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Basic Definitions
Gross working capital: Total current assets. Net working capital: Current assets - Current liabilities. Net operating working capital (NOWC): Operating CA Operating CL = (Cash + Inv. + A/R) (Accruals + A/P)
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Working capital management: Includes both establishing working capital policy and then the day-to-day control of cash, inventories, receivables, accruals, and accounts payable. Working capital policy:
The level of each current asset. How current assets are financed
SKI 1.75x 0.83x 58.76% 16.67x 45.63 4.82x 11.35x 2.08x 2.07% 10.45% 30.00
Industry 2.25x 1.20x 50.00% 22.22x 32.00 7.00x 12.00x 3.00x 3.50% 21.00% 33.00
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How does SKIs working capital policy compare with the industry?
Working capital policy is reflected in a firms current ratio, quick ratio, turnover of cash and securities, inventory turnover, and DSO. These ratios indicate SKI has large amounts of working capital relative to its level of sales. Thus, SKI is following a relaxed policy.
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A relaxed policy may be appropriate if it reduces risk more than profitability. However, SKI is much less profitable than the average firm in the industry. This suggests that the company probably has excessive working capital.
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What does the cash conversion cycle tell us about working capital management?
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Reduce the Inventory Conversion Period by processing and selling goods more quickly Reduce the Receivables Collection Period by speeding up collections Lengthening the Payables Deferral Period by slowing down the firms own payments
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To reduce cash held to the minimum necessary to conduct business, yet maintain sufficient cash balances to: Make timely payments, Take trade discounts, Maintain firms credit rating, and Meet unexpected cash needs. However, since cash is a non-earning asset, the goal is to have not one dollar more than necessary. The Internet and telecommunications technology have dramatically affected cash management.
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Precautionary balances: Cash reserves for unforeseen inflow/outflow fluctuations. Speculative balances: Cash held for possible bargain purchases. Both are better met with borrowing capacity and/or liquid securities.
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Use lockboxes. Insist on wire transfers from customers. Synchronize inflows and outflows. Use a remote disbursement account.
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Increase forecast accuracy to reduce the need for a cash safety stock. Hold marketable securities instead of a cash safety stock. Negotiate a line of credit (also reduces need for a safety stock).
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How can a firm synchronize its cash flows and what good would this do?
Synchronize cash flows by arranging to bill customers and pay bills on regular billing cycles throughout the month. Synchronized cash flows reduce the need for cash balances and required bank loans, thus lower interest expense and boost profits.
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Float: The difference between the balance shown in a firms checkbook and the balance on the banks books.
Red Book Balances
Disbursement float: Amount of funds tied up in checks the firm has written but which the bank has not yet deducted from its checking account balance. (More...) 18
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Collections float: The time it takes a firm to deposit checks it has received and for the bank to process them and credit the firms account with good funds.
Ledger Balances vs. Available Balances
Net float = positive disbursement float (Good) negative collections float (Bad)
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Float is the difference between the balance shown on the firms books and the balance on its banks records. If it takes SKI 1 day to deposit checks it receives and it takes its bank another day to clear those checks, SKI has 2 days of collections float.
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If it takes 6 days for the checks that SKI writes to clear and be deducted from SKIs account, SKI has 6 days of disbursement float. SKIs net float is the difference between the disbursement float and the collections float: Net float = 6 days - 2 days = 4 days. If SKI wrote and received $1 million of checks per day, it would be able to operate with $4 million less working capital than if it had zero net float.
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Components of Float
Mail-Time
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Electronic (ACH) depository transfer. Uses data files to transfer funds. One Day Clearing. Wires. The concentration bank instructs the field bank to initiate a wire transfer.
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Zero-Balance Accounts
Money is moved from the Master Account to
the Subsidiary Account to zero it out. Breakdown by type of account and division
regular suppliers; no float but GM gets discounts (2/10, n/30). With lower interest rates, emphasis has shifted to increased information benefits, ethical behavior, and decreased administrative costs.
