7. Wagner Inc. has $200 in current assets and $125 in current liabilities. Inventory before any changesis $40. Wagner wants to reduce short-term loans (a current liability) and hold less inventory. Abouthow much can Wagner's short-term loans decline without pushing its current ratio above 2.0?a. ST-loans can fall by about $77b. ST-loans can fall by about $155c. ST-loans can fall by about $167d. ST-loans can fall by about $17e. ST-loans can fall by about $150f. ST-loans can fall by about $50

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You are considering a new supplier that you estimate would reduce your costs 0.025, increasing overall EBIT margin the same amount, or 250 basis points. Tax burden 0.79 Interest burden 0.8 Operating margin Asset turnover 2.1 Leverage ratio 1.2 Equity 56 Before the changes are made the firm was intrinsically valued at 45.54 After the changes, what would the new value be assuming the new ROE, growth, and EPS1. The firm pays dividends as 0.61 of EPS. The discount rate is 0.15" O 64.88 O 70.24 62.35 O 67.36 0.08 O 73.13
Consider the following income statement for Larry & Harry drug stores: Revenue - 90mm Variable costs- 48mm Interest on debt- 6mm Depreciation- 0 mm It’s tax rate is 25% and the book value of its equity is 150mm. What is L&H’s coverage ratio? A) 0.18 B) 5.25 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8 F)15
Dallas Company's current ratio is 4 to 3. The company is negotiating a loan, and the company's management understands that a higher (i.e., better) current ratio will reduce the company's cost of borrowing (interest rate). Which of the following transactions will improve Houston Company's current ratio? Select one: a. making a payment on a long-term debt b. using cash to pay current liabilities c. purchasing inventory on account d. collecting on some of the company's accounts receivable e. none of the above
Suppose management is unwilling to permit losses exceeding 18% of a financial institution’s capital to a particular sector? What is the concentration limit if management estimates that the amount lost per dollar of defaulted loans in this sector is 30 cents? What would the concentration limit be if the loss rates on bad loans was 55 cents? What is it 12 cents?
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RETURN ON EQUITY AND QUICK RATIO Lloyd Inc. has sales of $200,000, a net income of $15,000, and the following balance sheet: REFER IMAGE The new owner thinks that inventories are excessive and can be lowered to the point where the current ratio is equal to the industry average, 25×, without affecting sales or net income. If inventories are sold and not replaced (thus reducing the current ratio to 25×); if the funds generated are used to reduce common equity (stock can be repurchased at bookvalue); and if no other changes occur, by how much will the ROE change? What will be the firm’s new quick ratio?
(Related to Checkpoint 4.1) (Liquidity analysis) Airspot Motors, Inc. has $2,517,200 in current assets and $868,000 in current liabilities. The company's managers want to increase the firm's inventory, which will be financed using short-term debt. How much can the firm increase its inventory without its current ratio falling below 2.1 (assuming all other current assets and current liabilities remain constant)? Airspot Motors, Inc. could add up to $ in inventories. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
# 5 Fujita, Incorporated, has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $369,600. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $51,000 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 15 percent higher. If there is a recession, then EBIT will be 24 percent lower. The company is considering a $185,000 debt issue with an interest rate of 6 percent. The proceeds will be used to repurchase shares of stock. There are currently 8,400 shares outstanding. The company has a tax rate of 24 percent, a market-to-book ratio of 1.0 before recapitalization, and the stock price changes according to M&M. a-1. Calculate earnings per share (EPS) under each of the three economic scenarios before any debt is issued. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a-2. Calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession. (A…
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Q2. A company currently has annual sales of Rs. 500,000 and an average collection period of 30 days. It is considering a more liberal credit policy. If the credit period is extended, the company expects sales and bad-debt losses to increase in following manner: Credit policy А Increase in credit period Increase in sale (Rs) Bad debts % of total sales 25,000 1.2 35,000 1.5 40,000 1.8 50,000 ABCDE 10 days 15 30 42 2.2 The selling price per unit is Rs 2. Average cost per unit at the current level of operations is Rs. 1.50 and variable cost per unit is Rs. 1.20. if current bad debt loss is 1% and required rate of return on investment is 20%, which credit policy should be undertaken? Ignore taxes and assume 360 days in a year.

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