Question

Cash to Monthly Cash Expenses Ratio Capstone Turbine Corporation produces and sells turbine generators for such applications as charging electric, hybrid vehicles. Capstone Turbine reported the following financial data for a recent year (in thousands): Net cash flows from operating activities $(23,018) Cash and cash equivalents 32,221a. Determine the monthly cash expenses. Round to one decimal place.

b. Determine the ratio of cash to monthly cash expenses. Round to one decimal place.
c. Based on your analysis, do you believe that Capstone Turbine will remain in business?
a. $1,824.9 ($21,899 ÷ 12)
b. 18.3 months ($33,456 ÷ $1,824.9)
c. Capstone Turbine has cash to continue its operations for approximately 18.3 months.

Answer 1

a) $1,918.17

b) 16.8 months

C) Yes, Capstone Turbine will remain in business.

Step-by-step explanation:

a) To find the monthly cash expenses, we have:

Monthly cash expenses = negative cash flow from operations / 12

= 23018 / 12

= $1,918.17

b) To find the ratio of cash to monthly cash expenses, we have:

Ratio of cash to monthly cash expenses = Year end cash / monthly cash expenses

= $32,221 / $1,918.17

= 16.797

≈ 16.8 months

c) Yes, Capstone Turbine will remain in business because the calculated ratio above shows that they have cash to continue operations for approximately 16.8 months.