The following tables provide information regarding two companies. Metrics Company A (in $ million) Company B (in $ million)Sales revenue 4 25Cost of goods sold 0.9 3.2Operating working capital 0.25 4 Company A (all figures in $ million)Fixed assets2.5Owners equity3Cash2.25Short-term debt0.5Accounts receivable0.5Long-term debt1.5Inventory0.75Accounts payable1 Company B (all figures in $ million)Fixed assets11Owners equity13Cash4Short-term debt2.5Accounts receivable2Long-term debt3.5Inventory3Accounts payable1 Assume 360 operating days in a year.Question 2/2MandatoryInterpreting Activity RatiosDetermine which of the following statement is true? (Note: More than one option may be correct.)For company A, accounts receivable of $0.5 million represents 45 days of sales revenue outstanding Both the company pay their supplier 300 days after deliveryCompany B’s days inventory outstanding (DIO) is greater than company A’s DIOFor company B, accounts receivable of $2 million represents 45 days of sales outstanding
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The following tables provide information regarding two companies. Metrics Company A (in million)Sales revenue 4 25Cost of goods sold 0.9 3.2Operating working capital 0.25 4 Company A (all figures in million)Fixed assets11Owners equity13Cash4Short-term debt2.5Accounts receivable2Long-term debt3.5Inventory3Accounts payable1 Assume 360 operating days in a year.Question 2/2MandatoryInterpreting Activity RatiosDetermine which of the following statement is true? (Note: More than one option may be correct.)For company A, accounts receivable of 2 million represents 45 days of sales outstanding
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To answer this question, we need to calculate the days of sales outstanding (DSO), days payable outstanding (DPO), and days inventory outstanding (DIO) for both companies.
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DSO is calculated as (Accounts Receivable / Sales Revenue) * 360. For Company A, DSO = (0.5 / 4) * 360 = 45 days. For Company B, DSO = (2 / 25) * 360 = 28.8 days. So, the first and last statements are false.
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DPO is calculated as (Accounts Payable / Cost of Goods Sold) * 360. For Company A, DPO = (1 / 0.9) * 360 = 400 days. For Company B, DPO = (1 / 3.2) * 360 = 112.5 days. So, the second statement is false.
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DIO is calculated as (Inventory / Cost of Goods Sold) * 360. For Company A, DIO = (0.75 / 0.9) * 360 = 300 days. For Company B, DIO = (3 / 3.2) * 360 = 337.5 days. So, the third statement is true.
Therefore, the only true statement is "Company B’s days inventory outstanding (DIO) is greater than company A’s DIO".
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