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CHAPTER 18
Financial Analysis
Answers to Problem Sets
1.
Cash
Accounts receivable
$
thousands
25
35
Inventories
Total current assets
Net plant & equipment
Total assets
30
90
140
230
$ thousands
Accounts payable
Total current
liabilities
Long-term debt
Equity
24
24
230
130
75
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
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3.
COMMON-SIZE BALANCE SHEET, 2008
%
Cash & marketable securities 8.0
Debt due for repayment
Accounts receivable
20.6
Accounts payable
Inventories
19.7
Total current liabilities
Other current assets
7.2
Long-term debt
Total current assets
55.6
Other long-term liabilities
Tangible fixed assets
47.8
Total liabilities
Less accumulated
27.0
Total shareholders
depreciation
equity
Net tangible fixed assets
20.8
Long-term investments
.5
Other long-term assets
23.1
Total assets
100
Total liabilities &
shareholders equity
COMMON-SIZE INCOME STATEMENT, 2008
Sales
100%
Cost of goods sold
25.2
Selling, general and
61.3
administrative expenses
Depreciation
3.2
Earnings before interest &
10.3
taxes
Interest expense
.9
Taxable income
9.4
Tax
3.3
Net income
6.0
4.
%
2.4
31.6
33.9
21.5
11.6
67.0
33.0
100
a.
b.
c.
d.
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5.
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
False
True
False
False
Falseit will tend to increase the priceearnings multiple.
a.
b.
Net income = .08 X 3 X 500,000 (1- .35) X 30,000 = 100,500; ROE = net
income/ equity = 100,500/300,000 = .34
7.
8.
.25.
9.
.73.; 3.65%
10.
a.
1.47
b.
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11.
12.
$10 million.
13.
$82 million
.
14.
a.
The following are examples of items that may not be shown on the
companys books: intangible assets, off-balance sheet debt, pension
assets and liabilities (if the pension plan has a surplus), derivatives
positions.
b.
15.
As discussed in Section 21-3, there are many different ways to measure a firms
overall performance. Some of the financial metrics include:
Market value added the difference between the amount of money shareholders
have invested in the firm and current market capitalization of equity.
Market-to-book ratio the market value of equity divided by book value of equity.
This ratio gives us a common-size basis for comparing smaller and larger firms.
Economic value added the profit for the firm after the cost of capital is
deducted.
Return on capital the total profits available for all investors (equity and debtholders) divided by the amount of money invested in the firm.
Return on equity the net income divided by equity
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Return on assets (after tax interest plus net income) divided by total assets
Each of these measures has its advantages, depending on the goal of the
analysis. EVA and the rates of return show current performance and are not
impacted by expectations of future events that are measured in current market
prices. The potential downside of these metrics is that they are grounded in book
value and balance sheet figures that may not reflect economic reality accurately.
In all cases we may wish to compare recent performance with historical firm
performance and with contemporary performance of comparable firms in order to
judge whether performance was satisfactory.
16.
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17.
Times-interest earned equals EBIT / interest payments. With the interest rate
decrease, interest payments will drop on the floating debt. The smaller
denominator thus causes an increase in the times-interest earned ratio.
The market value of the fixed-rate debt will increase with the decline in interest
rates. This will cause the ratio of market value of debt to equity to increase,
giving the appearance of greater leverage. Of course the firms capital structure
has not changed, suggesting an advantage of using book values for debt ratios.
18.
19.
b.
The firm takes out a bank loan to pay its suppliers no effect
c.
d.
e.
After the merger, sales will be $100, assets will be $70, and profit will be $14.
The financial ratios for the firms are:
Sales-to-Assets
Profit Margin
ROA
Federal Stores
Sara Togas
Merged Firm
2.00
0.10
0.20
1.00
0.20
0.20
1.43
0.14
0.20
Note that the calculation of profit is straightforward in one sense, but in another it is
somewhat complicated. Before the merger, Federals cost of goods includes the
$20 it purchases from Sara, and Saras cost of goods sold is: ($20 $4) = $16
After the merger, therefore, the cost of goods sold will be: ($90 $20 + $16) = $86
With sales of $100, profit will be $14.
20.
