You are considering the purchase of all outstanding preferred and common stock of Finex, Inc., for $700,000

Question:

You are considering the purchase of all outstanding preferred and common stock of Finex, Inc., for $700,000 on January 2, Year 2. Finex’s financial statements for Year 1 are reproduced below:

FINEX, INC.

Balance Sheet

As of December 31, Year 1

Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 55,000

U.S. government bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000

Accounts receivable, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000

Merchandise inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,000

Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000

Buildings, net(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360,000

Equipment, net(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,000

Total assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$990,000

Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$170,000

Notes payable, current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000

Bonds payable, due Year 12(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000

Preferred stock, 6%, $100 par . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000

Common stock, $100 par . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400,000

Paid-in capital in excess of par. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,000

Retained earnings(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,000

Total liabilities and equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $990,000

Income Statement

For Year Ended December 31, Year 1

Net sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $860,000

Cost of good sold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546,000

Gross profit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314,000

Selling and administrative expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,000

Net operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,000

Income tax expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,000

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,000

You need to adjust net income to estimate the earnings potential of an acquisition. The company uses the FIFO method of inventory valuation and all inventories can be sold without loss. With the change in ownership you expect an additional 5% of net accounts receivable to be uncollectible. You assume sales and all remaining financial relations are constant.

Required:

a. What reported value would be individually assigned to land, buildings, and equipment after the proposed purchase assuming that we allocate the excess purchase price to these three assets in proportion to their respective book values on the Year 1 balance sheet? (This implicitly assumes that these assets are undervalued by this amount.)

b. Prepare a balance sheet for Finex, Inc., immediately after your proposed purchase.

c. Estimate Finex, Inc.’s net operating income for Year 2 under your ownership.

d. Assuming your minimum required ratio of net operating income to net sales is 8%, should you purchase Finex, Inc.?

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