SOLUTIONS MANUAL
** All Chapters included
** Answers to Even Numbered Problems
** Spreadsheet Tutorial Excel Files
** Excel Problems for Instructors
,Table of Contents are given below
Chapter 1: Interpreting Financial Statements
Chapter 2: Evaluating Financial Performance
Chapter 3: Financial Forecasting
Chapter 4: Managing Growth
Chapter 5: Financial Instruments and Markets
Chapter 6: The Financing Decision
Chapter 7: Discounted Cash Flow Techniques
Chapter 8: Risk Analysis in Investment Decisions
Chapter 9: Business Valuation and Corporate Restructuring
,Analysis for Financial Management, 2026
SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO EVEN-NUMBERED PROBLEMS
Chapter 1
2. Management is either foolish or thinks its board is. Earning $100 million on a $5
billion equity investment is a return of 2 percent, which is below any reasonable cost
of equity. If we were board members, we would vote to cut management’s
compensation, not raise it. We would also criticize them for apparently attempting to
deceive the board.
4. a. Cash rises $500,000; plant and equipment falls $300,000; equity rises $200,000.
b. Net plant and equipment rises $80 million; Cash falls $32 million; Bank debt rises
$48 million.
c. Net plant and equipment rises $60 million; cash falls $60 million.
d. Cash falls $40,000; Accounts payable falls $40,000.
e. Cash falls $240,000; Owners’ equity falls by $240,000 (via an increase in Treasury
stock).
f. Cash rises $80,000; Inventory falls; Accrued taxes, Owners’ equity, and possibly
other cost categories rise such that the algebraic sum equals $80,000.
g. Accounts receivable rise $120,000. Other categories change as described in part f.
h. Cash falls $50,000. Owners’ equity falls by $50,000 (via Retained earnings).
6. a. R&E Supplies, Inc. Sources and Uses Statement 2022–2025 ($ thousands)
Sources of cash:
Decrease in cash and securities $259
Increase in accounts payable 2,205
Increase in current portion long-term debt 40
Increase in accrued wages 13
Increase in retained earnings 537
Total $3,054
Uses of cash:
Increase in accounts receivable $1,543
Increase in inventories 1,148
Increase in prepaid expenses 4
Increase in net fixed assets 159
Decrease in long-term debt 200
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, Total $3,054
b. Insights:
i. R&E is making extensive use of trade credit to finance a buildup in current assets. The
increase in accounts payable equals almost three fourths of total sources of cash.
Increasing accounts receivable and inventories account for almost 90 percent of the
uses of cash.
ii. External long-term debt financing is a use of cash for R&E, meaning that it is repaying
its loans. A restructuring involving less reliance on accounts payable and more bank
debt appears appropriate.
8. Accounting income will be the value of the parcels sold, less their original purchase
price. So if all parcels are sold, the income is 5 × $16 million + 5 × $8 million − $100
million = $20 million. Economic income will be the increase in the market value of
the land, whether sold or not, over the period. At the end of the first year, this will be
$20 million. Answers to each part of the question appear below.
Question Accounting Income Economic Income
a. $20 million $20 million
b. $0 $20 million
c. −$10 million $20 million
d. $30 million $20 million
e. Too many companies have tried this. If the market value of a piece of land falls, the
owner loses whether he sells or not. The market price of the land fell because people
thought the future income stream to the owners was worth less. Continuing to hold the
property forces the owner to accept the lower income. Whether the loss is recognized
or not might affect accounting earnings, but has nothing to do with reality.
10. The accounting profits from Desmond’s brewery are expected to be $80,000. These
accounting profits do not include the implicit cost of the entrepreneur’s time.
Desmond’s time is worth at least $90,000, the current income he will have to forego
to manage the brewery. When these implicit opportunity costs are included, income
falls to:
$400,000 − $320,000 − $90,000 = −$10,000
This new venture will clearly reduce Desmond’s income, not increase it.
