Fundamentals Of Financial Management, Concise Edition (mindtap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337902571
Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 2TCL
FORECASTING THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH
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Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch enjoyed phenomenal success in the late 1990s. Between 1996 and 2000, its sales grew almost fourfold—from $335 million to more than $1.2 billion—and its stock price soared by more than 500%. However, in 2002, its growth rate had begun to slow down, and Abercrombie had a hard time meeting its quarterly earnings targets. As a result, the stock price in late 2002 was about half of what it was 3 years earlier. Abercrombie’s struggles resulted from increased competition, a sluggish economy, and the challenges of staying ahead of the fashion curve. From late 2002 until November 2007, the company’s stock rebounded strongly; however, its stock price declined during the 2008 economic downturn. Its stock price rebounded until late October 2011, when it began a downward trend again. Questions remain about the firm’s long-term growth prospects. However the company has been cutting costs and trying to improve productivity with its focus on the supply chain. In addition, it has been actively repurchasing shares, indicating that management believes its shares are undervalued. The company continues to steadily expand stores abroad while closing under-performing domestic stores.
Given the questions about Abercrombie’s future growth rate, analysts have focused on the company’s earnings reports. Financial websites such as Yahoo! Finance, Morningstar, and MSN Money (www.msn.com/en-us/
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15. The following data for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020 were presented to the management Zigzag Company: 2020 = Net sales: 1,363,000, Cost of Sales: 911,800, Gross Profit: 451,200; 2019 = Net Sales: 1,250,000, Cost of Sales: 776,000, Gross Profit: 474,000. The management requested you to determine the cause of the decline in gross profit on sales in spite of the favorable information given by the sales division that the quantity sold in 2020 was higher than in 2019 and that the production costs in 2020 were lower than that of 2019 by 6%. The percent change in volume is:
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Fundamentals Of Financial Management, Concise Edition (mindtap Course List)
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