Money Used To Purchase Maytag

In the historical balance sheet we can see a very important decrease of the short-term debt, so UGC could also increase this debt. Obtaining cash from the stock market, negotiate an increase of the number of days of the accounts payables, reducing inventory or decreasing the number of days in their accounts receivable could also be very important cash resources. Still, it is difficult to estimate the financial need due to the fact that we cannot forecast the cash from operations.

earnings. The income from the sale fueled a further diversification of the company, but also a

The company’s increase in inventory (illustrated on the statement of cash flows) rose after 1970 and culminated by a drastic increase in 1973. This increase in inventory (especially in 1973) appears to be heavily financed by short-term and long-term borrowing rather than the typical accounts payable. This is a bit unusual and in 1973 (when they acquired the greatest amount of debt equity, their accounts payable decreased. Their sales were not sufficient to offset the large outflows of inventory related costs. Furthermore, Grant’s decentralization was also a cause of their financial woes because rather than corporately controlling credit extension and credit terms, they allowed each store manager to set their own policies (and manipulate them as they desired). This disastrous policy imploded in 1975 when the company had to make a $155.7 million provision for bad debt expense. So not only did the company have substantial debt and bad debt to equity ratios, they were forced to write off about 8.8% of their total sales from 1975.

3. Was the firm able to generate enough cash from operations to pay for all of its capital expenditures?

13. Use the following data to determine the total dollar amount of assets to be classified as property, plant, and equipment. Eddy Auto Supplies Balance Sheet December 31, 2014 Cash $84,000 Accounts payable $110,000 Accounts receivable $80,000 Salaries and wages payable $20,000 Inventory $140,000 Mortgage payable $180,000 Prepaid insurance $60,000 Total liabilities $310,000 Stock investments $170,000 Land $190,000 Buildings $226,000 Common stock $240,000 Less: Accumulated Retained earnings $500,000 depreciation ($40,000) $186,000 Total

Operating cash flow was not enough to cover capital investments (this firm does not to appear to pay dividends as it does not show in the prior 3 years). The firm is financing it operations from the issuance of common stock. $23,082 was raised during the period, which is covering its investments in capital expenditures.

e. The largest source of cash from financing activities is from Proceeds from Long-Term Borrowing at $498 million. p. 42

4. The case indicates that the company’s “market value” of equity at June 30, 1999 was $460 billion. Compare this to the company’s “book value” of equity. What factors likely explain the difference between these two values?

4. May Department Stores is a merchandising company and I would link it with balance sheet number four. First clue are the inventories, 23, 2 % of total assets, usual for this type of company. As stated above, the offer their own credit cards, which can be explained the level of account receivables, 25, 7 % of total assets. Compared to the other five companies, May Departments Stores have an amount of PPE (20 % of total assets) that suits best for this type of company. The current liabilities are relatively high, 38, 3 % of total liabilities and shareholders’ equity, usual for merchandising company and a low level of long term debt, 9, 3 %.

The company lost money almost every year since its leveraged buyout by Coniston Partners in 1989. The income generated was not sufficient to service the interest expenses of the company which stood at $2.62B in 1996. From Exhibit 1, we can say that interest coverage ratio computed as EBIT / Interest Expense was 1.31 in 1989 and has been decreasing over years and currently stands at 0.59. This raises a question of how the company can meet its interest payments without raising cash or selling assets.

Jones over forecasts his inventory and has a low inventory turnover ratio. This drastically increases his accounts payable, as he isn’t able to pay due to low cash inflow. His account’s payable increased by nearly 9 percent in 2006. Nearly half of his current assets are in inventory. Also Jones isn’t able to take advantage of the cash discounts offered by his suppliers due to his slow cash collection process. In order to perform well, the company must improve its inventory system and its cash collection policies.

2. The single most important assessment in Cash Flows in the “cash flow from financial operations” because it provides an overlook on management’s operating decisions. In this case, we can see that Reebok had reported positive cash flows from operations, for example in 1990 reported $39.2M while LA Gear reported a negative (40M) the same year. Looking closely, we can see that LA Gear was retaining huge quantities of inventory while at the same time, not collecting enough money from customers (A/R). Hence we can conclude that for Reebok, operations was a source of cash but on the other hand, LA Gear was quite the opposite: operations was a use (or drain) of cash. Turning our attention to “cash flows from financing activities” we can see that more differences. Reebok is borrowing little money, instead it is paying loans. LA Gear is borrowing huge quantities of money, for example in 1990 it borrowed $56M. As a result of this, we can see where the money to finance

Note 3 touches on the category of cash and cash equivalents. Some of the cash equivalents are "available for sale securities." These include agency obligations ($20 million), commercial paper ($87 million), corporate debt securities ($78 million), government treasury securities ($606 million) and certificates of deposit ($64 million). In addition, the balance sheet shows $1.1886 billion in cash. There are stated at fair market value, which if it cannot be determined on the open market is estimated. The company values auction rate securities using an internally-developed valuation model. The company also notes that some of the "available for sale" securities are longer-term in

Exhibit 6, 8, and 9 (figures in $ millions) provides selected balance sheet items for Ford, General Motors, and DaimlerChrylser. The given information indicates that Ford carries the highest amount of cash and marketable securities among the three companies. In 1999, Ford had $25,173 of cash and marketable securities while General Motors and Daimler-Chrylser have only $12,140 and $9,163. Comparing at an industry level, we as a team

Apparently, Peregrine had an agreement with the bank that they would collect the receivables from the customers and, subsequently, submit the payments to the bank. Obviously, when the customers did not pay Peregrine, Peregrine either repurchased the receivables or paid back the bank. $70 million of payments were recorded on the income statement as acquisition or investment related expenses. This action resulted in one-time