Staples Balance Sheet Assets Inventory Receivables Other current Assets $458,355 $1,124,642 $203,143 Total Current Assets $1,786,140 Fixed Assets $852,722 Total Assets Total Liabilities Equity $2,638,862 Liabilities and Equity Current Liabilities Long-term Debt $982,480 1998 561,897 $1,544,377 1,094,485 $2,638,862 $1,340,432 $221,836 $501,832 $2,064,100 $1,115,166 $3,179,266 $1,265,332 $1,522,380 1,656,886 $3,179,266 1999 257,048 Staples Income Statement Sales Lest Cost of Sales Gross Profit Less: Operating Expense Operating Income Interest Income before taxes Less: Taxes Net Income 1998 1999 5,732,145 7,123,189 4,377,690 5,396,923 $1,354,45 $1,726,26 1,076,793 1,402,635 $277,662 $323,631 21,955 17,37 255,707 306,261 87,793 120,891 $167,914 $185,370

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Staples
Balance Sheet
Assets
Inventory
Receivables
Other current Assets $458,355
$1,124,642
$203,143
Total Current Assets $1,786,140
Fixed Assets
$852,722
Total Assets
Liabilities and Equity
Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt
Total Liabilities
Equity
$2,638,862
$982,480
1998
561,897
$1,544,377
1,094,485
$2,638,862
$1,340,432
$221,836
$501,832
$2,064,100
|$1,115,166
$3,179,266
$1,265,332
$1,522,380
1,656,886
$3,179,266
1999
257,048
Staples
Income
Statement
Sales
Lest Cost of
Sales
Gross Profit
Less: Operating
Expense
Operating
Income
Interest
Income before
taxes
Less: Taxes
Net Income
1998
1999
|5,732,145 | 7,123,189
4,377,690 5,396,923
||$1,354,45|$1,726,26
1,076,793 1,402,635
$277,662 $323,631
21,955 17,37
255,707 306,261
87,793
120,891
$167,914 $185,370
Transcribed Image Text:Staples Balance Sheet Assets Inventory Receivables Other current Assets $458,355 $1,124,642 $203,143 Total Current Assets $1,786,140 Fixed Assets $852,722 Total Assets Liabilities and Equity Current Liabilities Long-term Debt Total Liabilities Equity $2,638,862 $982,480 1998 561,897 $1,544,377 1,094,485 $2,638,862 $1,340,432 $221,836 $501,832 $2,064,100 |$1,115,166 $3,179,266 $1,265,332 $1,522,380 1,656,886 $3,179,266 1999 257,048 Staples Income Statement Sales Lest Cost of Sales Gross Profit Less: Operating Expense Operating Income Interest Income before taxes Less: Taxes Net Income 1998 1999 |5,732,145 | 7,123,189 4,377,690 5,396,923 ||$1,354,45|$1,726,26 1,076,793 1,402,635 $277,662 $323,631 21,955 17,37 255,707 306,261 87,793 120,891 $167,914 $185,370
Office Depot
Balance Sheet
Assets
Current assets: Cash
and cash equivalents
Short-term
investments
Receivables
Merchandise inventory
Deferred income taxes
Prepaid expenses
Current Assets
Fixed assets
Total Assets
Liabilities and Equity
Current Liabilities
Long-Term Debt
Shareholders' equity
Liabilities and Equity
1998
704541
10424
721446
1258355
52422
33
2780435
1244848
4025283
1487065
509339
2028879
4025283
1999
218784
0
849478
1436879
68279
58
2631052
1645131
4276183
1944045
424418
1907720
4276183
Office Depot
Income Statement
Sales
Lest Cost
of Sales
Gross
Profit
Less:
Operating
expense
Operating
Income
Interest
Income
before
taxes
Less:
Net
1998
1999
8997738 10263280
6484464 7450310
2513274 2812970
2108515 2399697
404759
22356
413379
26148
382403 387225
149207
129585
233196 257638
Transcribed Image Text:Office Depot Balance Sheet Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Merchandise inventory Deferred income taxes Prepaid expenses Current Assets Fixed assets Total Assets Liabilities and Equity Current Liabilities Long-Term Debt Shareholders' equity Liabilities and Equity 1998 704541 10424 721446 1258355 52422 33 2780435 1244848 4025283 1487065 509339 2028879 4025283 1999 218784 0 849478 1436879 68279 58 2631052 1645131 4276183 1944045 424418 1907720 4276183 Office Depot Income Statement Sales Lest Cost of Sales Gross Profit Less: Operating expense Operating Income Interest Income before taxes Less: Net 1998 1999 8997738 10263280 6484464 7450310 2513274 2812970 2108515 2399697 404759 22356 413379 26148 382403 387225 149207 129585 233196 257638
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I don´t undertand why Office Depot has the greatest possibility if the Debt ratio is higher which means that the company has a higher indebtedness?? Sorry is my first course  =(

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