Corporate Finance Ch. 18

Chapter 18
SHORT-TERM FINANCE AND PLANNING
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SKILLS

Describe the components of the cash cycle and
why it is important
Define the pros and cons of the various shortterm financing policies
Prepare a cash budget
Outline the various options for short-term
financing
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CHAPTER OUTLINE
18.1 Tracing Cash and Net Working Capital
18.2 The Operating Cycle and the Cash
Cycle
18.3 Some Aspects of Short-Term Financial
Policy
18.4 The Cash Budget
18.5 Short-Term Borrowing
18.6 A Short-Term Financial Plan
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BALANCE SHEET MODEL OF THE FIRM
Current Assets
Fixed Assets
1 Tangible
2 Intangible
Current
Liabilities
Net
Working
Capital
How much shortterm cash flow

does a company
need to pay its
bills?
Long-Term
Debt
Shareholders
Equity
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18.1 TRACING CASH AND NET

WORKING CAPITAL
Current Assets are cash and other assets that
are expected to be converted to cash within
the year.
Cash
Marketable securities
Accounts receivable
Inventory
Current Liabilities are obligations that are

expected to require cash payment within the
year.
Accounts payable
Accrued wages
Taxes
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DEFINING CASH IN TERMS OF

OTHER ELEMENTS
Net Working
Fixed
+
=
Capital
Assets
Net Working
Capital
= Cash +
LongTerm +
Debt
Other
Current
Assets
Equity
Current
Liabilities
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DEFINING CASH IN TERMS OF

OTHER ELEMENTS
LongNet Working
Fixed
Cash = Term + Equity
Capital
Assets
(excluding cash)
Debt
An increase in long-term debt and or equity
leads to an increase in cashas does a
decrease in fixed assets or a decrease in the
non-cash components of net working capital.
The sources and uses of cash follow from this
reasoning.
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ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE AND

DECREASE CASH
Increase Cash
Increase Long Term

Debt
Sell Additional Equity
Increase Current
Liabilities
Sell Current Assets
Sell Fixed Assets
Decrease Cash
Pay off Long Term

Debt
Repurchase Equity
Pay off Current
Liabilities
Buy Current Assets
Buy Fixed Assets
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18.2 THE OPERATING CYCLE AND

THE CASH CYCLE
Raw material
purchased
Finished goods sold
Cash
received
Order
Stock
Placed Arrives
Inventory period
Accounts receivable period
Time
Accounts payable period

Firm receives invoice
Cash paid for materials
Operating cycle
Cash cycle
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THE OPERATING CYCLE AND THE

CASH CYCLE
Cash cycle = Operating cycle
Accounts
payable
period
In practice, the inventory period, the accounts

receivable period, and the accounts payable
period are measured by days in inventory, days in
receivables, and days in payables.
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EXAMPLE: OPERATING AND CASH

CYCLE FACTS
Inventory:
Beginning = 200,000
Ending = 300,000
Accounts Receivable:
Beginning = 160,000
Ending = 200,000
Accounts Payable:
Beginning = 75,000
Ending = 100,000
Net sales = 1,150,000

Cost of Goods sold = 820,000
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EXAMPLE: OPERATING CYCLE

CALCULATIONS
Inventory period
Average inventory = (200,000+300,000)/2 =

250,000
Inventory turnover = 820,000 / 250,000 = 3.28
times
Inventory period = 365 / 3.28 = 111 days
Receivables period
Average receivables = (160,000+200,000)/2 =

180,000
Receivables turnover = 1,150,000 / 180,000 =
6.39 times
Receivables period = 365 / 6.39 = 57 days
Operating cycle = 111 + 57 = 168 days
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EXAMPLE: CASH CYCLE

CALCULATIONS
Payables Period
Average payables = (75,000+100,000)/2 = 87,500

Payables turnover = 820,000 / 87,500 = 9.37
times
Payables period = 365 / 9.37 = 39 days
Cash Cycle = 168 39 = 129 days

We have to finance our inventory for 129
days.
If we want to reduce our financing needs, we
need to look carefully at our receivables and
inventory periods they both seem
excessive.
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INTERPRETATION OF THE CASH CYCLE

Cash cycle increases when:
Inventory and receivable periods get longer
Cash cycle decreases when:

Payables periods are extended and receivables periods
shortened
There is a direct connection between a companys

cash cycle and profitability
Total asset turnover is a useful measure
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18.3 SOME ASPECTS OF SHORTTERM FINANCIAL POLICY

There are two elements of the policy that
a firm adopts for short-term finance.
The size of the firms investment in current
assets, usually measured relative to the
firms level of total operating revenues.
Flexible
Restrictive
Alternative financing policies for current

assets,
usually
measured
as
the
proportion of short-term debt to long-term
debt.
Flexible
Restrictive
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SIZE OF INVESTMENT IN
CURRENT ASSETS
A flexible short-term finance policy would
maintain a high ratio of current assets to sales.
Keeping large cash balances and investments in
marketable securities
Large investments in inventory
Liberal credit terms
A restrictive short-term finance policy would

maintain a low ratio of current assets to sales.
Keeping low cash balances, no investment in marketable
securities
Making small investments in inventory
Allowing no credit sales (thus no accounts receivable)
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CARRYING COSTS AND SHORTAGE

COSTS
$
Minimum
point
Total costs of holding current

assets.
Carrying costs
Shortage costs
CA*
Investment in
Current Assets ($)
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APPROPRIATE FLEXIBLE POLICY

$
Minimum
point
Carrying costs
Total costs of holding
current assets.
Shortage costs
CA*
Investment in
Current Assets ($)
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APPROPRIATE RESTRICTIVE POLICY

