Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134728520
Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 1SBA

Small Business Analysis

Purpose: To help you understand the importance of cash flows in the operation of a small business.

You just received your year-end financial statements from your CPA. Although receiving the year-end financial package is important every year for your financing institutions and your investors, it is especially important this year because of the potential investment opportunity that just became available to you. Yesterday, you got a telephone call from one of your competitors with whom you have been discussing the possibility of a merger. The gist of the conversation was that the board of directors wanted to sell outright to you instead of merging. You’re pretty happy about that except for the fact that it could create some potential cash flow problems. The other company wants $1,000,000 cash and it wants to do it soon or the deal is off. You’ve got that amount of cash and cash equivalents available right now, but you know there are some cash commitments coming up soon for capital expenditures and dividend payments. You decide to call one of your financial investors. She suggests that you calculate free cash flow at the end of the year to determine if that amount of cash is available to complete the deal.

You look at your statement of cash flows and see that net cash flow from operations was $1,725,000 and that cash used to purchase long-term assets was $550,000.

Requirement

  1. 1. Define free cash flow and calculate it based on the information previously provided. With your understanding of free cash flow, is this new investment something that this company should pursue?
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Chapter 11 Solutions

Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)

Ch. 11 - Prob. 1SCCh. 11 - Operating activities are most closely related to:...Ch. 11 - Prob. 3SCCh. 11 - Prob. 4SCCh. 11 - Finlay, Inc., earned net income of 63,000 after...Ch. 11 - Prob. 6SCCh. 11 - Prob. 7SCCh. 11 - Prob. 8SCCh. 11 - Prob. 9SCCh. 11 - Elliot Enterprises had operating expenses of...Ch. 11 - Prob. 11SCCh. 11 - Prob. 12SCCh. 11 - Prob. 1SECh. 11 - Prob. 2SECh. 11 - Prob. 3SECh. 11 - Prob. 4SECh. 11 - Prob. 5SECh. 11 - Prob. 6SECh. 11 - Operating activitiesindirect method (Learning...Ch. 11 - Prob. 8SECh. 11 - Operating activitiesdirect method (Learning...Ch. 11 - Prob. 10SECh. 11 - Prob. 11SECh. 11 - Prob. 12SECh. 11 - Prob. 13AECh. 11 - Prob. 14AECh. 11 - Prob. 15AECh. 11 - Preparing a statement of cash flowsindirect method...Ch. 11 - Prob. 17AECh. 11 - Prob. 18AECh. 11 - Prob. 19AECh. 11 - Prob. 20AECh. 11 - Prob. 21AECh. 11 - Prob. 22BECh. 11 - Prob. 23BECh. 11 - Preparing a statement of cash flowsindirect method...Ch. 11 - Prob. 25BECh. 11 - Prob. 26BECh. 11 - Prob. 27BECh. 11 - Prob. 28BECh. 11 - Prob. 29BECh. 11 - Calculating certain information using the direct...Ch. 11 - Prob. 31APCh. 11 - Prob. 32APCh. 11 - Prob. 33APCh. 11 - Prob. 34APCh. 11 - Prob. 35APCh. 11 - Prob. 36APCh. 11 - Prob. 37BPCh. 11 - Prob. 38BPCh. 11 - Prob. 39BPCh. 11 - Prob. 40BPCh. 11 - Prob. 41BPCh. 11 - Prob. 42BPCh. 11 - Prob. 1CECh. 11 - Prob. 1CPCh. 11 - Apply Your Knowledge Ethics In Action Case 1....Ch. 11 - Case 2. Kevin Sailors, the CEO of Candle...Ch. 11 - Financial Analysis Purpose: To help to familiarize...Ch. 11 - Prob. 1IACh. 11 - Small Business Analysis Purpose: To help you...Ch. 11 - Written Communication Prepare a paper outlining...Ch. 11 - Comprehensive Problem The Accounting Cycle and...
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