In: Accounting
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 | $ 145 |
Accounts receivable | $ 300 |
Inventories | $ 300 |
Total current assets | $ 895 |
Net fixed assets | $ 600 |
Total assets | $ 1,495 |
Sales are expected to grow by 12% 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.
Operating assets are cash, accounts receivable, inventories and net fixed assets.
First we calculate ratio of each operating assets of last year to last year's sales.
Cash = (cash/sales) = $150/$1,000 = 0.15
Accounts receivable = $300/$1,000 = 0.3
Inventories = $300/$1,000 = 0.3
Net fixed assets = $600/$1,000 = 0.60
Next year's sales = current sales*(1+growth rate) = $1,000*1.12 = $1,120
Project cash next year = project sales*cash to sales ratio = $1,120*0.15 = $168
Project accounts receivable = $1,120*0.3 = $336
Projected inventories = $1,120*0.3 = $336
Projected Net fixed assets = $1,120*0.60 = $672
projected total operating assets = $168 + $336 + $336 + $672 = $1,512