Clarkson Lumber Company Financial Analysis 1. Background Clarkson Lumber Company is owned and operated by the hardworking‚ 49-year-old Mr. Clarkson. It has low operating expenses‚ a small staff‚ and strong management. The overall impression is one of a conservative‚ efficient operation. Clarkson himself leads a frugal lifestyle with little personal debt. The company has been in growth during recent years and anticipated a further increase in sales. Despite of consistent profits‚ the company
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The Butler Lumber company is facing cash difficulties due to the buyout of Henry Stark’s share and because it is operating a high growth rate. Thus‚ it is imperative to analyze the various options available to Mark Butler in order to meet the cash needs of the Butler Lumber Company. In order to support the reasoning for our recommendation‚ we constructed a ratio analysis (Appendix I; Exhibit 1). Even though the firm has realized increasing sales and decreased its operating and cash cycle‚ other
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Nicholas Cappucci Cost Management Systems Professor Wall Butler Lumber 1.Mark Butler has to borrow so much money to support his business because of his plans to expand his business and to consolidate his debt. Receiving the loan will allow Butler to make sure his inventory is ready for the projected sales increase in the coming year. Cash flexibility is also an issue with this company because they have so many outstanding debts‚ getting the loan will improve the cash flexibility. 2.I do
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Soft Wood Lumber and Doman Industries Soft Wood Lumber Disputes Simmered more than 20 years‚ but spilled over May 2002 Dispute from May 2002 to July 2006 Canada’s View Timber is owned by provincial government‚ which charge a ‘stumpage fee’ (charge to cut the trees down) Subsidized because it is used for many industries United States’ View Practice competitive auction‚ and claims Canadian provision unfair Soft Wood Lumber Disputes (con’t) Tentative Agreement reached in April 2006 US would
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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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| Corporate Finance Case Study Report Ⅰ | Butler Lumber Company | | | 2010-3-17 | | 陈怡 1091209054 严伟洁 1091209036 姜帆 1091209052 敖翔 1091209024 Abstract In this report‚ we study the case of Butler Lumber Company and analyze the financing problem it was facing. First‚ we give a brief review of the background information of the company. Then we diagnose the business by examining its financial statistics and discover that company was seriously lacking of cash
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Case 1: Clarkson Lumber As a financial consultant to Clarkson Lumber‚ I analyzed four potential scenarios with relatively high probabilities of occurring given Clarkson Lumber’s current situation. The four scenarios analyzed are continued rapid growth of Clarkson Lumber with Suburban Bank as the creditor‚ slowed growth with Suburban Bank as the creditor‚ continued rapid growth with Northrup Bank as the creditor‚ and controlled rapid growth with Northrup bank as the creditor. Clarkson Lumber’s
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Subject: Butler Lumber Company Problem: Whether Mr. Mark Butler should go ahead with financing from Northrop National Bank or should stay with Suburban National Bank. Options: 1) Enter into a loan agreement with Northrop National Bank for USD 465‚000 (Assumption: The condition to sever the relationship with Suburban National Bank applies to Short Term Loan only)
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hult international business school | Clarkson Lumber Company | | | Adeeb Valiulla | 1/3/2011 | | Summary Experiencing rapid growth in business and generating fairly good profits‚ Mr. Keith Clarkson the sole owner and president of The Clarkson Lumber Company still faced a shortage of cash and found it necessary to increase his borrowings‚ he was therefore on a look-out to start off a new banking relationship where he could not only borrow a larger loan amount but also one that
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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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