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Account Analysis
Bank Provides Monthly: Summary of the Charges for Services Used Analysis of the Balances Maintained Credits Earned on the Balances
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What factors should a firm consider when building its marketable securities portfolio?
Default risk (safety first) Interest rate (price) risk Purchasing power (inflation) risk Liquidity and marketability risk Returns on securities (yield) Taxability When it might need funds Alternatively negotiate a line of credit
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U.S. Treasury bills Commercial paper Negotiable CDs Money market mutual funds Eurodollar market time deposits
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Speculative derivatives U.S. Treasury notes, bonds Corporate bonds State and local government bonds Preferred stocks Common stocks
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Purpose: Uses forecasts of cash inflows, outflows, and ending cash balances to predict loan needs and funds available for temporary investment. Timing: Daily, weekly, or monthly, depending upon budgets purpose. Monthly for annual planning, daily for actual cash management.
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Cash at start if no borrowing $ 3,000.00 $16,857.64 Net CF (slide 34) 13,857.64 18,311.85 Cumulative cash $16,857.64 $35,169.49 Less: target cash 1,500.00 1,500.00 Surplus $15,357.64 $33,669.49
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No. Depreciation is a noncash charge. Only cash payments and receipts appear in the cash budget. However, depreciation does affect taxes, which do appear in the cash budget.
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Proceeds from fixed asset sales. Proceeds from stock and bond sales. Interest earned. Court settlements.
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How can interest earned or paid on short-term securities or loans be incorporated in the cash budget?
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Collections would be reduced by the amount of bad debt losses. For example, if the firm had 3% bad debt losses, collections would total only 97% of sales. Lower collections would lead to lower surpluses and higher borrowing requirements.
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SKIs forecasted cash budget indicates that the companys cash holdings will exceed the targeted cash balance every month, except for October and November.
Cash budget indicates the company probably might be holding too much cash. SKI could improve its EVA by either investing its excess cash in more productive assets or by paying it out to the firms shareholders.
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What reasons might SKI have for maintaining a relatively high amount of cash?
If sales turn out to be considerably less than expected, SKI could face a cash shortfall. A company may choose to hold large amounts of cash if it does not have much faith in its sales forecast, or if it is very conservative. The cash may be there, in part, to fund a planned fixed asset acquisition.
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Carrying Costs: Cost of Capital tied up, storage and handling costs, insurance, property taxes, depreciation, and obsolescence.
Ordering Costs: Cost of placing orders, shipping, and handling costs. Supply Chain Management. Costs of Running Short: Loss of sales (from stockouts), loss of customer goodwill, and the disruption of production schedules.
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If SKI reduces its inventory, without adversely affecting sales, what effect will this have on its cash position?
Short run: Cash will increase as inventory purchases decline. Long run: Company is likely to then take steps to reduce its cash holdings.
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Computerized Inventory Control Systems Supply Chain Management Just-In-Time (JIT) Systems Out-Sourcing Relationship between production scheduling and inventory levels This topic will be discussed further in Chapter 22.
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Accounts Receivable Management: Do SKIs customers pay more or less promptly than those of its competitors?
SKIs days sales outstanding (DSO) of 45.6 days is well above the industry average (32 days). SKIs customers apparently are paying less promptly. SKI should consider tightening its credit policy to reduce its DSO. 47
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If SKI succeeds in reducing DSO without adversely affecting sales, what effect would this have on its cash position?
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run: if customers pay sooner, this increases cash holdings. Long run: over time, the company would hopefully invest the cash in more productive assets, or pay it out to shareholders. Both of these actions would increase EVA.
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Credit Management
What terms of credit should the firm use? To whom should the firm grant credit?
