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Financial Management Flashcards

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Describe the payables deferral period

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Payables Deferral Period = Avg. payables
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Purchases per day

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What is the Order Point?

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Order Point = Daily Demand x (Lead time in days + Safety stock)

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Describe the Inventory Conversion Period

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ICP = Average Inventory
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Cost of sales per day

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What is the interest cost of not taking a trade discount formula?

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Interest cost of not taking a trade discount formula

= Discount % x 365 Days
__________ ____________________
100%- Disc % Total pay pd- discount pd

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Describe the Economic Order Quantity

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Economic Order Quantity- Represents the optimal quantity of inventory to be ordered based on demand and various inventory costs.

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What is the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) formula?

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EOQ = SQRT((2 x a x D/ k))

Carrying costs= Restocking costs in order to minimize total investment.

a = cost of placing one order
D = annual demand in units
k = cost of carrying one unit of inventory for one year
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What is the Dividend- yield- plus- growth- ratio approach?

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Dividend- yield- plus- growth- ratio approach

Ks = D1 + Expected g
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Po

D1 = next expected dividend
Po = Current stock price
g = growth rate in earnings
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What is the Degree of Operating Leverage?

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DOL= % change in operating income
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% change in unit volume

OU

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What is the degree of financial leverage?

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DFL= % change in EPS
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% change in EBIT

Do not include interest or taxes in denominator!

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What is Days Sales Outstanding?

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DSO = Receivables balance
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Sales per day

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How is the cost of New Common stock calculated?

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Cost of New Common Stock

Ks = D1
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(Po - F)

D1 = Next expected dividend
Po = Current Stock Price
G = Growth rate in Earnings
F = Flotation cost per share
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What is the formula for calculating the Cost of Existing Common Equity?

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Cost of Existing Common Equity

Ks(CAPM) = Krf + (Km - Krf) x bi

Krf = Risk- free interest rate
Km = Expected market rate of interest
bi = beta coefficient
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What is the formula for calculating the Cash Conversion Cycle?

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Cash Conversion Cycle

CCC = Inventory Conversion Period + Receivable Conversion Period - Payables Deferral Period

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What is the formula for calculating the Weighted Average Cost of Capital?

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Weighted Average Cost of Capital

WACC = WE x CE x ((WD x (Before Tax Cost of Debt) x 1-TR))

WE = Weight of Equity
CE = Cost of Equity
WD = Weight of Debt
TR = Tax Rate
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Calculate the Annual Cost of Carrying Inventory

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Annual Cost of Carrying Inventory

ACCI = Avg Inventory Level x Unit Cost x Cost of Capital

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What are the characteristics of a Sale and Leaseback?

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Sale and Leaseback

1) Sell to another party, then lease back
2) Tax benefits in agreement
3) Financing easier to obtain than bonds
4) Lease agreement contain fewer restrictions than bond agreement.

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What are the characteristics of Bonds?

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Bonds

1) Finance Long Term Assets
2) Semiannual interest payments
3) Liability on Balance Sheet
4) Interest on Bonds = Tax Deductible
5) Restrictions on flexibility

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What are the advantages of going public?

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Advantages of going public

1) Much larger access pool to equity capital
2) Can easily issue additional stock
3) Stock can be used for business acquisitions
4) Stock- based compensation
5) Owners investments become liquid

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What are the disadvantages of going public?

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Disadvantages of going public

1) Costs in IPO
2) Costs of compliance with SEC, Sarbanes- Oxley
3) Management focus on maximizing stock price which may not be in the best long term interest.
4) Disclosure of significant amounts of information

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What are the dividend policy considerations in Financial Management?

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Dividend policy considerations in Financial Management?

1) Life cycle stage (no longer in need of significant additional financing) (expansion, maturity)
2) Cash generally should be retained if the company can earn a return that exceeds the investor.
3) Tax status of shareholders.

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What are the advantages/ disadvantages of issuing common stock?

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Advantages/ Disadvantages of issuing common stock?

1) Issuance of additional common stock dilutes ownership and control of existing shareholders.
2) Issuance of too much common stock my increase the firm’s overall cost of capital.

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Advantages/ Disadvantage of issuing preferred stock

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Advantages/ Disadvantage of issuing preferred stock

1) Carries a fixed dividend rate that must be paid before Common Stock receives dividends
2) Commons Stock do not give up control of the firm

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What are the benefits of hedging?

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Benefits of hedging

1) Risk of price volatility shared with another party
2) Forecast raw materials needs and purchase forwards or futures to lock in the raw materials price.
3) Can fix the price it will pay for a commodity for an extended period of time.
4) Mitigate risk if significant flux
5) Ensures sufficient availability

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