$
Minimum
point
Total costs of holding current assets.
Carrying costs
Shortage
costs
CA*
Investment in
Current Assets ($)
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ALTERNATIVE FINANCING
POLICIES
A flexible short-term finance policy means a
low proportion of short-term debt relative to
long-term financing.
A restrictive short-term finance policy means
a high proportion of short-term debt relative
to long-term financing.
Compromise policy meets restrictive and
flexible policies in the middle.
In an ideal world, short-term assets are
always financed with short-term debt, and
long-term assets are always financed with
long-term debt.
In this world, net working capital is zero.
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18.4 THE CASH BUDGET

A cash budget is a primary tool of shortrun financial planning.
The idea is simple: Record the estimates
of cash receipts and disbursements.
Cash Receipts
Arise from sales, but we need to estimate
when we actually collect
Cash Outflow
Payments of Accounts Payable

Wages, Taxes, and other Expenses
Capital Expenditures
Long-Term Financial Planning
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EXAMPLE
Pet Treats Inc. specializes in gourmet pet treats and

receives all income from sales
Sales estimates (in millions)
Q1 = 500; Q2 = 600; Q3 = 650; Q4 = 800; Q1 next year =
550
Accounts receivable
Beginning receivables = $250
Average collection period = 30 days
Accounts payable
Purchases = 50% of next quarters sales

Beginning payables = 125
Accounts payable period is 45 days
Other expenses
Wages, taxes and other expense are 30% of sales

Interest and dividend payments are $50
A major capital expenditure of $200 is expected in the second
quarter
The initial cash balance is $80 and the company maintains

a minimum balance of $50
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EXAMPLE: CASH INFLOWS

ACP = 30 days, this implies that 2/3 of sales are
collected in the quarter made, and the remaining
1/3 are collected the following quarter.
Beginning receivables of $250 will be collected in
the first quarter.
Beginning Receivables
Sales
Cash Collections
Ending Receivables
Q1
250
500
583
167
Q2
167
600
567
200
Q3
200
650
633
217
Q4
217
800
750
267
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EXAMPLE: CASH OUTFLOWS
Payables period is 45 days, so half of the purchases will be paid for

each quarter, and the remaining will be paid the following quarter.
Beginning payables = $125
Q1
Q2
Payment of accounts
275
313
362
338
Wages, taxes and other expenses
150
180
195
240
Capital expenditures
Interest and dividend payments
Total cash disbursements
Q3
Q4
200
50
50
50
50
475
743
607
628
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EXAMPLE: CASH BUDGET

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total cash collections
583
567
633
750
Total cash disbursements
475
743
607
628
Net cash inflow
108 -176
26
122
Beginning Cash Balance
80
188
12
38
Ending cash balance
188
12
38
160
Minimum cash balance
-50
-50
-50
-50
Cumulative surplus (deficit)
138
-38
-12
110
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18.5 SHORT-TERM BORROWING

The most common way to finance a
temporary cash deficit is to arrange a shortterm loan.
Unsecured Loans
Line of credit (at the bank)
Compensating balances
Secured Loans
Accounts receivable can be either assigned or

factored.
Inventory loans use inventory as collateral.
Commercial Paper
Trade Credit
Cash Discounts
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QUICK QUIZ
How do you compute the operating cycle and the
cash cycle?
What are the differences between a flexible shortterm financing policy and a restrictive one? What
are the pros and cons of each?
What are the key components of a cash budget?
What are the major forms of short-term
borrowing?
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Chapter 18

SHORT-TERM FINANCE AND PLANNING

KEY CONCEPTS AND SKILLS

BALANCE SHEET MODEL OF THE FIRM

How much shortterm cash flow

18.1 TRACING CASH AND NET

Current Liabilities are obligations that are

DEFINING CASH IN TERMS OF

DEFINING CASH IN TERMS OF

ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE AND

Increase Long Term

Pay off Long Term

18.2 THE OPERATING CYCLE AND

Finished goods sold

Accounts receivable period

Accounts payable period

Cash paid for materials

THE OPERATING CYCLE AND THE

In practice, the inventory period, the accounts

EXAMPLE: OPERATING AND CASH

Net sales = 1,150,000

EXAMPLE: OPERATING CYCLE

Average inventory = (200,000+300,000)/2 =

Average receivables = (160,000+200,000)/2 =

Operating cycle = 111 + 57 = 168 days

EXAMPLE: CASH CYCLE

Average payables = (75,000+100,000)/2 = 87,500

Cash Cycle = 168 39 = 129 days

INTERPRETATION OF THE CASH CYCLE

Cash cycle decreases when:

There is a direct connection between a companys

18.3 SOME ASPECTS OF SHORTTERM FINANCIAL POLICY

Alternative financing policies for current

A restrictive short-term finance policy would

CARRYING COSTS AND SHORTAGE

Total costs of holding current

APPROPRIATE FLEXIBLE POLICY

APPROPRIATE RESTRICTIVE POLICY

Total costs of holding current assets.

18.4 THE CASH BUDGET

Payments of Accounts Payable

Pet Treats Inc. specializes in gourmet pet treats and

Purchases = 50% of next quarters sales

Wages, taxes and other expense are 30% of sales

The initial cash balance is $80 and the company maintains

EXAMPLE: CASH INFLOWS

EXAMPLE: CASH OUTFLOWS

Payables period is 45 days, so half of the purchases will be paid for

Wages, taxes and other expenses

EXAMPLE: CASH BUDGET

Total cash collections

Total cash disbursements

Net cash inflow

Beginning Cash Balance

Ending cash balance

Minimum cash balance

Cumulative surplus (deficit)

18.5 SHORT-TERM BORROWING

Accounts receivable can be either assigned or

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