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and collections
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Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) or Average Collection Period (ACP) Aging Schedules
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A seasonal increase in sales will increase the numerator more than the denominator, and will raise the DSO
Thus the DSO will look worse, but nothing has
happened
A seasonal increase in sales will increase the amount of A/R that are less than 30 days outstanding
The Aging Schedule will look better, but nothing has
happened
discounts Credit period Credit standards Collection policy Size of credit line
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Discounts: Lowers price. Attracts new customers and reduces DSO. Credit Period: How long to pay? Shorter period reduces DSO and average A/R, but it may discourage sales.
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Credit Standards: Tighter standards reduce bad debt losses, but may reduce sales. Fewer bad debts reduces DSO. Collection Policy: Tougher policy will reduce DSO, but may damage customer relationships. Credit Line: The firm determines the size of the line of credit extended to a particular customer.
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Credit Terms
Discounts
For example, 2/10...
Credit Period
For example, n/30; or n/30 EOM Seasonal Dating, for example n/30, July 1st
Promotes Sales Reduces Inventory Smoothes Production Transfers Risk of Obsolescence Might offer Anticipation Discount Covered more fully in Chapter 21
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Credit Standards
Credit Interchange
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Credit Investigation
Proceed Sequentially in examining credit worthiness and making the credit decision.
Begin with the least costly and time consuming method. Then ask, is it worth it to continue further? Use of computers in Relational Data Bases and Data Warehouses.
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Collection Policy
Letters
Phone calls Legal action
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If a firm has no bad debts, does that mean that the credit manager is doing a good job?
No! The credit policy may be too restrictive, and the firm may be losing sales, profits and stockholder wealth.
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A key option is that the seller may grant a limited amount of credit, called a credit line or credit limit. Possible reasons for this limit:
Limits are not as enforced as rejection Increases in production costs Funds Constraints
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Moderate: matches the maturity of the assets with the maturity of the financing.
Self-liquidating approach
Aggressive: uses short-term (temporary) capital to finance some permanent assets. Conservative: uses long-term (permanent) capital to finance some temporary assets.
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The choice of working capital financing policy is a classic risk/return tradeoff. The aggressive policy promises the highest return but carries the greatest risk. The conservative policy has the least risk but also the lowest expected return. The moderate (maturity matching) policy falls between the two extremes.
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Temp. NOWC
S-T Debt (Temporary) L-T Fin: Stock, Bonds, Spon. C.L. (Permanent) Years
Perm NOWC
Fixed Assets
Perm NOWC
Fixed Assets
Years
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Short-term credit: Debt requiring repayment within one year. Major sources:
Accruals
Cost
Annual Percentage Rate Effective Annual Rate (Compounded Rate)
Flexibility Availability
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cost-- yield curve usually slopes upward. Can get funds relatively quickly with lower flotation costs. Repayment penalties can be expensive for long-term debt Long-term debt typically contain more restrictive covenants.
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Is There a Cost to Accruals, and Do Firms Have Much Control Over Them?
Accruals increase automatically as a firms operations expand. Accruals are free in the sense that no explicit interest is charged. A firm has little control over the level of accruals, They are influenced more by industry custom, economic factors, and tax laws than by managerial actions. Spontaneous source of funds.
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Flexible in amount Informal - no restrictions placed on the user Very convenient and easy to obtain Easy for the small firm to obtain
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Limited in amount Not a direct source to pay other bills Can affect credit rating Stretching accounts payable
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SKI buys $506,985 net, on terms of 1/10, net 30, and pays on Day 40. How much free and costly trade credit, and whats the cost of costly trade credit?
Net daily purchases = $506,985/365 = $1,389. Annual gross purch. = $506,985/(1-0.01) =$512,106
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Gross/Net Breakdown
Company buys goods worth $506,985. Thats the cash price. They must pay $5,121 more if they dont take discounts. Think of the extra $5,121 as a financing cost similar to the interest on a loan. Want to compare that cost with the cost of a bank loan.
