Session 11: Corporate Finance Reading 48: Working Capital Management
LOS g: Evaluate the choices of short-term funding available to a company and recommend a financing method.
Which of the following sources of liquidity is the most reliable?
A) |
Revolving line of credit. | |
B) |
Committed line of credit. | |
C) |
Uncommitted line of credit. | |
A revolving line of credit is typically for a longer term than an uncommitted or committed line of credit and thus is considered a more reliable source of liquidity. With an uncommitted line of credit, the issuing bank may refuse to lend if conditions of the firm change. An overdraft line of credit is similar to a committed line of credit agreement between banks and firms outside of the U.S. Both committed and revolving lines of credit can be verified and can be listed in the footnotes to a firm’s financial statements as sources of liquidity. |