The following is extracted from Dell's balance sheet at January 31, 2003 (in millions of dollars): Net financial assets 9,167Common equity (2,579 million shares outstanding) 4,873 Analysts are forecasting consensus earnings per share of $1.01 for the year ending January 31, 2004. a. Calculate net operating assets at January 31, 2003. b. Net financial assets are expected to earn an after-tax return of 40% in 2004. what is the forecast of operating income implicit in the analysts' eps forecast? c. Forecast the residual operating income for 2004 that is implicit in the analysts' forecast. Use a required annual return for operations of 9%. d. Dell's shares are currently trading at $34 each. With the above information, value the shares under the following set of scenarios using residual income methods: (i) Sales will grow at 5% per year after 2004. (ii) operating assets and operating liabilities with both grow at 5% per year after (ii) Operating profit margins (after tax) will be the same as these forecasted for 2004. e. Under the same scenarios, forecast free cash flow for 2004. 2003.

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For each of the following cases determine the ending balance in the inventory account. (hint: first, determine the total cost of inventory available for sale. next, subtract the cost of the inventory sold to arrive at the ending balance.)a. jill’s dress shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $40,000. during the accounting period jill’s purchased $75,000 of inventory, returned $5,000 of inventory, and obtained $750 of purchases discounts. jill’s incurred $1,000 of transportation-in cost and $600 of transportation-out cost. salaries of sales personnel amounted to $31,000. administrative expenses amounted to $35,600. cost of goods sold amounted to $82,300.b. ken’s bait shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $8,000. during the accounting period ken’s purchased $36,900 of inventory, obtained $1,200 of purchases allowances, and received $360 of purchases discounts. sales discounts amounted to $640. ken’s incurred $900 of transportation-in cost and $260 of transportation-out cost. selling and administrative cost amounted to $12,300. cost of goods sold amounted to $33,900.a& b. cost of goods avaliable for sale? ending inventory?

On january 1, year 1, purl corp. purchased as a long-term investment $500,000 face amount of shaw, inc.’s 8% bonds for $456,200. the bonds were purchased to yield 10% interest. the bonds mature on january 1, year 6, and pay interest annually on january 1. purl uses the effective interest method of amortization. what amount (rounded to nearest $100) should purl report on its december 31, year 2, balance sheet for these held-to-maturity bonds?