CH11- Finance Flashcards

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What is finance>

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The management, creation and study of money, credit, banking, investment that make up the financial system

(Create value for shareholders)

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4 types of ways to evaluate performance

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Liquidity ratios
Assets management ratios
Leverage ratios
Profitability ratios

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Liquidity ratio

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how quickly are you able to pay off debt, converting asset into cash/ how strong are ur asset in relationship of your debt

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4
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Type of liquidity ratio

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Current ratio

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5
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Current ratio and it’s formula

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within a year, the larger the ratio the better (most companies like a 2:1 ratio). However it depends of the industry

Current assets/current liability

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Asset management ratios

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how well a firm uses their assets to generate revenues, it focus on efficiency (you can tell how efficient a business is)

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Types of management ratios

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Inventory turnover ratio

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Inventory turnover ratio

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relates to inventory, needs a tangible good (not services). We look how quickly a product is sol and replaced in a year

Cost of good sold/average inventory

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Leverage ratio

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How much capital comes in form of debt

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10
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Types of financial leverage

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Debt to equity ratio

Debt ratio

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Debt to equity ratio and formula

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smaller number less risk, more people will want to invest in it

Total debt/ shareholder equity

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Debt ratio

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Total debt/ total asset

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13
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Profitability ratios

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rate of return on an investment

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14
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Types of profitability ratio

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Return on equity

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15
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Return on equity and formula

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how efficiently a company manage the shareholders money (mostly look at common shares)

Net income/ shareholder equity

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16
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Financial planning

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establish goals for a business or an individual in a financial stand point

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17
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2types of budgeted financial statement + cash budget

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Budgeted income statement
Budgeted balance sheet
Cash budget

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Budget income statement

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Forecasts net income using sales and cost information (anticipate what will happen)

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Budgeted balance sheet

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Forecasts assets a firm will need for future plans

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Cash budget

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Timing of cash flow (cash crunches)

21
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Types of managing current assets

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Cash
Accounts receivable
Managing inventory

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Managing current assets: CASH

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  • cash equivalent (commercial paper, treasury bills, mutual funds)

Allows cash to grow, very liquid

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Managing current assets : ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE

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Settling credit terms, establishing credit standards, deciding on collection

Not everyone pays right away their goods purchased (monthly payments), money owed from credit sale

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Managing current assets; MANAGING INVENTORY

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Industry that produce goods that are ready to be sold.
Inventory=value
Need managing so there isn’t a surplus or shortage (cost money)

25
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Commercial paper

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small loans (IOU) or a treasure bill from the gouvernment (IOU)

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Mutual funds

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lower risk investments, pull funds from people to make money grow.

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Crédit terms

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how long is your credit for? Should there be cash discounts (10% off if you pay in 30 days and not 60 —> less risky for business and allows them to invest faster)

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Crédit standard

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who are you going to issue your credit to. What credit does a business have to be eligible to your credit plan.

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Types of short term financing

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Spontaneous financing
Shot term bank loans
Factoring
Commercial paper

30
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Short term financing

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Funds that can be used to fund a business

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Spontaneous financing (+ what does it include)

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funds from business activity (from operating for day to day business).

+ trade credit

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Trade credit

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(important when credit is used). Supply product are delivered when you dont need to pay right away.

33
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Shot term bank loans (what is included)

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Line of credit

Revolving credit agreement

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Line of credit

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bank issues a pre approved amount of money that is accessible for you very quickly.

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Revolving credit agreement

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bank makes a formal legal binding agreement for a set amount of money

36
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Factoring

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we don’t want to have too many sales with credit because we want to have cash in hand. Business sales off their account receivable to a factoring business to obtain cash. The factoring business pays less than the amount of money in the account.

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Commercial paper

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you can issue out commercial papers.

38
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Capital budgeting (long term)

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Way of evaluating long term investment proposals and its liability

Why it matters: poor choices lead to long term consequences

Types: present value of cash flows
Time value of money
Net present value

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Présent value of cash flows

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comparing cash flow at different points in time

40
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Time value of money

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outlines that money received today is more valuable than any money received in the future

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Net present values (NPV )

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present value of all expected future cash flow. Looks at investment cost vs what we will be going from that investment

42
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What are the sources of long-term capital

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Debt and equity

43
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LT capital: debt

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  • repayment takes priority over owner’s earnings
  • fixed payements
  • collateral requirement
  • Tax deductible interest
  • does not require addition shareholder investment
  • covenants: restrictions on loans to protect lenders
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LT capital: equity

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Two sources: retained earnings and new stocks
Less risky and flexible
Fewer tax benefits
Financial leverage