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Read Chapter 1 of the textbook and use your own words to answer the following questions.
When you read Chapter 1: please focus only on the definition of the financial statement
terms and the ratios. You do not need to worry about “The Unidentified Industries Game”.
1. Based on Chapter 1: Use your own words to explain the following items on the assets side of a
company’s balance sheet:
1) Marketable Securities (also called “short-term investment”)
2) Account receivables
3) Current assets
4) Property, plant, and equipment (PP&E)
Type your answers below:
2. Based on Chapter 1: Use your own words to explain the following items on the liabilities side
of a company’s balance sheet:
1) Account payables
2) Accrued items
3) Current liabilities
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3. Based on Chapter 1: Use your own words to explain the differences of equity, debt, and total
assets
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4. Based on Chapter 1: Use your own words to explain the following items on a company’s
income statement:
1) Cost of goods sold (also called “COGS”)
2) Selling, general, and administrative expenses (also called “SG&A”)
3) EBIT
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5. A company has the following items for the fiscal year 2023:
– Cash = 2 million
– Marketable securities = 6 million
– Account receivables (A/R) = 1 million
– Inventories = 6 million
– Total current liabilities = 8 million
Calculate the company’s Current Ratio and Quick Ratio
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6. A company has the following items for the fiscal year 2023:
– Revenue =10 million
– Cost of goods sold = 3 million
– EBIT = 4.5 million
– Net income = 3 million (also called net profit)
Calculate the company’s Net Profit Margin
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7. A company has the following items for the fiscal year 2023:
– Revenue =10 million
– EBIT = 4.5 million
– Net income = 3 million
– Total Equity = 30 million
– Total Assets = 40 million
Calculate the company’s ROA and ROE
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8. A company has the following items for the fiscal year 2023:
– Total Equity = 20 million
– Total Debt = 5 million
– Total Assets = 30 million
– EBIT = 4 million
– Interest expense = 1 million
Calculate the company’s ratios of Debt to Assets, Assets to Shareholders’ Equity and Interest
Coverage Ratio
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9. Write the formula for the following ratios and what each ratio measures:
1) Inventory Turnover and Days Inventory
2) Receivable Collection Period
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10. A company has the following items for the fiscal year 2023:
– Sales = 10 million
– Cost of goods sold = 6 million
– Inventory = 2 million
– Account Receivables = 1 million
– Account Payable = 2.5 million
Calculate the company’s ratios of Inventory Turnover, Days Inventory and Receivable
Collection Period
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11. Write down the DuPont framework. How would you explain to your non-MBA non-Finance
friends about the DuPont framework and why it is important?
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12. A company has the following items for the fiscal year 2023:
– Revenue = 10 million
– EBIT = 4 million
– Net income = 2 million
– Total Equity = 15 million
– Total Assets = 30 million
Calculate the company’s Net Profit Margin, Asset Turnover and ROE
Type your answers below – please show your calculation process:
Read Chapter 2 of the textbook and use your own words to answer the following questions.
When you read Chapter 2: You only need to read enough on pages 53-69 to finish my
questions below. I will spend a lot of class time talking about cash!
13. Based on Chapter 2:
1) Use your own words to explain Operating Cash Flows (OCF)
2) Use your own words to explain Free Cash Flows (FCF)
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14. Read the section on the Cash Conversion Cycle (or “Cash Cycle”) and use your own words to
answer the questions:
1) Explain cash conversion cycle and why it is important to companies?
2) Is it possible that a company has a negative cash cycle? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
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15. A company has days of inventory 80 days, days receivable of 30 days, and days payable of 60
days. Calculate the company’s funding gap and interpret the number.
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16. A company has days of inventory 30 days, days receivable of 30 days, and days payable of 90
days. Calculate the company’s cash cycle and interpret the number.
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Read Chapter 4 of the textbook and use your own words to answer the following questions.
When you read Chapter 4: You only need to read enough to finish my questions below.
17. If the risk-free rate is 2%, the market risk premium (also called the equity risk premium) is 5%,
and a company has a beta of 1.5. What is the company’s cost of equity?
Type your answers below – Please first show the formula for CAPM and show your calculation
process:
18. Assume a company has 10 million of total assets: 60% of the total asset is from debt and 40%
is from equity. The company has a 12% cost of equity and a 7% cost of debt. The company has
a tax rate of 30%. What is the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?
Type your answers below – Please first show the formula for WACC and show your calculation
process:
Read Chapter 5 of the textbook and use your own words to answer the following questions.
When you read Chapter 5: You only need to read enough to finish my questions below.
19. Use your own words to answer the following questions:
1) Write the formula for the P/E ratio and what it measures?
2) Should you invest in a company with high P/E or low P/E? Why?
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20. A company has the following items for the fiscal year 2023:
– Revenue = 20 million
– Net income = 5 million
– The company has 2 million shares of stock
– Stock price per share = $50
Calculate the company’s Earnings Per Share and P/E ratio
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