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Exercise 12-10 Information for two companies in the same industry, Patton Corpor

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Question

Exercise 12-10

Information for two companies in the same industry, Patton Corporation and Sager Corporation, is presented here.

  
Patton
Corporation
Sager
Corporation
Net cash provided by operating activities       $ 79,480       $100,170
Average current liabilities       49,480       100,650
Average total liabilities       180,520       250,470
Net income       199,450       199,450
Capital expenditures       40,030       69,990
Dividends paid       5,830       10,670

Using the cash-based measures presented compute the liquidity and solvency of the two companies. (Round ratios to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.56.)

Patton
Corporation

Sager
Corporation

Patton
Corporation

Sager
Corporation

Liquidity - Current cash debt coverage

times

times Solvency - Cash debt coverage

times

times Free cash flow

$

$

Explanation / Answer

patton Corporation Sager Corporation

Liquidity - Current cash debt coverage

( Net cash prvoided by operating activities ) $79480/ $49480 $100170 / $100650

Average current liabilities

1.61 0.99

Solvency - Cash debt coverage $79480 / $180520 $100170 / $250470

( operating cash flow )    0.44 0.39

Total liabilities

Free cash flow $79480 - $40030 - $5830 $100170- $69990-$10670 = $33620 =$19510

Note: free cash flow = net cash flow from operating activities - capital expenditure - dividend