Foundations Of Finance
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134897264
Author: KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 4, Problem 8SP
(Evaluating liquidity) The Tabor Sales Company had a gross profit margin (gross profits ÷ sales) of 30 percent and sales of $9 million last year. Seventy-five percent of the firm’s sales are on credit and the remainder are cash sales. Tabor current assets equal $1.5 million, its current liabilities equal $300,000, and it has $100,000 in cash plus marketable securities.
- a. If Tabor’s accounts receivable are $562,500, what is its average collection period?
- b. If Tabor reduces its days in receivable (average collection period) to 20 days, what will be its new level of accounts receivable?
- c. Tabor’s inventory turnover ratio is 9 times. What is the level of Tabor’s inventories?
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