Working Capital calculations for Latigo Company
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The Latigo Company has the following financial information:
Sales $ 200
Cost of goods sold 100
Administrative expense 44
Depreciation 40
Interest expense 2
Tax 7
Net profit $ 7
Cash $ 5
Accounts receivable 20
Inventory 25
Fixed assets 60
Total $110
Accounts payable 5
Note payable 15
Long-term debt 20
Total Liab $40
Equity $ 70
Total Liab + Equity $110
a. The current assets to sales ratio for the industry is 0.20. State whether Latigo
make more or less use of working capital than the industry.
b. Compute the working capital turnover for Latigo and for the industry.
c. Compute the operating cycle and the cash conversion cycle for Latigo.
d. The industry average cash conversion cycle is 112 days. Compare the industry
to Latigo and identify any inferences that you can make.
E. Compute the cash flow for Latigo Company.
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a. The current assets are cash, accounts receivables and inventories. For Latigo the total current assets are 5+20+25=50. The sales are 200. The current assest to sales is 50/200=0.25. What this means is that Latigo uses $0.25 of current assets for each $ 1 of sales. The industry is 0.20. Latigo uses more current assets than the industry for each $ of sale. If we use current assets as a proxy for working capital, then Latigo uses more working apital than industry
b. Working Capital Turnover is Sales/Working Capital. Since we ...
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