Introduction Continental Carriers Inc is a trucking company which specialises in transporting general commodities. Since its establishment in 1952 the company operates within the district of the Pacific Coast and from Chicago to various points in Texas. It was noted that the company maintains an overall low debt policy‚ whereby they obtain infrequent short term loans and avoid long term debt. Furthermore with the appointment of Mr. Evans as president‚ the company became more profitable and experienced
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Continental Carriers‚ Inc. Advanced Financial Management Continental Carriers‚ Inc. (CCI) should take on the long-term debt to finance the acquisition of Midland Freight‚ Inc. for a few reasons. The company is heavy on assets‚ the debt ratio will only grow to 0.40 with the added $50M in debt. Also‚ the firm will benefit from an added $2M in a tax shield and be able to return $12.7M a year to its stockholders and investors‚ instead of $8.9M if equity is raised to finance the acquisition
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Company Overview Continental Carriers is a general commodity motor carrier and has been since 1952‚ and they recently experienced successful growth since Mr. Evans focused on improving service‚ as well as an extensive marketing effort to boost their revenues in their already existing routes. He also implemented a way to reduce costs through computerization of operations as well as an improvement in terminal facilities to improve the company’s structure. This has since made CCI become a much larger
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I. Statement of Financial Problem Should Continental Carriers‚ Inc. use debt or equity to finance the acquisition of Midland Freight in 1988‚ either by selling $50 million in bonds at a 10% interest rate to a California insurance company with a maturity of 15 years‚ or by issuing 3 million in common stock at $17.75 per share with a dividend rate of $1.50 per share? II. Financial Framework The outcomes of various financial alternatives can be examined through an EPS-EBIT analysis‚ where EPS
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Continental Carriers Inc is a trucking company which focuses in carrying generalcommodities. From the start of its operation in 1952‚ the company manages within thedistrict of the Pacific Coast and from Chicago to various places in Texas. They attainedfew short term loans resulting from a low debt policy and evading long term debt. The company obtained its profitability and internal growth from the time that Mr. John Evanswas appointed as President of the company. He focused on rigorous marketing
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Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Situation Analysis Company is trying to estimate cost of capital for each of the three divisions‚ Exploration and Production (E&P)‚ Refining and Marketing (R&M) and Petrochemicals. Cost of capital analysis is used in taking following decisions in the organization: Project appraisal Financial accounting Stock repurchases decisions Merger & Acquisitions Performance assessment The estimates produced by treasury were criticized because of specific
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U T I V E S U M M A R Y] Executive Summary: Freight forwarding is a service used by companies that deal in international or multi-national import and export. While the freight forwarder doesn’t actually move the freight itself‚ it acts as an intermediary between the client and various transportation services. Sending products from one international destination to another can involve a multitude of carriers‚ requirements and legalities. A freight forwarding service handles the considerable logistics
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How Does a Freight Forwarding Company Work? Freight forwarders manage‚ schedule‚ supervise and coordinate the shipment of goods domestically and across international boundaries. In some cases‚ freight forwarders may be required to cross load or arrange warehousing services during transport. Freight forwarders are responsible for communicating with transportation companies to monitor the status of shipments so they can update their clients on a daily basis. A non-vessel operating common carrier
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Blueprinting of Freight Forwarding Talk to executive Get personalized solution Access to new markets The only complete logistics and international trade services provider Customs clearance Global shipping & freight forwarding Warehousing & distribution Classification & duty calculation Delivery of goods The business of forwarding freight is certainly picking up‚ as complete globalization is not only a prediction of things to come but already
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Sea Freight Freight forwarders; Advantages 1. regular service 2. consolidation 3. use a specialist who has experience and connections 4. provide warehouses 5. they sell space in their containers (depends on the route/itinerary) 6. they negotiate transportation prices with the ‘carriers’ (transportation companies; either shipping line or airline) 7. provide insurance 8. facilitate customs clearance 9. they help trace/track shipments 10. they do the administrative work‚ ‘documentation’
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