FUNDAMENTAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Chapter 2, Problem 1DC
This is your second interview with a prestigious brokerage firm fur a job us an equity analyst. You survived the morning interview with the department manager and the vice president of equity. Everything gone so well that they want to test your ability as an analyst. You are seated in a room with a computer and a list with the names of compa-nies—Ford (F) Microsoft (MSFT), You have minutes to complete the following tasks:
- Download the annual income statements, balance sheets, and now statements for the last four fiscal from Morningstar (www.morningstar.com). Enter each company's stock symbol und then go to "'financials." Copy and paste the financial statements into Excel.
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Discuss how each of the following transactions for Watson, International, will affect assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity, and prove the company’s accounts will still be in balance. A. An investor invests an additional $25,000 into a company receiving stock in exchange.B. Services are performed for customers for a total of $4,500. Sixty percent was paid in cash, and the remaining customers asked to be billed.C. An electric bill was received for $35. Payment is due in thirty days. D. Part-time workers earned $750 and were paid.E. The electric bill in “C” is paid.
A sheaf of papers in his hand, your friend and colleague, Akira, steps into your office and asked the following.
AKIRA: Do you have 10 or 15 minutes that you can spare?
YOU: Sure, I’ve got a meeting in an hour, but I don’t want to start something new and then be interrupted by the meeting, so how can I help?
AKIRA: I’ve been reviewing the company’s financial statements and looking for ways to improve our performance, in general, and the company’s return on equity, or ROE, in particular. Emma, my new team leader, suggested that I start by using a DuPont analysis, and I’d like to run my numbers and conclusions by you to see whether I’ve missed anything.
Here are the balance sheet and income statement data that Emma gave me, and here are my notes with my calculations. Could you start by making sure that my numbers are correct?
YOU: Give me a minute to look at these financial statements and to remember what I know about the DuPont analysis.
Balance Sheet…
A sheaf of papers in his hand, your friend and colleague, Jason, steps into your office and asked the following.
JASON: Do you have 10 or 15 minutes that you can spare?
YOU: Sure, I’ve got a meeting in an hour, but I don’t want to start something new and then be interrupted by the meeting, so how can I help?
JASON: I’ve been reviewing the company’s financial statements and looking for ways to improve our performance, in general, and the company’s return on equity, or ROE, in particular. Anja, my new team leader, suggested that I start by using a DuPont analysis, and I’d like to run my numbers and conclusions by you to see whether I’ve missed anything.
Here are the balance sheet and income statement data that Anja gave me, and here are my notes with my calculations. Could you start by making sure that my numbers are correct?
YOU: Give me a minute to look at these financial statements and to remember what I know about the DuPont analysis.
Balance Sheet…
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