Financial Management Decisions
• Capital budgeting – What long-term investments or projects should the business take on?
Capital structure – How should we pay for our assets? – Should we use debt or equity?
• Working capital management – How do we manage the day-to-day finances of the firm?
What should be the goal of a corporation? – Maximize profit? – Minimize costs? – Maximize market share? – Maximize the current value per share of the company’s existing stock – Maximize the market value of the existing owners’ equity
• Agency relationship – Principal hires an agent to represent its interests – Stockholders (principals) hire managers (agents) to run the company
• Agency problem – Conflict of interest between principal and agent
• Management goals and agency costs
• Managerial compensation – Incentives can be used to align management and stockholder interests – Incentives need to be carefully structured to insure that they achieve their goal
• Corporate control – Threat of a takeover may result in better management
• Other stakeholders
Chapter 2
Net working capital – Current Assets minus Current Liabilities – Usually positive for a healthy firm
Cash Flow From Assets (CFFA) = Cash Flow to Creditors (CF/CR) + Cash Flow to Stockholders (CF/SH)
CFFA = CF/CR + CF/SH
CF/CR = interest paid – net new borrowing
CF/SH = dividends paid – net new equity
Cash Flow From Assets (CFFA)
= Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
– Net Capital Spending (NCS)
– Changes in NWC (ΔNWC)
CFFA = OCF – NCS - ΔNWC
OCF = EBIT + depreciation – taxes NCS = ending net FA– beginning net FA + depreciation
ΔNWC = ending NWC – beginning NWC
Chapter 3
Equity Multiplier = TA/TE = 1 + D/E
Times Interest Earned = EBIT / Interest
Cash Coverage = (EBIT + Depreciation) / Interest
Capital Intensity Ratio = 1/TAT
Earnings per Share - EPS- = NI/shares outstanding
Book value per share = Total Equity/shares outstanding
Enterprise value = Total market value of the stock + Book value of all liabilities – Cash
EBITDA = EBIT