12. a.
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** All Chapters included
** Answers to Even Numbered Problems
** Spreadsheet Tutorial Excel Files
** Excel Problems for Instructors
,Table of Contents are given below
Chapter 1: Interpreting Financial Statements
Chapter 2: Evaluating Financial Performance
Chapter 3: Financial Forecasting
Chapter 4: Managing Growth
Chapter 5: Financial Instruments and Markets
Chapter 6: The Financing Decision
Chapter 7: Discounted Cash Flow Techniques
Chapter 8: Risk Analysis in Investment Decisions
Chapter 9: Business Valuation and Corporate Restructuring
,Analysis for Financial Management, 2026
SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO EVEN-NUMBERED PROBLEMS
Chapter 1
2. Management is either foolish or thinks its board is. Earning $100 million on a $5
billion equity investment is a return of 2 percent, which is below any reasonable cost
of equity. If we were board members, we would vote to cut management’s
compensation, not raise it. We would also criticize them for apparently attempting to
deceive the board.
4. a. Cash rises $500,000; plant and equipment falls $300,000; equity rises $200,000.
b. Net plant and equipment rises $80 million; Cash falls $32 million; Bank debt rises
$48 million.
c. Net plant and equipment rises $60 million; cash falls $60 million.
d. Cash falls $40,000; Accounts payable falls $40,000.
e. Cash falls $240,000; Owners’ equity falls by $240,000 (via an increase in Treasury
stock).
f. Cash rises $80,000; Inventory falls; Accrued taxes, Owners’ equity, and possibly
other cost categories rise such that the algebraic sum equals $80,000.
g. Accounts receivable rise $120,000. Other categories change as described in part f.
h. Cash falls $50,000. Owners’ equity falls by $50,000 (via Retained earnings).
6. a. R&E Supplies, Inc. Sources and Uses Statement 2022–2025 ($ thousands)
Sources of cash:
Decrease in cash and securities $259
Increase in accounts payable 2,205
Increase in current portion long-term debt 40
Increase in accrued wages 13
Increase in retained earnings 537
Total $3,054
Uses of cash:
Increase in accounts receivable $1,543
Increase in inventories 1,148
Increase in prepaid expenses 4
Increase in net fixed assets 159
Decrease in long-term debt 200
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, Total $3,054
b. Insights:
i. R&E is making extensive use of trade credit to finance a buildup in current assets. The
increase in accounts payable equals almost three fourths of total sources of cash.
Increasing accounts receivable and inventories account for almost 90 percent of the
uses of cash.
ii. External long-term debt financing is a use of cash for R&E, meaning that it is repaying
its loans. A restructuring involving less reliance on accounts payable and more bank
debt appears appropriate.
8. Accounting income will be the value of the parcels sold, less their original purchase
price. So if all parcels are sold, the income is 5 × $16 million + 5 × $8 million − $100
million = $20 million. Economic income will be the increase in the market value of
the land, whether sold or not, over the period. At the end of the first year, this will be
$20 million. Answers to each part of the question appear below.
Question Accounting Income Economic Income
a. $20 million $20 million
b. $0 $20 million
c. −$10 million $20 million
d. $30 million $20 million
e. Too many companies have tried this. If the market value of a piece of land falls, the
owner loses whether he sells or not. The market price of the land fell because people
thought the future income stream to the owners was worth less. Continuing to hold the
property forces the owner to accept the lower income. Whether the loss is recognized
or not might affect accounting earnings, but has nothing to do with reality.
10. The accounting profits from Desmond’s brewery are expected to be $80,000. These
accounting profits do not include the implicit cost of the entrepreneur’s time.
Desmond’s time is worth at least $90,000, the current income he will have to forego
to manage the brewery. When these implicit opportunity costs are included, income
falls to:
$400,000 − $320,000 − $90,000 = −$10,000
This new venture will clearly reduce Desmond’s income, not increase it.
12. a.
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