(Liquidity analysis) When firms enter into loan agreements with their bank, it is very common for the agreement to have a restriction on the minimum current ratio the firm has to maintain. So, it is important that the firm be aware of the effects of their decisions on the current ratio. Consider the situation of Advanced Autoparts (AAP) in 2009. The firm had total current assets of $1,908,026,400 and current liabilities of $1,362,876,000. a. What is the firm's current ratio? b. If the firm were to expand its investment in inventory and finance the expansion by increasing accounts payable, how much could it increase its inventory without reducing the current ratio below 1.2? c. If the company needed to raise its current ratio to 1.5 by reducing its investment in current assets and simultaneously reducing accounts payable and short-term debt, how much would it have to reduce current assets to accomplish this goal?

(Liquidity analysis) When firms enter into loan agreements with their bank, it is very common for the agreement to have a restriction on the minimum current ratio the firm has to maintain. So, it is important that the firm be aware of the effects of their decisions on the current ratio. Consider the situation of Advanced Autoparts (AAP) in 2009. The firm had total current assets of $1,908,026,400 and current liabilities of $1,362,876,000. a. What is the firm's current ratio? b. If the firm were to expand its investment in inventory and finance the expansion by increasing accounts payable, how much could it increase its inventory without reducing the current ratio below 1.2? c. If the company needed to raise its current ratio to 1.5 by reducing its investment in current assets and simultaneously reducing accounts payable and short-term debt, how much would it have to reduce current assets to accomplish this goal?

