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Below is selected balance sheet and income statement information from aldo Company.
(in millions) |
2014 |
2012 |
Cash |
$ 1,483.36 |
$ 1,536.73 |
Accounts receivable |
735.30 |
1,097.16 |
Current assets |
2,918.33 |
3,913.56 |
Current liabilities |
6,157.95 |
3,385.39 |
Long-term debt |
3,611.63 |
17,620.81 |
Short-term debt |
4,568.83 |
1,033.96 |
Total liabilities |
26,363.17 |
23,218.42 |
Interest expense |
1,338.29 |
1,566.90 |
Capital expenditures |
211.50 |
1,545.48 |
Equity |
-7,152.90 |
4,587.67 |
Cash from operations |
185.98 |
110.89 |
Earnings before interest and taxes |
1,902.84 |
1,594.84 |
a. Compute the following liquidity, solvency and coverage ratios for both years.
b. What is your overall assessment of the company’s credit risk? Explain. What differences do you observe between the two years? Please be brief.
Ratios | 2014 | 2012 | Calculations 2014 | Calculations 2012 |
Current ratio | 0.47 | 1.16 | 2918.33/6157.95 | 3913.56/3385.39 |
Liabilities to equity | -3.69 | 5.06 | 26363.17/-7152.9 | 23218.42/4587.67 |
Times interest earned | 1.42 | 1.02 | 1902.84/1338.29 | 1594.84/1566.9 |
Cash from operations to total debt | 0.02 | 0.01 | 185.98/(3611.63+4568.83) | 110.89/(17620.81+1033.96) |
Free operating cash flow to total debt | 0.00 | -0.08 | (185.98-211.5)/(3611.63+4568.83) | (110.89-1545.48)/(17620.81+1033.96) |
b) The company has high credit risk. It is not generating enough cash to meet its future requirements. Though some of the ratios such as times interest earned, cash from operations to total debt and free operating cash flow to debt has improved but the numbers are not convincing. The company is at high credit risk and its main focus should be to generate more operating cash flows. Moreover, the company has negative equity balance which suggests that the company has high leverage which could pose problems in repaying them with decreased available cash flows.
Its short term liquidity is a concern too, as the current ratio
of the company has come down in the past two years.
In the past two years, ratios like times interest earned, cash from
operations to total debt and free operating cash flow to total debt
has improved marginally indicating the management is working
towards improving its credit profile. However, its short term
liquidity is still a concern as the current ratio has decreased
drastically. Thus, as I have discussed before the company's credit
profile is at risk and it has high leverage which is a
concern.