Question

Free Cash Flow You are considering an investment in Crew Cut, Inc. and want to evaluate the firm's free cash flow. From the income statement, you see that Crew Cut eamed an EBIT of $23.09 million, paid taxes of $3.91 million, and its depreciation expense was $7.91 million. Crew Cut's gross fixed assets increased by $10.09 million from 2007 to 2008. The firm's current assets increased by $6.09 million and spontaneous current liabilities increased by $3.91 million. What is Crew Cut's operating cash flow, investment in operating capital and free cash flow for 2008, respectively in millions? Multiple Choice $23.09, $11.82, $11.27 $27.09, $10.09, $17.00 $23.09, $10.09, $13.00 $27.09, $12.27, $14.82

Answer 1

Crew Cut, Inc. (Million $) Crew Cut's operating cash flow was: Operating Cashflow = EBIT - Taxes + Depreciation = 23.09 - 3.91+7.91 = 27.09 Investment in operating capital for 2008: investment in operating capital = Change in Gross Fixed assets + Change in Net Working Capital = 10.09 + ( 6.09 - 3.91) = 12.27 Freecashflow for 2008 was: FCF = Operating Cashflow - Investment in operating capital FCF = 27.09 - 12.27 = 14.82 In other words, in 2008, Crew Cut had cash flows of $14.82 million available to pay its stockholders and debtholders.