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Accounting, financial statement analysis

Problem2-12

The following information is extracted from the annual report of Lands’ End (in millions, except per share data):

Fiscal year                                    Year 9  Year 8  Year 7  Year 6  Year 5  Year 4

Net income                                  $31.2 $64.2  $ 51.0 $30.6  $36.1  $43.7

Cash from (used by) operations       74.3    (26.9)  121.8 41.4   34.5  22.4

Net cash flow                               0.03    (86.5)  75.7   11.8   (16.1)  (1.2)

Free cash flow*                             27.5    (74.6)  103.3 27.5   2.4     5.1

Market price per share                    32.375 39.312 28.375 14.625 16.125 24.375

(end of fiscal year)

Common shares outstanding          30.1    31.0    32.4    33.7   34.8    35.9

*Defined as Cash flow from operations ?Capital expenditures ?Dividends. Required:

a. Calculate and graph the following separate relations:

(1) Net income per share (EPS) and market  price per share

EPS Year9: -1.43 year8: 2.94 year7: -2.19 year6: -0.74 year5: 0.05 year4: 0.59

(2) Cash from operations per share and market price per share

(3) Net cash flow per share and market price per share

(4) Free cash flow per share and market price per share

 

b. Which of the measures extracted from the annual report appear to best explain changes in stock price? Discuss the implications of this for stock valuation.

 

c. Choose another company and prepare similar graphs. Do your observations from Lands’ End generalize?


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Yr 9

Yr 8

Yr 7

Yr 6

Yr 5

Yr 4

1. 

Net income per share

1.04a

2.07

1.57

0.91

1.04

1.22

 

Price per share

32.375

39.312

28.375

14.625

16.125

24.375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Operating cash flow per share

2.47b

-0.86

3.76

1.23

0.99

0.62

 

Price per share

32.375

39.312

28.375

14.625

16.125

24.375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Net cash flow per share

0.00c

-2.79

2.34

0.35

-0.46

-0.03

 

Price per share

32.375

39.312

28.375

14.625

16.125

24.375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. 

Free cash flow per share

0.91d

-2.41

3.19

0.82

0.07

0.14

 

Price per share

32.375

39.312

28.375

14.625

16.125

24.375

a:  (31.2/30.1)

b:  (74.3/30.1)

c:  (0.03/30.1)

d:  (27.5/30.1)


b.    The net income per share figure best explains the stock price.  As you can see from your graph, the graph of these two values across time is almost parallel.


c.    Solutions depends on the company and data collected.

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