Management Accounting Case (1) Financial Planning: Butler Lumber Valuation 1. Although Mr Butler has seen an increase in his sales for the last few years, there are a few reasons why he needed a loan from the bank to keep his operations going. 1) Shortage of Cash: Despite good profits, Mr. Butler had experienced a shortage of cash from 1988 to 1990. During this period of time, there was a decrease in cash reserves, as well as in inventory turnover, indicating that Mr. Butler’s
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base salary plus commission, they can grow the revenues even more. By having this person work on commission, this will eat into the profit margin for the materials he is selling. But the net impact to the BLC will be positive. I would advise Mr. Butler to select the LOC for up to $465,000 because he can take out as little as he needs. He does not need all $465,000 this quarter, but he may need some in the first and last quarters of the year because he obtains 55% of his revenues in the second and
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Fact Pattern: Butler Lumber is a retail distributor located in a growing suburb in the Pacific Northwest that sells basic wood products like plywood, moldings, and sash and door products. The company was formed in 1981 by Mark Butler in partnership with his brother-in-law, who Mark then bought out in 1988. The company has experienced significant growth over the past few years, and is expecting to continue to see sales growth in the coming year. Although the company has experienced increasing
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GEICO’s intrinsic value was larger than purchase value, Berkshire Hathaway’s intrinsic value increased, so the stock price went up. The $718 gain in Berkshire’s market value implied that investors thought that: GEICO was underestimated, Berkshire bought it with a cheap price. C) Total dividend is much larger than purchase price. In all, it is a super good investment. (3) About early investment in GEICO: (4) Convertible preferred stocks: A) Interest rates are very high (compare to
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Finance 4210 (Section 001) Case #13: Ocean Carriers Group H 1. It is expected that daily spot hire rates will decrease next year. The factors considered are the number of operating vessels, number of scrapped vessels, age, size and efficiency of vessel, cost of repair and maintenance, and market demand. Existing capesize vessels are relatively new, thus we do not expect a large reduction in capesize vessels due to the scraping of old vessel. Also, a large number of new ships will
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KETERKAITAN MANAJEMEN KEUANGAN DAN AKUNTANSI Ahmad Nizar Yogatama Mahasiswa Semester III Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang Fakultas : Ekonomi Jurusan : Manajemen III D NIM : 07610011 Email : ahmadnizaryogatama@yahoo.com Abstrak Didalam suatu perusahaan akuntansi dan manajemen keuangan yang digunakan sangatlah beragam yang dikarenakan kepentingan dari perusahaan yang bersangkutan. Akuntansi dan manajemen keuangan mempunyai kesamaan didalam beberapa hal. Keuangan sendiri memiliki arti
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Subject: Butler Lumber Company Problem: Butler Lumber Company has been experiencing in the past few years a rapid growth of its sales. However, in order to sustain this growth the company also experienced an increase of its inventory and of its accounts receivables leading to a shortage of cash to finance day to day activities. The company therefore needs to find a way to improve its financial flexibility without extending even more its trade credit. Options: 1. Remain with its current
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BUTLER LUMBER CASE REPORT The Butler Lumber company is facing cash difficulties due to the buyout of Henry Stark’s share and because it is operating a high growth rate. Thus, it is imperative to analyze the various options available to Mark Butler in order to meet the cash needs of the Butler Lumber Company. In order to support the reasoning for our recommendation, we constructed a ratio analysis (Appendix I; Exhibit 1). Even though the firm has realized increasing sales and decreased its operating
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Butler Lumber Company Case Study 3) Butler Lumber’s profitability is very low. Their net profit margin, return on assets and return on equity are all below 0.1. This means that even with high sales, their net income will not go up very quickly and they may want to look into cutting costs. Their liquidity was good for the previous years, however this year has not started out good. The quick ratio has been in decline every year and is starting to get to a very low number. The days payable outstanding
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Recommendations The problem that we have recognized in this case is that Butler Lumber Company does not have enough funds to finance its operations in the future. The company has experienced a shortage in cash and needs to issue debt as it moves forward. The company is also under pressure because of the payment to be made to Mr. Stark for the buyout of his share in the company of $105,000. Although, the majority of this payment has been made, Butler still owes Stark another $35,000 that he intends to finance
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