Chapter 12 Packet notes- Test 3 Flashcards
- Spontaneous Financing
- External financing
- Profit retention
Basic Types of Financing: Sources of Financing
- Firms economic potential
- Company size and maturity
- Types of assets
- Owner preferences for debt or equity
Factors that Determine Financing
Growth prospects and long-term profitability
Firm’s Economic Potential
Life-cycle position in business (beginning or mature).
Company Size and Maturity
Tangible or intangible.
Types of Assets
Tradeoffs required for debt and equity.
Owner Preferences for Debt or Equity
- Voting control: owners must share control with other equity investors who buy the stock or make a large investment.
- Financial Risk: Lower
- Protential profitability: Lower potential return on investment for the owners.
High Equity and Low Debt Financing
- Voting control: Owners maintain control without having to make a large investment.
- Financial risk: Higher
- Potential Profitability: Higher potential return on investment for the owners.
High Debt and Low Equity Financing
- Return on assets
- Return on equity
Debt or Equity Financing?
- Rate of return earned on a firm’s total assets invested.
- Computed as operating income divided by total assets
Return on Assets
- Rate of return earned on the owner’s equity investment.
- Computed as net income divided by owner’s equity investment.
Return on Equity
- Personal savings
- Friends and family
- Other individual investors
- Venture capital firms
- Large corporations
- Public sale of stock
Equity
- Friends and family
- Other individual investors
- Commercial banks
- Business suppliers
- Asset-based lenders
- Government-sponsored programs
- Venture capital firms
- Community-based financial institutions
- Large corporations
Debt
- Personal savings
- Family and friends
- Credit cards
Three Sources of Financing (Sources Close to Home)
Owner equity is expected by other investors.
Personal Savings
Borrowing puts personal relationships at risk.
Family and Friends
Provides easy access to funds and assets; cards should be a method of payment and not a source of credit.
Credit Cards
- Line of credit
- Term loans
- Mortgages
Types of Loans
An informal agreement between a borrower and a bank as to the maximum amount of funds the bank will provide at any one time.
- Revolving Credit Agreement
Line of Credit
A commitment by a bank to lend up to a maximum amount.
Revolving Credit Agreement
Money loaned for a 5-10 year term, corresponding to the length of time the investment will bring in profits.
- generally used to finance equipment
Term Loans
Two types which represent a long-term source of debt capital:
- Chattel
- Real Estate
Mortgage
A loan or which items of inventory or other moveable property serve as collateral.
Chattel Mortgage
A long-term loan with real property held as collateral.
Real Estate Mortgage