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The 2014 balance sheet of Sugarpova\'s Tennis Shop, Inc., showed long-term debt

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Question

The 2014 balance sheet of Sugarpova's Tennis Shop, Inc., showed long-term debt of $5.2 million, and the 2015 balance sheet showed long-term debt of $5.3 million. The 2015 income statement showed an interest expense of $170,000. During 2015, the company had a cash flow to creditors of $70,000 and the cash flow to stockholders for the year was $75,000. Suppose you also know that the firm’s net capital spending for 2015 was $1,380,000, and that the firm reduced its net working capital investment by $71,000.

What was the firm’s 2015 operating cash flow, or OCF

The 2014 balance sheet of Sugarpova's Tennis Shop, Inc., showed long-term debt of $5.2 million, and the 2015 balance sheet showed long-term debt of $5.3 million. The 2015 income statement showed an interest expense of $170,000. During 2015, the company had a cash flow to creditors of $70,000 and the cash flow to stockholders for the year was $75,000. Suppose you also know that the firm’s net capital spending for 2015 was $1,380,000, and that the firm reduced its net working capital investment by $71,000.

Explanation / Answer

OCF = cash flow to stockholders +  cash flow to creditors + net capital spending - reduced its net working capital

OCF = 75000+70000+ 1380000 - 71000

OCF = $ 1454000