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Projected Operating Assets
Berman & Jaccor Corporation's current sales and partial balance sheet are shown below.
This year | ||||
Sales | $ | 1,000 | ||
Balance Sheet: Assets | ||||
Cash | $ | 150 | ||
Short-term investments | $ | 115 | ||
Accounts receivable | $ | 150 | ||
Inventories | $ | 250 | ||
Total current assets | $ | 665 | ||
Net fixed assets | $ | 600 | ||
Total assets | $ | 1,265 |
Sales are expected to grow by 14% next year. Assuming no change in operations from this year to next year, what are the projected total operating assets? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
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Operating assets are cash, accounts receivable, inventories and net fixed assets.
Total Operating assets =$(150+150+250+600) =$1,150
There are 2 ways to calculate the projected total operating assets.
1.Projected total operating assets
=(100%+ Increase in sales%)*(Operating assets)
=(100% +14%)* 1,150
=$1,311
2. First we calculate ratio of each operating assets of last year to last year's sales.
Operating asset Ratio = Operating asset/ sales
Cash = $150/$1,000 = 0.15
Accounts receivable = $150/$1,000 = 0.15
Inventories = $250/$1,000 = 0.25
Net fixed assets = $600/$1,000 = 0.60
Next year's sales = current sales*(1+growth rate)
= $1,000*(1 +0.14) = $1,140
Project cash next year = project sales*cash to sales ratio = $1,140*0.15 = $171
Project accounts receivable = $1,140*0.15 = $171
Projected inventories = $1,140*0.25 = $285
Projected Net fixed assets = $1,140*0.60 = $684
Projected total operating assets =
= $(171 + 171+ 285 + 684)
= $1,311