Balance Sheet
Total liabilities + Equity = 235 Total assets = 235
Total current liabilities = 30 + 25 = 55
Current ratio = 1.4 Total current assets = 1.4 55 = 77
Cash ratio = 0.2 Cash = 0.2 55 = 11
Quick ratio = 1.0 Cash + Accounts receivable = current liabilities = 55
Accounts receivable = 44
Total current assets = 77 = Cash + Accounts receivable + Inventory
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Inventory = 22
Total assets = Total current assets + Fixed assets = 235 Fixed assets = 158
Long-term debt + Equity = 235 55 = 180
Debt ratio = 0.4 = Long-term debt/(Long-term debt + Equity)
Long-term debt = 72
Equity = 180 72 = 108
Income Statement
Average inventory = (22 + 26)/2 = 24
Inventory turnover = 5.0 = (Cost of goods sold/Average inventory)
Cost of goods sold = 120
Average receivables = (34 + 44)/2 = 39
Receivables collection period = 71.2 = Average receivables/(Sales/365)
Sales = 200
EBIT = 200 120 10 20 = 50
Times-interest-earned = 6.25 = (EBIT + Depreciation)/Interest Interest = 11.2
Earnings before tax = 50 11.2 = 38.8
Average equity = (108 + 100)/2 = 104
Return on equity = 0.24 = Earnings available for common stock/average equity
Earnings available for common stockholders = 24.96
Tax = Earnings before tax - Earnings available for common stock = 38.8-24.96
13.84
The result is:
21.
Fixed assets
Cash
Accounts receivable
Inventory
Total current assets
TOTAL
$158
11
44
22
77
$235
Sales
Cost of goods sold
Selling, general, and
Administrative
Depreciation
EBIT
Equity
Long-term debt
Notes payable
Accounts payable
Total current liabilities
TOTAL
$108
72
30
25
55
$235
Interest
Earnings before tax
Tax
Available for common
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200.0
120.0
10.0
20.0
50.0
11.20
38.80
13.84
24.96
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Company
EBIT
Interest Pmt
A
10
5
B
30
15
C
100
50
D
-3.0
2
E
80
1
D
-3.0
2
-1.5
E
80
1
80
Total
217
73
Company
EBIT
Interest Pmt
Times-interest
A
10
5
2
B
30
15
2
C
100
50
2
Rapid inflation distorts virtually every item on a firms balance sheet and income
statement. For example, inflation affects the value of inventory (and, hence, cost
of goods sold), the value of plant and equipment, the value of debt (both longterm and short-term); and so on. Given these distortions, the relevance of the
numbers recorded is greatly diminished.
The presence of debt introduces more distortions. As mentioned above, the
value of debt is affected, but so is the rate demanded by bondholders, who
include the effects of inflation in their lending decisions.
23.
All of the financial ratios are likely to be helpful, although to varying degrees.
Presumably, those ratios that relate directly to the variability of earnings and the
behavior of the stock price have the strongest associations with market risk; likely
candidates include the debt-equity ratio and the P/E ratio. Other accounting
measures of risk might be devised by taking five-year averages of these ratios.
24.
25.
When calculating EVA we should deduct the income tax shield in order to
measure the true cost to the firm of raising capital via debt. An alternative
approach might be to adjust the cost of capital to account for the tax savings from
debt. Simply deducting the cost of equity from net income will not lead to the
correct answer if the after-tax cost of debt differs significantly from the cost of
equityand if the firm has issued a meaningful amount of debt.
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26.
Recall that return on capital (ROC) equals the total profits earned for debt and
equity investors divided by the amount of money contributed. It is calculated as
(after-tax interest + net income) / total capital.
Using an average of capital at the start and end of the year for the denominator
will produce a reasonable result if the firm actively increases or reduces capital
over the year in a manner consistent with past practices.
By contrast, if increases in capital over the year occur without additional debt or
stock issuances (such as solely through retained earnings), the amount of money
that has been contributed to the firm by investors does not change during the
year. Using an average that includes the higher year-end figure will overstate the
amount of capital contributed and will likely understate the ROC calculation.
27.
Because both current assets and current liabilities are, by definition, short-term
accounts, netting them out against each other and then calculating the ratio in
terms of total capitalization is preferable when evaluating the safety of long-term
debt. Having done this, the bank loan would not be included in debt.
Whether or not the other accounts (i.e., deferred taxes, R&R reserve, and the
unfunded pension liability) are included in the calculation would depend on the
time horizon of interest. All of these accounts represent long-term obligations of
the firm. If the goal is to evaluate the safety of Geomorphs debt, the key
question is: What is the maturity of this debt relative to the obligations
represented by these accounts? If the debt has a shorter maturity, then they
should not be included because the debt is, in effect, a senior obligation. If the
debt has a longer maturity, then they should be included. [It may be of interest to
note here that some companies have recently issued debt with a maturity of 100
years.]
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