Foundations of Financial Management
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ISBN: 9781259277160
Author: Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt, Bartley Danielsen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 14P
Guardian Inc. is trying to develop an asset financing plan. The firm has
a. Construct two alternative financing plans for Guardian. One of the plans should be conservative, with 75 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. The current interest rate is 15 percent on long-term funds and 10 percent on short-term financing.
b. Given that Guardian’s earnings before interest and taxes are
c. What would happen if the short- and long-term rates were reversed?
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Guardian Incorporated is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. The firm has $390,000 in temporary current assets and $290,000 in permanent current assets. Guardian also has $490,000 in fixed assets. Assume a tax rate of 40 percent.
Construct two alternative financing plans for Guardian. One of the plans should be conservative, with 90 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. The current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 8 percent on short-term financing. Compute the annual interest payments under each plan.
Given that Guardian’s earnings before interest and taxes are $270,000, calculate earnings after taxes for each of your alternatives.
What would the annual interest and earnings after taxes for the conservative and aggressive strategies be if the short-term and long-term interest rates were reversed?
14. Collins Systems, Inc., is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. The firm has $300,000 in temporary current assets and $200,000 in permanent current assets. Collins also has $400,000 in fixed assets. a) Construct two alternative financing plans for the firm. One of the plans should be conservative, with 80 percent of assets financed by long-term sources and the rest financed by short-term sources. The other plan should be aggressive, with only 30 percent of assets financed by long- term sources and the remaining assets financed by short-term sources. The current interest rate is 15 percent on long-term funds and 10 percent on short-term financing. Compute the annual interest payments under each plan. b. Given that Collins's earnings before interest and taxes are $180,000, calcu- late earnings after taxes for each of your alternatives. Assume a tax rate of 40 percent.
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