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Title: Case studies in finance answers
Description: Home depot and Lowe's

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1) Complete and compare an analysis, similar to that in Exhibit 7, for Lowe’s
...
4

36
...
8%

37
...
3%
capital)

11
...
9%

10
...
4%

Return on equity (Net earnings/S
...
7%
Equity)

15
...
3%

14
...
3%

Tax rate

36
...
5%

26
...
5%

28
...
8%

Cash
operating
expenses/Sales

18
...
9
%

18
...
5%

18
...
4%

2
...
1%

2
...
4%

Depreciation/P&E

8
...
5%

6
...
8%

6
...
2%

6
...
4%

7
...
1%

NOPAT
margin
(NOPAT/Sales)

3
...
3%

4
...
7%

5
...
6
capital)

2
...
3

2
...
0

P&E
turnover
(Sales/P&E)

3
...
1

2
...
6

12
...
9

12
...
7

TURNOVER

Working
(Sales/WC)

capital

3
...
1

Receivable
(Sales/AR)

turnover

85
...
5

116
...
5

4
...
1

4
...
4

21
...
5

27
...
9

29
...
3

256
...
1

277
...
0

Sales per transaction
($)

43
...
7

53
...
9

56
...
8
%

29
...
1%

17
...
8
%

17
...
6%

2
...
0%

10
...
8%

14
...
0
%

7
...
4%

4
...
52

1
...
59

1
...
6

(COGS/M
...
3

($

GROWTH
Total sales growth

Sales
growth
existing stores

for

LEVERAGE
Total Capital/Equity

*Non-interest-bearing current liabilities

1
...
4%
...
2%
...

Exhibit 3

Cost of capital calculation
Current yield on long-term
Treasuries
Historical market risk premium

U
...

4
...
5%

The Home Depot
Proportion of debt capital (market
value)
Cost of debt (Current yields of Aaarated debt)
Marginal tax rate
Cost of equity (Beta=1
...
8%
38
...
5%
12
...
4)
Weighted average cost of capital

12%
7
...
0%
12
...
6%

Accordingly WACC of Home depot is 12
...
6%
...

Therefore Home depot has the best operating performance
...
1% return to capital
...
8% lower in
2001 when compared to Home depot
...
Home depot has shown the uppermost performance in 2001
...


2001

3,865

2,063

16,033

8,816

19,898

10,879

38
...
0%

3,028

Working capital (CANIBCL*)

2001

1,133

Fixed assets
Total capital
Tax rate
NOPAT (EBIT*(1-t))

PROFITABILITY
Return on capital (NOPAT/Total 15
...
4%

Return on equity (Net earnings/S
...
8%
Equity)

15
...
6%

28
...
9%

18
...
4%

2
...
0%

6
...
2%

8
...
7%

5
...
7
capital)
P&E
(Sales/P&E)

turnover

Working
capital
(Sales/WC)
Receivable
(Sales/AR)

2
...
9
10
...
2
133
...
5

2
...
5
...
4
($

40
...
7

Sales per sq foot ($)

366
...
1
56

GROWTH
Total sales growth
Sales
growth
existing stores
Growth in new stores

17
...
7%

2
...
9%

17
...
5%

Growth in sq footage
per store

1
...
0%

1
...
3%? Look
specifically at gross margin, cash operating expenses, receivable turnover, inventory
turnover, and P&E turnover
...
1%
...
And I have changed ROC in to 12
...


Home depot ROC 2002
15
...
0%
21
...
0%
55
...
3
3
...
3%

Gross margin
Cash operating expenses/Sales
Receivable turnover
Inventory turnover
P&E Turnover

30
...
8%
9
...
1
2
...
133 Million by decreasing net operating profit after tax of 707M
...
In simply this implies that by reducing net operating profit after
tax or increasing capital the ROC can be reduced
...


Gross margin

ROC by decreasing NOPAT
...


Cash operating expenses/sales

NOPAT

, This leads to reduction of ROC
...
But ROC is
particularly sensitive to Price & Earning ratio
...
When inventory turnover ratio decreases by a small amount, ROC also
decreases radically
...


Sales growth has no impact on return to capital
...
For an example, If we increase the sales in exhibit 4,
All the accounts in exhibit 8 changes in consistence with sales
...

Therefore in conclusion sales growth does not make any implication on return to capital
...
1%

18
...
2%

17
...
3%

13
...
2%

15
...
9%

15
...
0%

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Title: Case studies in finance answers
Description: Home depot and Lowe's