Reference no: EM132450766

Introduction

• This portfolio work project will help you complete a thorough review of an organization's financial performance as well as their level of risk for lending. Your recommendation will help leadership create a loan portfolio, and your executive summary will clearly and concisely communicate your review to others in the organization.

Scenario

• You work for an organization that provides loans to businesses. You are working with a client who is requesting a loan that will require a review of financial and related performance documents. You have been asked to review the documents and summarize your findings in a loan recommendation for your management team.

Apply this scenario to the scenario below:

Your Role

• You are a loan manager for a lending organization, and your responsibilities include reviewing loan requests and providing recommendations in regard to whether the loan requests should be funded.

Requirements

• Your client works for Ace Company. Assume Ace Company requested a $3 million 10-year loan to purchase production equipment and develop accompanying software.
• The Ace Company Data document provided in the Attachments contains financial statements for Ace Company.

Loan Recommendation

To arrive at your recommendation, analyze the financial performance of the requesting company and present it to your organization's upper-management team. The management team will take your recommendation into consideration as they finalize loan requests.

Analyze the company's performance and performance trends. Include the following in your analysis:

Question 1. Analyze the trend for accounts receivable collections.

1. Identify the trend.

2. Explain the relevance of the trend.

3. Determine if the trend is improving or getting worse.

Question 2. Compare the company's average inventory turnover to the industry average inventory turnover rate. Note that the average industry turnover rate for Ace Company is 10 times per year.

1. Consider whether the company's average inventory turnover is higher or lower than the industry average.

2. Explain whether a higher or lower average is better.

3. Determine whether the trend is improving or getting worse.

Question 3. Evaluate the company's short-term and long-term credit worthiness based on financial performance and trend (comparing this year to last year). Include in your evaluation:

1. Information about performance and trends.

2. Information about other relevant financial information you consider important to the decision.

3. Your recommendation regarding whether the bank should grant the loan based on the financial data.

Attachment:- Data forAceCompany.rar