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on the book Bergevin, P. and MacQueen, M. (2015) Accounting and Finance for Mana

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on the book Bergevin, P. and MacQueen, M. (2015) Accounting and Finance for Managers
case 6-1

Accounts turnover Davs in accounts payable Net cash conversion cycle Total debt to total capital Earnings coverage ratio Price-to-earnings ratio payable 4.55 3.75 80.2 97.3 39 33.4%) 41.19 700.0%| 400.0% 70 Case 6-1 You chair the Board of Directors at Target Corporation After the firm released its 2014 financial statements, you are faced with an important decision. The first agenda item at the http://learn.redlands.edu/plugintile.phpPfiles%2F46 9664%2Fm-658%20Chapter%206%20Final%2020 15. docx&forcedownload: 1 9/23/ 0 8 8

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2) Target should fire the CEO as he is not able to perform his duties in running the company as efficient as its peer Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is running on a negative working capital and has high free cash flow than Target. Growth wise and return wise also Wal-Mart has beaten Target by decent margin.  

Target Corporation 2014 2013 2012 2011 Return on Equity (Return on equity = Net Income/Total shareholders’ equity) 12.1% 18.1% 18.5% 18.9% Return on Total Assets (Return on Total Assets = EBIT/Total Assets) 9% 11% 11.4% 12% Operating Profit Margin (Operating Income/Total Revenue) 6% 7% 4.2% 4.3% Asset Turnover (Total Revenue/Fixed Assets) 2.2 2.2 1.5 1.54 Working Capital (Current Assets - Current Liabilities) -1204 2357 2162 7413 Current (working capital) ratio (Current Assets/Current Liabilities) 0.9 1.2 1.151 1.709 Inventory Turnover (Inventory/Sales) 8.3 9.3 6.0 6.02 Days in Inventory (Inventory/Cost of Sales*365) 62.5 57.0 60.4 60.6 Accounts receivable turnover (Sales/Receivable) 0.0 12.5 11.8 11 Days in accounts receivable (Receivable/Sales*365) 0.0 29.1 31.0 33.3 Operating Cycle = (365/Inventory turnover ratio+365/Accounts receivable turnover ratio) 0.0 68.4 91.4 94.0 Accounts Payable Turnover (Cost of Sales/Payables) 6.7 7.2 7.0 6.9 Days in accounts payable (Payables/Cost of Sales*365) 54.8 50.9 52.3 52.9 Net cash coversion cycle (inventory days + turnover days - payable days) 62.5 17.7 39.1 41.1 Debt to Capital (Total Debt/Total Capital) 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 Debt to equity (Total Debt/Total Shareholder Equit) 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.8 Times interest earned (earnings coverage) (EBIT/Interest) 3.8 7.0 3.4 3.9 Cash flow adequacy (CF from operations / Long term debt paid+Fixed assets purchased+cash dividend distributed) 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.9 Long term debt paid 2029 -1052 11626.0 Wall Mart Stores 2014 2013 2012 2011 Return on Equity (Return on equity = Net Income/Total shareholders’ equity) 19.7% 20.8% 20.7% 23.0% Return on Total Assets (Return on Total Assets = EBIT/Total Assets) 13% 14% 13.7% 14.1% Operating Profit Margin (Operating Income/Total Revenue) 6% 6% 3.5% 3.9% Asset Turnover (Total Revenue/Fixed Assets) 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.3 Working Capital (Current Assets - Current Liabilities) -8160 -11878 -7325 -6591 Current (working capital) ratio (Current Assets/Current Liabilities) 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 Inventory Turnover (Inventory/Sales) 0.0 0.0 8.2 8.7 Days in Inventory (Inventory/Cost of Sales*365) 1.9 1.6 44.3 42.0 Accounts receivable turnover (Sales/Receivable) 71.3 69.2 75.3 82.9 Days in accounts receivable (Receivable/Sales*365) 5.1 5.3 4.9 4.4 Operating Cycle = (365/Inventory turnover ratio+365/Accounts receivable turnover ratio) 91072.5 110293.9 49.2 46.5 Accounts Payable Turnover (Cost of Sales/Payables) 9.6 9.3 9.2 9.4 Days in accounts payable (Payables/Cost of Sales*365) 38.1 39.5 39.9 38.9 Net cash coversion cycle (inventory days + turnover days - payable days) -31.1 -32.6 9.3 7.6 Debt to Capital (Total Debt/Total Capital) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Debt to equity (Total Debt/Total Shareholder Equit) 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 Times interest earned (earnings coverage) (EBIT/Interest) 12.1 13.4 7.3 8.2 Cash flow adequacy (CF from operations / Long term debt paid+Fixed assets purchased+cash dividend distributed) 1.0 2.1 1.3 1.4 Long term debt paid 4518 -5796 4413.0