Clarkson Lumber Company Situational Overview: Clarkson Lumber Company or the “Company” has encountered financial troubles in the midst of expanding revenues. In order to satisfy the demands of expansion and continue growing top line revenue‚ an increased amount of borrowing is necessary. This increased borrowing will be in the form of a revolving line of credit with an interest rate of 11%. The following paragraphs will examine what has led to the Company’s current illiquidity and what can be done
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Clarkson Lumber Case FIN 4422-002 Spencer Ely September 22‚ 2011 Clarkson Lumber appears at first glance to be a healthy‚ successful company with increasing sales and rapid growth. Clarkson Lumber has relatively low operating cost‚ allowing them to give competitive prices‚ which results in their increasing sales. However‚ even with continual increases in sales‚ Clarkson Lumber has a constant cash flow problem that can be credited to several factors with the result of looking for additional
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Statement of the Problem At first glance‚ Clarkson Lumber appears to be a healthy company. However‚ despite rapid growth and increasing sales Clarkson Lumber finds itself searching for additional funding to compensate for a shortage in cash to fund its expanding business. Clarkson Lumber is in this situation for a number of reasons. The company’s inability to receive payments from customers in a timely manner created a severe impact in the company’s cash flows. The age of account receivables
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Clarkson Lumber’s Company Case Analysis Part 2 GROUP A: ANA GABRIELA SOTILLO JOHNSON FABIAN FREIHERR VON ROSEN IMRE IGNACIO SZAPARY GIL-CASARES RAYAN SEIF STEFAN RADISAVLJEVIC VERENA RIEDHART YANIS ALEM IE business School Section 4 September 2014 Question 1. How attractive is it to take the trade discounts? In order to determine how attractive it is to avail the trade discounts‚ Clarkson should calculate his annualized interest rate which he can get in return if he avails the trade
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Clarkson Lumber Company 1. Identify the key problem in the case and explaining why it is the key problem. Clarkson Lumber Company’s biggest problem by far is the fact that Mr. Clarkson had agreed to buy out Mr. Holtz for $200‚000 with semi-annual installments of $50‚000. It wasn’t necessarily a bad idea for Mr. Clarkson to buy out Mr. Holtz altogether‚ but the $100‚000/year of payments is an unrealistic amount for Clarkson Lumber at this point in time. Between 1993 and 1995‚ there hasn’t been a
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Clarkson Lumber Co. 1. Why does Mr. Clarkson have to borrow to support this profitable business? A. This company now faced the cash shortage trouble which we can see from its liquidity‚ such as current ratios‚ quick ratios and return on sales for these three years‚ following a decreasing trend. From accounts receivable statistics‚ we learn the cash inflows is decreasing since it takes longer time to collect the money from customers. And they still need to pay for purchases‚ so borrowing from
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ANÁLISIS DEL CASO ’CLARKSON LUMBER COMPANY’ FINANZAS OPERATIVAS 2007 MBA - UNC : : DEL RÍO - GARCÍA - GARZÓN - GOMEZ MENA - PERNASETTI - SALOMÓN : : MAYO 2007 � _RESOLUCIÓN DEL CASO_ ¿POR QUÉ LA COMPAÑÍA TUVO QUE SOLICITAR PRÉSTAMOS EN FORMA SOSTENIDA A PESAR DE SU ALTA RENTABILIDAD? ¿PARA LOGRAR UN RÁPIDO CRECIMIENTO EN LAS VENTAS SIEMPRE ES NECESARIO FINANCIAMIENTO EXTERNO? La empresa Clarskon Lumber Company‚ se encuentra actualmente en un proceso de fuerte crecimiento‚ registrando incrementos
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Clarkson Lumber Company 1. Identify the key problem in the case and explain why it is the key problem. Clarkson Lumber Company’ sales have been growing quickly over the last couple of years. Growths in working capital necessities have surpassed the capacity of the company to produce funds by itself. Also‚ part of the finances was used to buy out a partner‚ further raising the pressure. The company couldn’t appreciate discounts on accounts payable and started borrowing larger funds from the bank
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should address: 1. Why has Clarkson Lumber Company borrowed increasing amounts despite its consistent profitability? In order for Clarkson to keep up with an increase in sales‚ they need to borrow additional funds to increase their purchase order sizes. 2. How has Mr. Clarkson met the financing needs of the company during the period 1993 through 1995? Has the financial strength of Clarkson Lumber improved or deteriorated? During the last 3 years‚ Clarkson has used its line of credit
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Why does the company need funds? First‚ Butler Lumber Company in the spring of 1991 anticipated a further substantial increase in sales. It means there are more working capital associated with the company’s increasing sales volume. Second‚ although they have good profits‚ the company had experienced a shortage of cash. The company’s current borrowing from Suburan National Bank almost reaches the maximum loan that SN Bank would make. Meanwhile‚ the SN Bank now asks Butler Lumber to secure the loan
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