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Common size statements: the following are income statements for Lowe's and Home depot for the years ended February 3, 2012 and January 29, 2012, respectively:
1. The companies do not use exactly the same account titles. Align the accounts accross two companies int he manner you beleive to be the most appropriate. Then prepare common-size income statemens for Lowe's and The Home Depot.
2. Compare the two companies by using the common-size statements.
The income statements for the two companies are below:
Lowe's (in millions) | |
Net Sales | 50,208 |
Cost of sales | 32,858 |
Gross profit | 17,350 |
selling, general and administrative | 12,593 |
depreciation | 1,480 |
interest, net | 371 |
total operating expense | 14,444 |
pretax earnings | 2,906 |
Income tax provision | 1,067 |
net earnings | 1,839 |
The Home Depot (in millions) | |
Net Sales | 70,395 |
Cost of sales | 46,133 |
Gross profit | 24,262 |
selling, general and administrative | 16,028 |
Depreciation and amortization | 1,573 |
total operating expense | 17,601 |
Operating income | 6,661 |
Interest and investment income | -13 |
Interest Expense | 606 |
Other | |
Interest and other, net | 593 |
Earnings before provisions for income taxes | 6,068 |
Provisions for income taxes | 2,185 |
Net earnings | 3,883 |
1) Common size income statements
Lowe's (in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Particulars | amount ($) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Sales | 50,208 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | 32,858 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 17,350 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
selling, general and administrative | 12,593 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
depreciation | 1,480 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
interest, net | 371 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
total operating expense | 14,444 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pretax earnings | 2,906 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax provision | 1,067 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
net earnings | 1,839 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2)
sales are higher in home depot |
Gross profit is less by 1 % in home depot due to cost of sales |
Selling and admin Oh is higher in lowe's when compared to home depot |
provision for income taxes are lower in lowe, Similarly they are high in home depot |
Net earnings constitute 5 % of sales for home depot |