Reference no: EM132995756
Question - ABC Inc., a publicly traded manufacturing firm, has provided the following financial information in its application for a loan (in millions of dollars):
Assets Liabilities and Equity
Cash $40 Accounts payable $55
Accounts receivables 120 Notes payable 60
Inventory 210 Accruals 70
Long-term debt 550
Plant and equipment 1,100 Equity (retained earnings = $200) 735
Total assets $1,470 Total liabilities and equity $1,470
Also assume sales = $1250 million, cost of goods sold = $930 million, and the market value of equity is equal to 2.2 times the book value.
Required - Calculate the Altman's Z-score to evaluate the loan application. Should the loan application be approved, why?