In: Accounting
1.
Compute NOPAT
Selected income statement information for 2018 is presented below
for Home Depot Inc. and Lowe’s Companies Inc. Assume the statutory
tax rate is 22%.
Pretax Net | Average Net | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonoperating | Tax | Operating | |||||
Company ($ millions) | Ticker | Sales | NOPBT | Expense | Expense | Assets | |
Home Depot | HD | $108,203 | $16,151 | $1,013 | $3,572 | $26,226 | |
Lowe’s | LOW | 74,161 | 4,179 | 649 | 1,080 | 20,326 |
a. Compute the following measures for both
companies.
Measure | Rounding Instructions | Home Depot | Lowe’s | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Net operating profit (NOPAT) | Round to nearest whole dollar | ||
2. | Return on net operating assets (RNOA) | Round percentage to one decimal place | ||
3. | Net operating profit margin (NOPM) | Round percentage to one decimal place | ||
4. | Net operating asset turnover (NOAT) | Round amount to two decimal places |
b. Indicate which of these two companies:
1. | Is more profitable (in $s). | Home DepotLowe's | |
2. | Produces the higher profit margin (in %). | Home DepotLowe's | |
3. | Uses its NOA more efficiently. | Home DepotLowe's | |
4. | Produces the higher return on NOA. | Home DepotLowe's |
2.
Compute RNOA, Net Operating Profit Margin, and NOA
Turnover for Competitors
Selected balance sheet and income statement information for the
fiscal year ended February 2, 2019, for Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
and TJX Companies Inc., clothing retailers in the high‑end and
value‑priced segments, respectively, follows.
Current | Prior | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year Net | Year Net | |||||
Operating | Operating | |||||
Company ($ millions) | Ticker | Sales | NOPAT | Assets | Assets | |
Abercrombie & Fitch | ANF | $3,590.10 | $86.53 | $784.38 | $877.30 | |
TJX Companies | TJX | 38,583.17 | 3,036.03 | 4,252.00 | 4,073.16 |
Compute the following ratios for both companies for the fiscal
year ended February 2, 2019.
Note: For RNOA and NOPM, round percentage to one decimal places
(for example, enter 6.7% for 6.6555%).
Note: For NOAT, round amount to two decimal places (for example,
enter 6.78 for 6.77555).
ANF | TJX | ||
---|---|---|---|
a. | Return on net operating assets (RNOA) | ||
b. | Net operating profit margin (NOPM) | ||
c. | Net operating asset turnover (NOAT) |
Note. Return on net operating assets is calculated on Net income after considering non opertaing expenss. Sometimes it may be calculated without considering non operating expense.