Chapter 19

•Short-Term Finance and

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 Key Concepts and Skills
• Understand the components of the cash
cycle and why it is important
• Understand the pros and cons of the
various short-term financing policies
• Be able to prepare a cash budget
• Understand the various options for short-
term financing

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 Chapter Outline
• Tracing Cash and Net Working Capital
• The Operating Cycle and the Cash Cycle
• Some Aspects of Short-Term Financial
Policy
• The Cash Budget
• Short-Term Borrowing
• A Short-Term Financial Plan

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 Sources and Uses of Cash
• Balance sheet identity (rearranged)
• NWC + fixed assets = long-term debt + equity
• NWC = cash + other CA – CL
• Cash = long-term debt + equity + CL – CA other than
cash – fixed assets
• Sources
• Increasing long-term debt, equity or current liabilities
• Decreasing current assets other than cash or fixed
assets
• Uses
• Decreasing long-term debt, equity or current liabilities
• Increasing current assets other than cash or fixed assets

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 The Operating Cycle
• Operating cycle – time between
purchasing the inventory and collecting the
cash from selling the inventory
• Inventory period – time required to
purchase and sell the inventory
• Accounts receivable period – time required
to collect on credit sales
• Operating cycle = inventory period +
accounts receivable period
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 Cash Cycle
• Cash cycle
• Amount of time we finance our inventory
• Difference between when we receive cash
from the sale and when we have to pay for the
inventory
• Accounts payable period – time between
purchase of inventory and payment for the
inventory
• Cash cycle = Operating cycle – accounts
payable period
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Figure 19.1

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 Example Information
• 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
• 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 = 112 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 = 58 days
• Operating cycle = 112 + 58 = 170 days

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 Example – Cash Cycle
• 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 = 170 – 39 = 131 days
• We have to finance our inventory for 131 days
• If we want to reduce our financing needs, we
need to look carefully at our receivables and
inventory periods – they both seem extensive

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 Short-Term Financial Policy
• Size of investments in current assets
• Flexible (conservative) policy – maintain a
high ratio of current assets to sales
• Restrictive (aggressive) policy – maintain a
low ratio of current assets to sales
• Financing of current assets
• Flexible (conservative) policy – less short-term
debt and more long-term debt
• Restrictive (aggressive) policy – more short-
term debt and less long-term debt

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 Carrying vs. Shortage Costs
• Managing short-term assets involves a trade-
off between carrying costs and shortage
costs
• Carrying costs – increase with increased levels
of current assets, the costs to store and finance
the assets
• Shortage costs – decrease with increased levels
of current assets
• Trading or order costs
• Costs related to safety reserves, i.e., lost sales and
customers and production stoppages
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 Temporary vs. Permanent
Assets
• Temporary current assets
• Sales or required inventory build-up may be seasonal
• Additional current assets are needed during the “peak”
time
• The level of current assets will decrease as sales occur
• Permanent current assets
• Firms generally need to carry a minimum level of
current assets at all times
• These assets are considered “permanent” because the
level is constant, not because the assets aren’t sold

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 Cash Budget
• Forecast of cash inflows and outflows over
the next short-term planning period
• Primary tool in short-term financial planning
• Helps determine when the firm should
experience cash surpluses and when it will
need to borrow to cover working-capital costs
• Allows a company to plan ahead and begin
the search for financing before the money is
actually needed

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 Example: Cash Budget
Information
• 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 quarter’s 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 Budget – Cash
Collections
• 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

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Beginning Receivables 250 167 200 217
Sales 500 600 650 800
Cash Collections 583 567 633 750
Ending Receivables 167 200 217 267
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 Example: Cash Budget – Cash
Disbursements
• 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 Q3 Q4
Payment of accounts 275 313 362 338
Wages, taxes and other expenses 150 180 195 240
Capital expenditures 200
Interest and dividend payments 50 50 50 50
Total cash disbursements 475 743 607 628

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 Example: Cash Budget – Net Cash
Flow and Cash Balance
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
Net cash inflow 108 -176 26 122
Ending cash balance 188 12 38 160
Minimum cash balance -50 -50 -50 -50
Cumulative surplus (deficit) 138 -39 -14 107

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 Short-Term Borrowing
• Unsecured Loans
• Line of credit
• Committed vs. noncommitted
• Revolving credit arrangement
• Letter of credit
• Secured Loans
• Accounts receivable financing
• Assigning
• Factoring
• Inventory loans
• Blanket inventory lien
• Trust receipt
• Field warehouse financing
• Commercial Paper
• Trade Credit

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Chapter 19

•End of Chapter

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