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Payables level if take discount: Payables = $1,389(10) = $13,890. Payables level if dont take discount: Payables = $1,389(40) = $55,560. Credit Breakdown: Total trade credit Free trade credit Costly trade credit
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Effect on credit rating - reputation as a slow payer Suppliers start requiring the firm to pay cash Late payment penalties
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Choosing a Bank
(Negotiated Source of Funds)
Willingness to assume risks Advise and counsel Loyalty to customers Maximum loan size Specialization Merchant Banking capabilities Other Services
Technology and telecommunications
Discussed in Chapter 21
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Line of Credit is a informal or formal understanding between the bank and the borrower indicating the maximum credit the bank will extend to the borrower.
One year or less Can be tied to LIBOR, Prime, Fed Funds Rate Often includes a cleanup provision
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A Revolving Credit Agreement (Revolver) is a formal (legal) arrangement often used by large firms.
Can be more than one year , e. g. three years.
Usually calls for a commitment fee.
We will calculate the APR and EAR of bank loans in Chapter 21.
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Promissory Note
Negotiated source of funds Amount borrowed Percentage interest rate Repayment schedule
Series of Installments or Lump sum
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Commercial Paper
A type of unsecured (normally), discounted, large denomination, promissory note, typically issued by large, strong firms (Net Worth>$100 million)
Sold to other business firms, money market funds, pension
funds, foundations, wealthy individuals, and insurance companies Maturities vary from one to nine months Can be asset-backed
Direct Placement vs. Dealer Placement Rated by Moodys, Standard & Poors, Fitchs
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Cheaper, as the effective interest rate is typically less than the prime rate Size of market available is large Medium-sized firms may use bank guarantees and enter the market
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Impersonal market Dealers prefer to handle the paper of firms where borrowings are $10 million or more Cant pay off prior to maturity 270 day maximum maturity 100% credit line needed to back up commercial paper in most cases Amount of funds in market may be limited
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Short term notes issued by large, strong companies. SKI couldnt issue CP--its too small. CP trades in the market at rates just above Tbill rate. CP is bought with surplus cash by banks and other companies, then held as a marketable security for liquidity purposes.
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In a secured loan, the borrower pledges assets as collateral for the loan. For short-term loans, the most commonly pledged assets are receivables and inventories. Securities are great collateral, but firms needing short-term loans generally do not have securities on hand.
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UCC form-1: filed with Secretary of State to establish collateral claim. Prospective lenders will do a claims search, and wont make the loan if a prior UCC-1 has been filed. Security Agreement: standard form under the Uniform Commercial Code. Specifies when lender can claim collateral if default occurs.
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If receivables are pledged, the lender has recourse against both the original buyer of the goods and the borrower.
Normally non-notification for remittances
When receivables are factored, they are generally sold, and the lender has no recourse to the borrower.
Normally notification for remittances
Credit Cards are an example
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Aspects of Factoring
Maturity Factoring
Continuous process Funds are received at maturity Factor performs: Credit Checking and Investigation Collections Absorbs Bad Debt Expenses (Risk Bearing)
Discount Factoring
Additional function of lending is performed as
Drawbacks of Factoring
Non-interest costs - e.g. 1 % to 3% of the amount of the invoice accepted by Factor Constraints imposed on the seller Administrative costs Other creditors are placed at a disadvantage because A/R is used as collateral Interest costs if Discount Factoring is used
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Public Warehouse is an independent third party engaged in the business of storing goods. Field Warehouse may be established at the borrowers place of business
Physical Control of inventory - e.g. canned
Minimum of $5,000 plus 1 to 2 % of amount of credit extended Interest charges typically set at 2% to 3% above prime But, necessity for warehouse control may improve warehouse practices
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Pension funds and mutual funds have money to lend, but they typically dont make short term loans. Companies like GM and Ford can bundle up their receivables, use them as security for a low-risk bond, and sell the bond to pension funds, etc. This is securitization, and its purpose is to get funds at a low cost. However, the risk is substantial for the final investor.
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List all the potential sources from the lowest effective rate to the highest Start with the cheapest and proceed sequentially (typically) to the more expensive source
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