(Liquidity Analysis) The King Carpet Company has $2,960,000 in cash and a total of $11,530,000 in current assets. The firm's current liabilities equal $5,920,000 such that the firm's current ratio equals 1.9. The company's managers want to reduce the firm's cash holdings down to $1,140,000 by paying $540,000 in cash to expand the firm's truck fleet and using $1,280,000 in cash to retire a short-term note. If they carry this plan through, what will happen to the firm's current ratio? The new current ratio is (Round to one decimal place.)

Consider a firm with an EBIT of $868,000. The firm finances its assets with $2,680,000 debt (costing 8.2 percent and is all tax deductible) and 580,000 shares of stock selling at $6.00 per share. To reduce the firm's risk associated with this financial leverage, the firm is considering reducing its debt by $1,000,000 by selling an additional 380,000 shares of stock. The firm's tax rate is 21 percent. The change in capital structure will have no effect on the operations of the firm. Thus, EBIT will remain at $868,000. Calculate the change in the firm's EPS from this change in capital structure. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places. EPS before EPS after Difference

Happy Times, Incorporated, wants to expand its party stores into the Southeast. In order to establish an immediate presence in the area, the company is considering the purchase of the privately held Joe’s Party Supply. Happy Times currently has debt outstanding with a market value of $120 million and a YTM of 6.8 percent. The company’s market capitalization is $260 million and the required return on equity is 15 percent. Joe’s currently has debt outstanding with a market value of $25.5 million. The EBIT for Joe’s next year is projected to be $17 million. EBIT is expected to grow at 10 percent per year for the next five years before slowing to 3 percent in perpetuity. Net working capital, capital spending, and depreciation as a percentage of EBIT are expected to be 9 percent, 15 percent, and 8 percent, respectively. Joe’s has 2.15 million shares outstanding and the tax rate for both companies is 25 percent. a.What is the maximum share price that Happy Times should be willing to pay for…

Last year Ann Arbor Corp had $180,000 of assets (which equals total invested capital), $305,000 of sales, $19,000 of net income, and a debt-to-total-capital ratio of 37.5%. The new CFO believes that a new computer program will enable the company to reduce costs and thus raise net income to $31,000. The firm finances using only debt and common equity. Assets, total invested capital, sales, and the debt-to-capital ratio would not be affected. By how much would the cost reduction improve the ROE? Do not round your intermediate calculations.

Last year ABC Company had $200,000 of total assets, $25,746 of net income, and a debt-to-total-assets ratio of 32%. Now suppose the new CFO convinces the president to increase the debt-to-total assets ratio to 45%. Sales and total assets will not be affected, but interest expenses would increase. However, the CFO believes that better cost controls would be sufficient to offset the higher interest expense and thus keep net income unchanged. By how much would the change in the capital structure improve the ROE (that is, new ROE - old ROE)?  Round your answer to two decimal places of percentage. (Hint: ROE = net income/common equity) Group of answer choices 4.39% 4.47% 4.42% 4.53% 4.50%

Weber Interstate Paving Co. had $450 million of sales and $225 million of fixed assets last year, so its FA/Sales ratio was 50%. However, its fixed assets were used at only 85% of capacity. If the company had been able to sell off enough of its fixed assets at book value so that it was operating at full capacity, with sales held constant at $450 million, how much cash (in millions) would it have generated? Select the correct answer.   a. $32.15     b. $30.55     c. $36.95     d. $33.75     e. $35.35

Consider a firm with an EBITDA of $1,100,000 and an EBIT of $1,000,000. The firm finances its assets with $4,530,000 debt (costing 8.2 percent, all of which is tax deductible) and 202,000 shares of stock selling at $11 per share. To reduce risk associated with this financial leverage, the firm is considering reducing its debt by $2,530,000 by selling additional shares of stock. The firm’s tax rate is 21 percent. The change in capital structure will have no effect on the operations of the firm. Thus, EBIT will remain at $1,000,000.Calculate the EPS before and after the change in capital structure and indicate changes in EPS. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Your employer, a mid-sized human resources management company, is considering expansion into related fields, including the acquisition of Temp Force Company, an employment agency that supplies word processor operators and computer programmers to businesses with temporary heavy workloads. Your employer is also considering the purchase of Biggerstaff & McDonald (B&M), a privately held company owned by two friends, each with 5 million shares of stock. B&M currently has free cash flow of $24 million, which is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%. B&M’s financial statements report short-term investments of $100 million, debt of $200 million, and preferred stock of $50 million. B&M’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 11%. Answer the following questions. Describe briefly the legal rights and privileges of common stockholders. What is free cash flow (FCF)? What is the weighted average cost of capital? What is the free cash flow valuation model? Use a pie…

Happy Times, Incorporated, wants to expand its party stores into the Southeast. In order to establish an immediate presence in the area, the company is considering the purchase of the privately held Joe’s Party Supply. Happy Times currently has debt outstanding with a market value of $200 million and a YTM of 5.8 percent. The company’s market capitalization is $440 million and the required return on equity is 11 percent. Joe’s currently has debt outstanding with a market value of $33.5 million. The EBIT for Joe’s next year is projected to be $13 million. EBIT is expected to grow at 8 percent per year for the next five years before slowing to 3 percent in perpetuity. Net working capital, capital spending, and depreciation as a percentage of EBIT are expected to be 7 percent, 13 percent, and 6 percent, respectively. Joe’s has 2.15 million shares outstanding and the tax rate for both companies is 21 percent. a.What is the maximum share price that Happy Times should be willing to pay for…

Weber Interstate Paving Co. had $450 million of sales and $225 million of fixed assets last year, so its FA/Sales ratio was 50%. However, its fixed assets were used at only 70% of capacity. If the company had been able to sell off enough of its fixed assets at book value so that it was operating at full capacity, with sales held constant at $450 million, how much cash (in millions) would it have generated? Select the correct answer.   a. $62.85     b. $64.40     c. $65.95     d. $70.60     e. $67.50