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Blockbuster Inc. operates under the name Blockbuster Video and is engaged primarily in the...

Blockbuster Inc. operates under the name Blockbuster Video and is engaged primarily in the business of renting videotapes. The following selected data are from a recent annual report. (Dollar amounts are stated in thousands.)

 

Beginning of the Year

End of the Year

Total current assets

  $ 958,900

$ 960,300

Total current liabilities

  1,477,600

1,327,800

Total assets 

  6,243,800

4,854,900

Total stockholders’ equity

  4,167,000

3,249,300

Operating income

 

(845,200)

Net income 

 

(983,900)

The company has long-term liabilities that bear interest at annual rates ranging from 6 percent to 8 percent.

Instructions

a. Compute the company’s current ratio at (1) the beginning of the year and (2) the end of the year. (Carry to two decimal places.)


b. Compute the company’s working capital at (1) the beginning of the year and (2) the end of the year. (Express dollar amounts in thousands.)


c. Is the company’s short-term debt-paying ability improving or deteriorating?


d. Compute the company’s (1) return on average total, assets and (2) return on average stockholders’ equity. (Round average assets and average equity to the nearest dollar and final computations to the nearest 1 percent)


e. As an equity investor, do you think that Blockbuster’s management is utilizing the company’s resources in a reasonably efficient manner? Explain.

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