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Chapter Three Working Capital
Chapter Three Working Capital
Chapter Three Working Capital
WORKING CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
• Working capital management is also one of the
important parts of the financial management.
• Short-term, or current assets and liabilities are
collectively known as working capital.
• It is also known as short-term finance, current capital or
circulating capital.
• The most important difference between short-term and
long-term finance is in the timing of cash flows.
Cont…
• Working capital, sometimes called gross working
capital, simply refers to current assets used in
operations.
• Net working capital is defined as current assets
minus current liabilities(CA-CL).
– This is one measure of the extent to which the firm is
protected from liquidity problems.
• Net operating working capital is defined as current
assets minus none interest-bearing current liabilities.
• Some examples of non-interest bearing current liabilities
include accounts payable, accrued expenses, and taxes
payable
SIGNIFICANCE OF WORKING CAPITAL
• Under this approach current assets are maintained just to meet the
current liabilities and operating expenses without keeping any cushion
for the variations in working capital needs.
• It is associated with maintaining lower levels of inventory, receivables
and cash for a given level of activity or sales.
• The permanent working capital in this strategy is financed by long-term
sources of capital, and seasonal variations are met through short-term
borrowings
• The strategy is characterized by lower liquidity, higher risk and higher
return.
C. Moderate Working Capital Strategy
• Moderate working capital strategy will fall in the middle of the conservative
and aggressive strategies.
• In this model, firms maintain a moderate amount of net working capital.
• In this strategy, more liquid current assets that shown on the balance sheet
for a short time would be financed with short term financing.
• Permanent current assets and long term fixed assets that are going to be on
the balance sheet for a long time should be financed from long term debt
and equity sources.
• This strategy characterized by relatively moderate amount of risk, moderate
mount of liquidity and moderate amount of expected return.
THE OPERATING CYCLE AND THE CASH CONVERSION
CYCLE
The primary concern in short-term finance is the firm’s short-run
operating and financing activities.
For a typical manufacturing firm, these activities might consist of
the following sequence of events & decisions:
Event Decision
1. Buying raw materials 1. How much inventory to order
2. Paying cash 2. Whether to borrow or draw down cash balances
3. Manufacturing the product 3. What choice of production technology to use
4. Selling the product 4. Whether credit should be extended to a particular customer
5. Collecting cash 5. How to collect
Cash conversion cycle (CCC) is The length of time between the firm’s
payment for its raw materials and the collection of payment from the
customers.
The cash cycle is the difference between the operating cycle and the
accounts payable period:
• The firm starts the cycle by purchasing raw materials, but it does not pay for them
immediately. This delay is the accounts payable period.
• The delay between the initial investment in inventories and the sale date is the
inventory period.
• The delay between the date of sale and the date at which the firm is paid is the
accounts receivable period.
Cont…
• To summarize, OC = Inventory period + receivable period
• CCC = (inventory period + receivables period) – accounts payable period
• Inventory period
Inventory turnover ratio = Cost good sold/Average inventory
Inventory period = number of days in reporting period/ inventory
turnover ratio
• Account receivables period
– A/R turnover ratio = Credit sales/average A/R
– A/R period = number of days in reporting period/ A/R turnover ratio
• Account payable period
– A/P turnover ratio = Cost of good sold/average A/P
– A/P period = number of days in reporting period/ A/P turnover ratio
Exercise
The following are some balance sheet and income statement information and
you are required to analyze the company’s operating cycle and cash
conversion cycle:
Also, from the most recent income statement, we might have the following figures (in thousands):
Net credit sales ……$11,500
Cost of goods sold…. 8,200
• To summarize, OC = Inventory period + receivable period =111.28+57=139 dys
• CCC = (inventory period + receivables period) – accounts payable perid=139-38=100dys
• Inventory period
Inventory turnover ratio = Cost good sold/Average inventory=8200/2500=3.28
Inventory period = number of days in reporting period/ inventory turnover ratio=365/3.28=111.28 d
• Account receivables period
– A/R turnover ratio = Credit sales/average A/R=11500/1800=6.388
– A/R period = number of days in reporting period/ A/R turnover ratio =365/6.388=57d
• Account payable period
– A/P turnover ratio = Cost of good sold/average A/p=8200/875=3.37
– A/P period = number of days in reporting period/ A/P turnover ratio= 365/9.37=38.95
End of
chapter Three !!!