Free cash flow and financial statements The primary objective of the corporate management team is to maximize shareholder wealth
. The company's board of directors and the shareholders evaluate and review managerial actions based on the growth in the value of the firm.Based on your understanding of what determines a firm's value, review the following: What does the value of a firm depend on? A. The ability to generate cash flow that is available to distribute to the company's investors, including creditors and stockholders.B. The ability to generate cash flow that is available to distribute to the company's stockholders only. Which of the options is most accurate? 1. Option A.2. Option B.When determining the value of a firm, which of the following statements is true? A. Investors are risk neutral. Other things being equal, they prefer to pay more for stocks that are less risky and have uncertain cash flows.B. Investors love risk. other things being equal, they prefer to pay more for stocks that are riskier and have uncertain cash flows. C. Investors are risk averse. other things being equal, they prefer to pay more for stocks that are less risky and that have relatively more certain cash flows than other stocks. Managers strive to increase the value of a firm. An increase in the intrinsic value of the firm's stocks is a good measure of the increase in the value of the firm. Intrinsic value of a firm's stock price is determined by calculating the present values of its free cash flows (FCF) discounted at a rate called the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Tyler is a team member in Corporate Finance at a digital-content production company. He is required to forecast the free cash flows that the company will be able to generate in the next three years. Tyler takes into account only the following equation in his calculation: FCF = Sales Revenues - Operating Costs - Operating Taxes Will his calculation be an appropriate estimate of the FCF? A. Yes.B. No.Why or why not? A. Because his calculation fails to include the increase in the working capital required to grow sales.B. Because his calculation fails to recognize the increase in sales revenues.C. Because his calculation fails to include the value of the debt that the firm carries on its balance sheet.D. Because his calculation fails to include the costs of the firm's interest and dividend payments.
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Answer:
The correct option for first question is A
The correct option for second question is B
Explanation:
The correct option is A because the value of a firm depends on its ability to generate cash flow that is available to distribute to the company's investors, including creditors and stockholders.
For the second part the answer is B
This because a financial asset will have value only if it can generate future positive cash flows.
Also when valuating the cost at which the asset is acquired is not relevant
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Answer:
1. In 2021, Capitalized interest = $205,000
2. In 2022, Capitalized interest = $3,870,000
3. Total cost = $5,231,980
Explanation:
See the attached file for the calculation
<h3>Explanation:</h3><h3>Part (a):</h3>
Solved part is attached as an image.
<h3>Part (b):</h3>Let us first determine the amount required of each item to produce 1 bracket.
From the attached diagram, we can see that to manufacture 1 bracket, quantity of each item needed is,
Base = 1
Spring = 2
Clamp = 1 + 4 = 5
Housing = 2
Handle = (1 * 1) + (4 * 1) = 5
Casting = (1 * 1) + (4 * 1) = 5
Bearing = 2 * 2 = 4
Shaft = 2 * 1 = 2
Hence, for 50 Brackets, quantity of each item required will be,
Base = 1 * 50 = 50
Spring = 2 * 50 = 100
Clamp = 5 * 50 = 250
Housing = 2 * 50 = 100
Handle = 5 * 50 = 250
Casting = 5 * 50 = 250
Bearing = 4 * 50 = 200
Shaft = 2 * 50 = 100
<em>NOTE: The above quantities give exclusive quantities required for each item. In actual practice, we won't have to purchase base, clamp & housing separately as the will be assembled from their components which are already procured.</em>
<h3>Part (c):</h3>As 25 bases are already in stock, parts for them will not be needed. I will refer the quantities subtracted due to this by indicating (B). Similarly, quantities subtracted due to clamps will be indicated as (C).
Base = 50 - 25 = 25
Spring = 50
Clamp = 250 - 100 - 25(B) = 125
Housing = 100 - (2*25)(B) = 50
Handle = 1 * 125 = 125
Casting = 1 * 125 = 125
Bearing = 2 * 50 = 100
Shaft = 1 * 50 = 50