’s stock.
Identify some of the responsibilities of the financial management function of an entity.
- Managing the capital and financial structure of the entity;
- Planning, allocating and controlling an entity’s financial resources;
- Identifying and managing financial risks faced by the entity.
Define “sunk cost.”
Costs incurred in the past that cannot be changed by current or future decisions and, therefore, are irrelevant to current decisions.
Define “opportunity cost.”
Benefit lost from an opportunity as a result of choosing another opportunity. It is measured as the discounted value of the cash flow or other benefit foregone and is relevant in making current decisions.
Define “weighted-average cost of capital.”
Cost of each element of capital weighted by the proportion (percentage) of total capital provided by each element, with the resulting products summed to get the weighted average cost for all elements of capital.
Percent of total x Cost of capital = Weighted cost
What are the major elements of a firm’s capital (or capital structure)?
Long-term debt, Preferred stock and Common stock.
Define “cost” as used in accounting.
Amount paid or obligation incurred for a good or service; may be unexpired or expired. An unexpired cost is an asset. An expired cost is an expense.
How is a firm’s cost of capital determined?
It is the rate of return that must be earned by prospective investors in order for a firm to attract and retain their investments.
Investors’ expected rate of return is determined primarily by the rate of return that could be earned on other opportunities with comparable risk.
Define “unexpired cost”.
An asset; it has future value to the entity (e.g., the cost of a 3-year insurance policy would be an asset during the period covered).
Define “expired cost”.
The benefit to an entity from the good or service that has been used up and is of no future value to the entity. An expired cost is an expense (.e.g., cost of wages and salaries) or a loss (e.g., cost of goods destroyed by fire).
Of Bonds, common stock, and preferred stock, which of the three can incur a tax savings?
Only on the bonds can tax savings be assumed.
Distinguish between an “ordinary annuity (also called an annuity in arrears)” and an “annuity due (also called an annuity in advance).”
Ordinary annuity: Series of equal amounts received or paid at the end of each equal period.
Annuity due: Series of equal amounts received or paid at the beginning of each equal period.
Define the “present value” of $1.
Value now (at present) of a single amount to be received in the future.
Amount to be received in the future is discounted using an interest rate to get the present value of that amount.
PV = future cash flow / (1+ required rate of return)^# of years
or PV = future cash flow x rate of % for a specific amount of periods.
Define “future value” of an ordinary annuity.
Value at some future date of a series of equal amounts to be invested at the end of equal intervals over some period of time.
Amount that will accumulate as a result of the amounts invested at the end of each period and the compounding of interest on those amounts.
Define the “future value” of an annuity due.
Value at some future date of a series of equal amounts to be invested at the beginning of equal intervals over some period of time.
Amount that will accumulate as a result of the amounts invested at the beginning of each period and the compounding of interest on those amounts.
