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Sales growth 20% <-- Increased from 10%
Current assets/Sales 20% <-- Increased from 15%
Current liabilities/Sales 8%
Net fixed assets/Sales 80% <-- Increased from 77%
Costs of goods sold/Sales 50%
Depreciation rate 10%
Interest rate on debt 10.00%
Interest paid on cash and marketable securities 8.00%
Tax rate 40%
Dividend payout ratio 50% <-- Increased from 40%
Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Income statement
Sales 1,000 1,200 1,440 1,728 2,074 2,488
Costs of goods sold (500) (600) )027( (864) (1,037) (1,244)
Interest payments on debt (40) (40) )04( (40) (40) (40)
Interest earned on cash and marketable securities 6 4 (0) (6) (13) (21)
Depreciation (100) (124) )651( (194) (242) (299)
Profit before tax 366 425044 624 742 884
Taxes (147) (176) )012( (249) (297) (354)
Profit after tax 220 413462 374 445 530
Dividends (110) (132) )751( (187) (223) (265)
Retained earnings 110 751231 187 223 265
Balance sheet
Cash and marketable securities 80 28 (36) (113) (209) (325)
Current assets 200 882042 346 415 498
Fixed assets
At cost 1,100 1,384 1,732 2,157 2,675 3,306
Depreciation (300) (424) )085( (774) (1,016) (1,315)
Net fixed assets 800 960 1,152 1,382 1,659 1,991
Total assets 1,080 1,228 1,404 1,615 1,865 2,163
Current liabilities 80 96 831511 166 199
Debt 400 004004 400 400 400
Stock 450 054054 450 450 450
Accumulated retained earnings 150 934282 626 849 1,114
Total liabilities and equity 1,080 1,228 1,404 1,615 1,865 2,163
NEGATIVE CASH BALANCES: ILLUSTRATION
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Given these changes, the cash and marketable securities account (row
27) turns negative by year 2, a result which is obviously illogical. However,
the economic meaning of these negative numbers is clear: Given the
increased sales growth, increased current-asset and fi xed-asset require-
ments, and increased dividend payouts, the fi rm needs more fi nancing.
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What we want is a model which recognizes that
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Cash cannot be less than zero.
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When the fi rm needs additional fi nancing, it borrows money.
8. If you examine the model as it now stands, you will see that it implicitly assumes that
this extra fi nancing comes at the cost of the cash and marketable securities. If we con-
sider this account a kind of checking account with interest, then the model implicitly
assumes that the fi rm can fi nance overdrafts from this account at the same rate of
interest as it is being paid on the account.