BEC 3 - Financial Management & Capital Budgeting Flashcards
Financing Function
raising necessary capital to Fund a business
Capital Budgeting Function
Choosing the best long term projects to which to dedicate the firm’s resources, based on the projects expected risks and returns
Financial Management Function
- managing the business internal cash flows & capital structure (debt & equity mix)
- minimizing financial costs
- ensuring obligations can be paid when due
Corporate Governance Function
making sure that managerial behavior is ethical (toward all parties) & in the interest of the business’ owners
Risk Management Function
identifying and managing the business’s various types of risk
Managing Working Capital
- making sure the business has the net short term financial assets to meet short term obligations
- managing inventories and receivables
Working Capital Formula
Current Assets – Current Liabilities
Current Ratio
Current Asset / Current Liabilities
Quick Ratio (Acid Test)
Quick Assets / Current Liabilities
Quick Assets
Cash + Marketable Securities + Accounts Receivable
What does the Cash Conversion Cycle Measure?
of days from when a business pays for its INPUTS to when the business COLLECTS CASH from resulting sales of finished goods
What is the goal of the Cash Conversion Cycle
- to shorten the CCC to minimize the need for financing
- Therefore, lowers costs of financing & improves profitability
Cash Conversion Cycle Formula
ICP + RCP – PDP
- ICP: Inventory Conversion Period
- RCP: Receivable Collection Period
- PDP: Payable Deferral Period
Inventory Conversion Period Formula
ICP = Avg Inventory / COGS Per Day (OR Sales per day)
*avg # of days to convert inventory to sales
Accounts Receivable Collection Period
RCP = Avg AR / Avg CREDIT Sales per day
- avg # of days required to collect AR
Accounts Payable Deferral Period
PDP = Avg Payables / [Purchases per day (or COGS/365)]
- Avg # of days between buying inventory (including DM + DL for mfg entity) and paying for that inventory
Several Purposes for Keeping Cash Balances
- Operations
- Trade Discounts
- Compensating Balances
- Speculative Balances
- Precautionary Balances
Float
time it takes for checks to be mailed, processed, & cleared
Pay By Draft
customers pay by check for SLOWER processing (3rd Party Instrument)
Zero Balance Accounts
Banks offering these accounts notify their customer each day of checks presented for payment & transfer only the funds needed to cover them
Concentration Banking
- customers pay local branches instead of main offices so that the business gets funds quicker (REDUCING AR FLOAT)
- periodic wire transfers from local branches to main offices can be costly
Lock Box System
- customers send payments directly to the bank to speed up deposits & increase internal control over cash
- eliminates check processing float
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- Customers pay electronically for fastest processing
- eliminates float from both payments and receipts (AR & AP)
What is the purpose of managing marketable securities?
- to maximize earnings by using ST investments instead of cash (or 0% checking accounts)
- most important to consider LIQUIDITY & RISK (SAFETY)
Treasury Bills
- ST obligations of the US government with original maturities under 1 year
- use a ZERO-coupon format
- virtually ZERO risk of capital losses even if sold before maturities
Treasury Notes
- US government obligations with original maturities between 1 & 10 years
- pay coupons (interest payments) semi-annually
Treasury Bonds
- Same as Notes but with original maturities over 10 years
TIPS
- T-notes & T-bonds that pay a FIXED REAL RATE of interest by adjusting the principal semi-annually for inflation
Federal Agency Securities
- offerings that may or may not be backed by the full faith & credit of US government
- do not trade as actively as Treasury’s but pay slightly higher rates
Certificates of Deposits (CDs)
- Time deposits at Banks with Limited government insurance
- Interest yields are typically higher then US Govt Securities
Commercial Paper
promissory notes issues by corporations with lives up to 9 months
Bankers’ Acceptances
- drafts drawn on banks that are payable at a specific future due date (not on demand, as checks would be) usually 30-90 days after being drawn
- usually to pay or goods across international borders
- trade in secondary markets @ a discount prior to their due date
Money Market Mutual Funds
- invest in instruments with short maturities (<1 year)
- generally stable value
Short Term Bonds Mutual Funds
- invest in instruments with maturities of under 5 years
- generate higher returns than money market funds but with the potential for fluctuations in value
Stocks & Bonds
- individually offer substantially higher potential returns (also greater risk)
What does managing receivables include?
- establishing/updating credit approval mechanism
- monitoring the resulting receivables
Methods of generating immediate cash
- Pledging: Loan (AR = collateral)
- Assignment: Loan (interest & fee for the advance)
- Factoring without recourse: sell AR (interest & fee)
What does factoring AR usually do?
improves AR Turnover Ratio
Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio
Net CREDIT Sales / Avg AR
Number of Days of Sales in Avg AR
360 / AR Turnover3
What is Inventory Management?
- budgeting for inventory purchase decisions
- when to place orders (or start production) to replace inventory
- how much to purchase (or to produce)
- requires weighing conflicting factors (carry costs, order costs, lead time, need)
What is Materials Requirement Planning
- MRP: computerized system that uses demand forecasts to manage the production of finished goods & the required inventory for ram materials
Reorder Point Formula
Avg Daily Demand x Avg Lead Time
Safety Stock Formula
Reorder Point(@ MAX lead time) – Reorder Point(@ NORMAL lead time)
Economic Order Quantity Formula
Sqrt(2AP/S)
- A: Annual usage of inventory
- P: Placing order costs
- S: Storage costs for carrying for 1 period (obsolesce cost)
Just-In-Time (JIT)
- to keep inventories low, order as LITTLE as possible & order as CLOSE to the time when their inventories are needed as possible
- goods are produced on demand rather than based on long-range forecasts of sales
- units in process for a relatively short period of time (efficient & high speed / mature JIT system)
When can Just In Time be used effectively?
- storage costs (non-value added operations) are HIGH
- lead times are LOW
- needs for safety stock are LOW (good relationship with reliable suppliers)
- costs per purchase order are LOW
When do companies usually use backflush costing?
- in a mature JIT system because tracking costs in WIP is NOT effective
Backflush Costing
- AKA Delayed or Endpoint Costing
- all mfg costs are charged DIRECTLY TO COGS
- @ end of the accounting period, the company determines if there are inventories
- If inventories exist, costs are allocated FROM COGS to INVENTORY accounts (such as finished goods using standard costs)
What is Cycle Counting?
- technique to manage & audit inventory
- focuses on counting small subsets of inventory in specific locations
Inventory Turnover Ratio
COGS / Avg Inventory
of Days in Avg Inventory
360 / AVG inventory
FV Factor Formula
1 / PV Factor
Convert PV Ordinary Annuity to Annuity Due
(PV of Ordinary Annuity Factor)x(1+Interest%) = PV Annuity Due Factor
Payback Period Formula
Initial Investment / After Tax Annual Net Cash Inflow
Disadvantages of the Payback Period Method
- does not consider the project’s total profitability
Payback Period
length of time it takes for an initial investment to be recovered in cash
Internal Rate of Return
- the discount rate at which NPV = 0
- the rate of interest that equates the PV Cash O/F = PV of Cash I/F
- can be used to compare alternative instruments
- could compare against Hurdle Rates
Internal Rate of Return Formula
Investment / Annual Cash Flows = PV Factor (for NPV=0)
Advantages of the Internal Rate of Return
- time value of money
- Hurdle Rates (similar risk)
- More readily understandable than NPV
Disadvantages of the Internal Rate of Return
- with different assumption = multiple IRRs
- some CF patterns may not have an IRR for which project’s NPV equates to zero
Accounting Rate of Return
computes approximate rate of return