A company is launching a new sales initiative and expects sales of $446,838 during the first year, and the gross profit margin to be 25%. To prepare for this, they plan to acquire 49 days worth of inventory. Their vendor will allow 48 days to pay its invoices. The company plans to sell only on account to its customers, so sales will be entirely credit based, and the average invoice is expected to take 44 days to collect. What amount of net working capital should be included in the initial investment? Enter your answer as a monetary amount rounded to four decimal places, but without the currency symbol. For example, if your answer is $90.1234, enter 90.1234

A company is launching a new sales initiative and expects sales of $446,838 during the first year, and the gross profit margin to be 25%. To prepare for this, they plan to acquire 49 days worth of inventory. Their vendor will allow 48 days to pay its invoices. The company plans to sell only on account to its customers, so sales will be entirely credit based, and the average invoice is expected to take 44 days to collect. What amount of net working capital should be included in the initial investment? Enter your answer as a monetary amount rounded to four decimal places, but without the currency symbol. For example, if your answer is $90.1234, enter 90.1234

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

14th Edition

ISBN:9781337514835

Author:MOYER

Publisher:MOYER

Chapter3: Evaluation Of Financial Performance

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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