Essentials Of Investments

11th Edition

ISBN:9781260013924

Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1PS

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

(Fair Value Option) Fallen Company commonly issues long-term notes payable to its various lenders. Fallen has had a pretty good credit rating such that its effective borrowing rate is quite low (less than 8% on an annual basis). Fallen has elected to use the fair value option for the long-term notes issued to Barclay’s Bank and has the following data related to the carrying and fair value for these notes. Any changes in fair value are due to changes in market rates, not credit risk. Carrying Value Fair Value December 31, 2017 $54,000 $54,000 December 31, 2018 44,000 42,500 December 31, 2019 36,000 38,000 Instructions(a) Prepare the journal entry at December 31 (Fallen’s year-end) for 2017, 2018, and 2019, to record the fair value option for these notes.(b) At what amount will the note be reported on Fallen’s 2018 balance sheet?(c) What is the effect of recording the fair value option on these notes on Fallen’s 2019 income?(d) Assuming that general market interest rates…
Suppose a company is choosing between bank loans and bonds. The interest rate in the bank loan is 3.5%, and an investment bank predicted that the company will pay close to 4% to issue a bond with the same maturity. In addition, fees are estimated to be higher for the bond issuance than for the bank loan. Explain why this company may still decide to issue the bond rather than borrowing through a bank.
The "mark to market" rule (a) Created an unrealistic picture of the financial health of some banks. (b) Required banks to recognize in their balance sheet decrease in value of assets as their price declined in the market, instead of waiting until the asset was sold. (c) Caused the net worth of some banks to decline significantly and making it impossible for the banks to make loans. (d) All the above. (e) Only (b) and (c) are true.
When firms enter into loan agreements with their bank, it is very common for the agreement to have a restriction on the minimum current ratio the firm has to maintain. So, it is important that the firm be aware of the effects of their decisions on the current ratio. Consider the situation of Advanced Autoparts (AAP) in 2009. The firm had total current assets of $1,907,570,000 and current liabilities of $1,362,550,000. a. What is the firm's current ratio? b. If the firm were to expand its investment in inventory and finance the expansion by increasing accounts payable, how much could it increase its inventory without reducing the current ratio below 1.2? c. If the company needed to raise its current ratio to 1.5 by reducing its investment in current assets and simultaneously reducing accounts payable and short-term debt, how much would it have to reduce current assets to accomplish this goal? Question content area bottom Part 1 a. What is the firm's…
Provide Answer
Our textbook claims that one of the key services banks provide is maturity intermediation: what exactly does this mean? (Choose an answer from the list below; only one is correct.) Reference: Chapter 11 and/or Chapter 1 Banks borrow money from their younger customers and lend it to their older customers. Banks gather small deposits and use them to make large investments, allowing small investors to collectively buy large assets. Banks are funded with deposits that they promise to return on demand but use them to make long-term loans, which creates a mismatch in the maturities of their assets & liabilities.
Please help with the below minicase. Directions: The best way to do this case is to use relevant credit information and calculate some financial ratios: ROA, debt ratio, liquidity ratios, ROE, profit margin, Inventory and Asset turnover. Then look at breakeven point probability, and finally the possibility of a repeat order. What can you say about Miami Spice’s creditworthiness? What is the break-even probability of default? How is it affected by the delay before MS pays its bills? How should George Stamper’s decision be affected by the possibility of repeat orders? MiniCase: George Stamper a credit analyst with Micro-Encapsulators Corp. (MEC) needs to respond to an urgent email request from the southeast sales office. The local sales manager reported that she had an opportunity to clinch an order from Miami Spice (MS) for 50 encapulators at $10,000 each She added that she was particularly keen to secure this order since MS was likely to have a continuing need for 50 encapulators a…
Regarding the following statements about credit fixed income, identify who is correct (select all that apply): a. Meeyeon: "Credit spreads tighten when the economy is strong, and there is a continued positive outlook." b. Andrew: "Subordinated debentures are riskier for investors than senior debt." c. Greg: "The G-spread only measures the credit spread between a bond and a government curve over one point of time." d. Yuting: "Investment-grade credit never defaults." (only a and b is incorrect)
Two depository institutions have composite CAMELS ratings of 1 or 2 and are "well capitalized." Thus, each institution falls into the FDIC Risk Category I deposit insurance assessment scheme. Further, the institutions have the following financial ratios and CAMELS ratings: Use Table 13–11. Institution A Institution B Tier I leverage ratio (%) 8.80 7.93 Net income before taxes/risk-weighted assets (%) 2.33 1.95 Nonperforming loans and leases/gross assets (%) 0.53 0.68 Other real estate owned/gross assets (%) 0.15 0.45 Brokered deposits/total assets (%) 3.75 1.05 One year asset growth 7.35 4.65 Loans as a Percentage of Total Assets: Construction & Development 0.00 0.00 Commercial & Industrial 18.36 11.40 Leases 2.05 1.75 Other Consumer 18.85 18.55 Loans to Foreign Government 0.30 0.30 Real Estate Loans Residual 0.00 0.00…
As the 2008–2009 financial crisis unfolded, one major U.S. bank had a leverage ratio of 50.In Canada, regulators put a ceiling of 20 on bank leverage ratios. Compare the change inasset values that would push the capital in the U.S. bank to zero with the change requiredto eliminate capital in a Canadian bank at the ceiling-leverage ratio. What is the implicationof the differences in maximum leverage ratios for the stability of the banking system?

Recommended textbooks for you

Essentials Of Investments

Finance

ISBN:

9781260013924

Author:

Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Publisher:

Mcgraw-hill Education,

FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE

Finance

ISBN:

9781260013962

Author:

BREALEY

Publisher:

RENT MCG

Financial Management: Theory & Practice

Finance

ISBN:

9781337909730

Author:

Brigham

Publisher:

Cengage

Foundations Of Finance

Finance

ISBN:

9780134897264

Author:

KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William

Publisher:

Pearson,

Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…

Finance

ISBN:

9781337395250

Author:

Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston

Publisher:

Cengage Learning

Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…

Finance

ISBN:

9780077861759

Author:

Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

Essentials Of Investments

Finance

ISBN:

9781260013924

Author:

Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Publisher:

Mcgraw-hill Education,

FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE

Finance

ISBN:

9781260013962

Author:

BREALEY

Publisher:

RENT MCG

Financial Management: Theory & Practice

Finance

ISBN:

9781337909730

Author:

Brigham

Publisher:

Cengage

Foundations Of Finance

Finance

ISBN:

9780134897264

Author:

KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William

Publisher:

Pearson,

Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…

Finance

ISBN:

9781337395250

Author:

Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston

Publisher:

Cengage Learning

Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…

Finance

ISBN:

9780077861759

Author:

Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS