Luxury Automotive Supply is trying to enter the California market which represents a lucrative market for automobiles owing to its pleasant climate. As the company's luxury automobiles are driven throughout the year due to the climate, the company feel the annual demand for car parts will be similar to that of Florida market.
1) The company's first step is to determine if it can profit from this venture, so it must perform a break-even analysis. The warehouse and office space which the company will rent will cost $12,500 in terms of monthly rent and utilities. It will hire two full-time employees who will earn $1,500 per month and this will cost the company 25% more in health care benefits. In order to market and advertise the new business, the company estimates an annual budget of $4,500 per month for advertisements on television, radio, newspaper as well as a website where orders can be placed. Other miscellaneous operating expenses will be $1,000 per month. The company will finance the move into California by taking $100,000 of equity out of its stock market investment account which earns 18% per year and taking out a small business loan of $50,000 at 12% annual interest rate (1% per month). To build up its inventory, the required auto parts will cost an average of $125 each. In order to realize profits, the company will sell the parts for $215 each. We will calculate how many parts the company needs to sell each month in order to break even, i.e., to reach a net income of zero.
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[...] The business is going so well that the owners have been able to borrow large amounts of money from their bank and open five new stores throughout California. Now, they want to expand into Nevada and Arizona, but the bank is not willing to lend them $750,000 which they need. In order to expand further, they would need to raise money from the public, either through issuing bonds or issuing shares. If they decide to issue bonds, how will the interest rate that Luxury Automotive Supply has to pay on the bonds be determined? [...]
[...] Case 1 : (pays normally) = 311 * 125 = 38,875. If the owners of the company decided to pay after 10 days, they will pay 38,875 dollars. Case 2 : (takes the discount) = 311 * 125 * 0,98 * 1,2 = 45,717. We use the discount of and add the 20% of interests of the bank. As a consequence, preferring the discount is not really beneficial for the company. The store opens and operates well. Assume the firm's beginning and ending balance sheets have the following numbers: Beginning Ending Cash $ 12,500 $14,730 Accounts Receivable Inventory Net Fixed Assets Accounts Payable Short-term Debt Long-term Debt What has been the change in net working capital for the firm? [...]
[...] Inventories represent stocks of readymade goods or raw materials that are required to be kept in order to meet the orders of clients. Their management represents a challenge for managers to keep the right level of inventories. The inventory-turnover ratio gives a general view on the inventories of a company. In order to calculate it, we must divide the annual sales of the company by its inventory. The result represents the turnover. If the value of the inventory-turnover ratio is low, then it indicates that the management team has not done their job properly. [...]
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