Lawrence Sports: Working Capital Management

Working capital is the key to a successful business. It is like their blood flow and the manager’s job is to help keep it flowing. Under the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles working capital is simply the difference between a company’s Current Assets, which are cash, inventory, accounts receivable and prepaid items, and Current Liabilities, accounts payable and accrued expenses.

Sunflower Nutraceuticals is a privately owned company that is a wide distributor providing numerous dietary supplements for customers, distributors, and retailers (University of Phoenix, 2013). After starting the business in 2006 as an internet based company, SNC expanded operations into retail outlets as well as introducing some new private labeled products. Although SNC has the potential to grow into one of the major nutraceutical distributors in the industry, the company still struggles to break even. On more than one occasion SNC has been forced to exceed the company’s credit line of $1,000,000 to finance payroll and other

The cash conversion cycle measures the time between a firm spending cash and collect cash from the sales. The longer the time period the greater the potential need for working capital to support the firm. Generally, lower cash conversion cycle times are seen as favorable. The cash conversion cycle starts with Lawrence Sports purchasing the inputs for the goods they make from Garner Products and Murray Leather Works. The purchases will be on credit, and payment will be due at a point in the future. The goods are then made and shipped to Mayo, the payments to Garner Products and Murray Leather Works are due before the payments are received from Mayo, with Mayo creating further delays.

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On the other hand, the company has been growing constantly. In deed, according to the net income estimation for 2007 (see Table 7) the company increases its profits $25 thousand dollars more than the previous year. This is an evidence of how the company is been management and of its willing to grow year after year. Nevertheless, the first quarter of 2007 the working capital only has increased by $7 thousand dollars, which is the difference between the current assets and current liabilities but the importance of this is that according to the rotation on receivables and payable accounts, shown in Table 5 and 10, leads us to the conclusion that the company will have to pay its suppliers

The firm’s accounts receivable ratio increased from 68.71 in 2006 to 74.56 in 2010. This means that it is taking Abbott almost six days longer to collect from its customers today than it did five years ago. Furthermore, the firm’s accounts payable days has decreased from 43.72 in 2006 to 38.22 in 2010. This means that Abbott is paying its suppliers 5½ days earlier today than it did in 2006. A change in the inventory ratio from 8.01 in 2006 to 11.03 in 2010 indicates that it is taking the firm longer to sell finished goods than it used to. The increase in the accounts receivable and inventory ratios, combined with a decrease in the accounts payable ratio, indicates poor working capital management and helps to explain why the firm has increased its holdings of cash and short-term investments. To correct this, Abbott’s managers should focus on collecting cash from its customers faster and delaying payments to its suppliers. To maximize its cash position, the firm would be best served by paying its suppliers in the same amount of time as it collects payment from its customers.

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In this paper I’ll analyze the fundamental differences between the working capital structures and components for Google and Oracle, and speculate upon the main reasons why such differences exist; how each company could improve its working capital positions. As a Wall Street Analyst who has to recommend one of the companies as an investment to a company’s clients; based solely on that company’s working capital; as an Investment Banker who has to recommend loaning a substantial amount of capital to one company based solely on that company’s working capital.

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Although the income statement and balance sheet provide measures of a company’s success in terms of performance and financial position, cash flow is also vital to a company’s long-term success. Disclosing the sources and uses of cash helps creditors, investors, and other statement users evaluate a company’s liquidity, solvency, and financial flexibility. Financial flexibility is the ability of a company to react and adapt to financial adversities and opportunities. McDonald’s cash flow is

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Working capital is a financial metric that represents the operational liquidity of a business (Working Capital Management Analysis, 2015). Along with fixed assets (property, plant, and equipment etc.) working capital is considered a part of operating capital. The more positive a company’s working capital is, the more they are required to certify that they are able to continue its processes and has sufficient funds to cover both, growing short-term debt and upcoming expenses. It is stated by Watson and Head (2013) that decisions relating to working capital and short term financing are referred to as working capital management, which involve managing the relationship between a firm 's short-term assets and its short-term liabilities. Morrison’s (Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc) was founded in 1899 and with a market share of 11% and listed on the London stock exchange - they have now become the fourth largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom (Morrisons-corporate.com, 2015). Throughout this report, it is going to show Morrison’s calculated capital management to date, involving an evaluation of ratios and competitor ratios too.