(Liquidity Analysis) The King Carpet Company has $3,190,000 in cash and a total of $12,490,000 in current assets. The firm's current liabilities equal $5,020,000 such that the firm's current ratio equals 2.5. The company's managers want to reduce the firm's cash holdings down to $1,090,000 by paying $566,000 in cash to expand the firm's truck fleet and using $1,534,000 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.)
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- The Nelson Company has $1,430,000 in current assets and $550,000 in current liabilities. Its initial inventory level is $400,000, and it will raise funds as additional notes payable and use them to increase inventory. How much can Nelson's short-term debt (notes payable) increase without pushing its current ratio below 1.8? What will be the firm's quick ratio after Nelson has raised the maximum amount of short-term funds? Round your answer to two decimal places.(Liquidity analysis) Airspot Motors, Inc. has $2,172,500 in current assets and $869,000 in current liabilities. The company's managers want to increase the firm's inventory, which will be financed using short-term debt. How much can the firm increase its inventory without its current ratio falling below 2.1 (assuming all other current assets and current liabilities remain constant)?(Related to Checkpoint 4.1) (Liquidity analysis) Airspot Motors, Inc. has $2,499,800 in current assets and $862,000 in current liabilities. The company's managers want to increase the firm's inventory, which will be financed using short-term debt. How much can the firm increase its inventory without its current ratio falling below 2.2 (assuming all other current assets and current liabilities remain constant)? Airspot Motors, Inc. could add up to $ in inventories. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
- Moore Heel is a shoe manufacturing company. Moore has hired you to value the company based onthe discounted cash flow method. You have determined that the present value of the company’s cashflows is $400,000, marketable securities total $150,000, and the market value of debt is $250,000.What is the value of the firm?Jupiter Inc.’s directors are considering expanding their operations in foreign markets. They estimate that the cost of expansion is approximately $42 million. The company’s CFO has estimated that new foreign operations will generate the following cash flows: Year 1 = $2,120,000 Year 2 = $2,838,000 Year 3 = $3,480,000 Year 4 = $4,570,000 Year 5 onward, the cash flow stream is going to stabilize at $5,500,000 which is going to continue forever. Given that the company’s required rate of return is 11%, what is the NPV of the project?Copmany A. has $2,491,100 in current assets and $859,000 in current liabilities. The company's managers want to increase the firm's inventory, which will be financed using short-term debt. How much can the firm increase its inventory without its current ratio falling below 2.2 (assuming all other current assets and current liabilities remain constant)?
- The Nelson Company has $1,566,000 in current assets and $540,000 in current liabilities. Its initial inventory level is $375,000, and it will raise funds as additional notes payable and use them to increase inventory. How much can Nelson's short-term debt (notes payable) increase without pushing its current ratio below 2.0? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $ What will be the firm's quick ratio after Nelson has raised the maximum amount of short-term funds? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.Morgan Industries is an all-equity firm with 50 million shares outstanding. Iota has $200 million in cash and expects future free cash flows of $75 million per year. Management plans to use the cash to expand the firm's operations, which in turn will increase future free cash flows by 12%. Morgan's cost of capital is 10% and assume that capital markets are perfect. • What is the value of Morgan Industries if they use the $200 million to expand?• What is the price per share of Morgan Industries if they use the $200 million to expand?Awkward Inc. currently has $2,145,000 in current assets and $858 in current liabilities. The company's managers want to increase the firm inventory, which will be financed by short-term note with the bank. What level of inventories can the firm carry without its current ratio falling below 2.0?