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Can someone help with this? All except for cash flow (d) ratio needed. P2-7A Sel

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Can someone help with this? All except for cash flow (d) ratio needed.

P2-7A Selected financial data of two competitors, Target and Wal-Mart, are presented here. (All dollars are in millions.) Suppose the data were taken from the 2017 financial statements of each company. Target (1/31/17) Wal-Mart (1/31/17) Income Statement Data for Year Net sales Cost of goods sold Selling and administrative expenses Interest expense Other income Income taxes Net income $64,948 44,157 16,389 894 28 1,322 2,214 $401,244 306,158 76,651 2,103 4,213 7,145 $ 13,400

Explanation / Answer

SL # Particular Target Wal-mart a Net sales $       64,948 $       401,244 b Cost of goods sold $       44,157 $       306,158 c Selling and administrative overhead $       16,389 $         76,651 d Interest expenses $            894 $           2,103 e Other income $              28 $           4,213 f income taxes $         1,322 $           7,145 g Net income $         2,214 $         13,400 h Current asset $       17,488 $         48,949 i Non current assets $       26,618 $       114,480 j Total asset $      44,106 $      163,429 k Current liabilities $       10,512 $         55,390 l Long-term liabilities $       19,882 $         42,754 m Total stockhodler's equity $       13,712 $         65,285 n Total liabilities and stockholder's equity $      44,106 $      163,429 o Net cash provided by operating activities $         4,430 $         23,147 p cash paid for capital expenditure $         3,547 $         11,499 q dividend declared and paid on common stock $            465 $           3,746 r Weighted average share outstanding (millions) 774 3951 Answer a) working capital = Current asset - current liabilities =h-k $         6,976 $         (6,441) Answer b) Current ratio = Current Asset / Current liabilities = h/k               1.66                 0.88 Answer c) Debt to asset ratio : (Current liabilities + Long term liabilities)/Total asset = (k+l)/j               0.69                 0.60 Answer e) Earning per share = net income/number of share outstanding = g/r $           2.86 $             3.39 answer f) Liquidity is reflected by net working capital, current asset ratio. We can see net working capital is negative for Wal-Mart and also Current ratio is lower compared to Target. Hence, Target has better liquidity compared to Wal-mart Solvency : is reflected by ability of company to pay its debt on time. We can see debt to asset ratio is lower for Wal-Mart. Target has relatively higher debt compared to Wal-mart. Hence solvency for Wal-mart is better .