FIN 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Interest, Fairy, Kelantan-Pattani Malay
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Total asset turnover (tat) = 1) sales/assets or 2) 1/cir. Cash ratio = (cash + cash equivalents) / current liabilities. Goal of the firm, agency problems and costs. Goal of the firm, in the long-term, is to maximize shareholder value (current stock price); not maximize profits, market share, etc the goal is to maximize shareholder value (current share price) If 2008 base year and inventory is ; 2009 inventory is . 2008 is base year, inventory relative to base year = 422/393 = 1. 07 . Managers are agents of the firm, acting on the shareholders" behalf. Agency problem = conflict between managers and shareholders. E. g. , if manager compensation is based on # of stores opened, then this is an agency problem since managers will just open as many stores as possible even though it might hurt the stock price. Agency cost: 1) expenses that benefit managers but not shareholders (perks, corporate jet, etc.