Finding Financial Information
Refer to the financial statements of America n Eagle Outfitters given in Appendix B at the end of this book.
Required:
1. What doe s the company include in its category of cash and cash equivalents? How close do you think the disclosed amount is to actual fair market value? (Hint: The notes may be helpful in
answering this question.)
2. What expenses does American Eagle Outfitters subtract from net sales in the computation of gross profit? How does this differ from Deckers’s practice and how might it affect the manner in which you interpret the gross profit percentage?
3. Compute American Eagle Outfitters’s receivables turnover ratio for the current ye ar. What characteristic s of its business might cause it to be so high?
4. Does the company rep ort an allowance for doubtful accounts on the balance sheet or in the notes? Explain why it does or does not. (Hint:Consider the makeup of its receivables.)
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