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eBook Problem 13-12 Mike Smith, CFA, an analyst with Blue River Investments, is considering buying a Montrose Cable Company corporate bond. He has collected the balance sheet and income statement information for Montrose as shown in Table 1 below. Table 1 Montrose Cable Company Year Ended March 31, 2017 (USD Thousands) Balance Sheet Current assets $4,765 Fixed assets 43,210 Total assets $47,975 Current liabilities 4,600 Long-term debt 10,000 Total liabilities $14,600 Shareholders' equity 33,375 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $47,975 Income Statement Revenue $18,580 Operating and administrative expenses 14,160 Operating income $4,420 Depreciation and amortization 1,630 Interest expense 932 Income before income taxes $1,858 Taxes 684 Net income $1,174 He has also calculated the three ratios shown in Table 2 below, which indicate that the bond is currently rated "A" according to the firm's internal bond-rating criteria. Table 2 Selected Ratios and Credit Yield Premium Data for Montrose EBITDA/interest expense 4.74 Long-term debt/equity 0.30 Current assets/current liabilities 1.04 Credit yield premium over U.S. Treasuries 50 basis points Smith has decided to consider some off-balance-sheet items in his credit analysis, as shown in Table 3. Table 3 Montrose Off-Balance-Sheet Items Montrose has guaranteed the long-term debt (principal only) of an unconsolidated affiliate. This obligation has a present value of $975,000. Montrose has sold $525,000 of accounts receivable with recourse at a yield of 10 percent. Montrose is a lessee in a new noncancelable operating leasing agreement to finance transmission equipment. The discounted present value of the lease payments is $6,146,000 using an interest rate of 12 percent. The annual payment will be $1,000,000. Specifically, Smith wishes to evaluate the impact of each of the off-balance-sheet items on each of the ratios found in Table 2. Assume that the "loan proceeds" from the financed receivables would be invested at interest rate of 10 percent. Calculate the combined effect of the three off-balance-sheet items in Table 3 on each of the following three financial ratios shown in Table 2. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to four decimal places. EBITDA/interest expense: Long-term debt/equity: Current assets/current liabilities: Evaluate whether or not the credit yield premium incorporates the effect of the off-balance-sheet items, state and justify whether or not the current credit yield premium compensates Smith for the credit risk of the bond, based on the internal bond-rating criteria found in the firm's internal bond-rating criteria. Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Credit Yield Premium over U.S. Treasuries Bond Rating (in basis points) Interest Coverage -Select-AAABBBBBItem 4 Leverage -Select-AAABBBBBItem 6 Current Ratio -Select-AAABBBBBItem 8 The current rating of the Montrose bond as an "A" -Select-does not incorporateincorporateItem 10 the effect of the off-balance-sheet items, and the current credit yield premium of 50 basis points -Select-isis notItem 11 sufficient to compensate Smith for the credit risk of the bond.

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