Profit analysis and causes of sale increase and decrease

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Discussion 1 - Income statement

What are the two causes of an increasing or decreasing sales number? Discuss all the reasons that might explain an increase or decrease in gross profit.  

Discussion 2 - analyzing an income statement

Income statements are presented in the table below for the Elf Corporation for the years ending December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008. Write a one-paragraph analysis of Elf Corporation’s profit performance for the period.  The focus of the analysis involves creating a common sized Income Statement for the three years and relating the parts of the statement to draw conclusions, ultimately to find the causes and effects of Elf's performance for those three years.  Respond to at least two of your fellow students' postings. 

 
Elf Corporation Income Statements for the Years Ending December 31

(in millions)

2010

2009

2008

Sales

$700

$650

$550

Cost of goods sold

 350

 325

 275

Gross profit

350

325

275

Operating Expenses:

Administrative

100

100

100

Advertising and marketing

 50

 75

 75

Operating profit

$200

$150

$100

Interest expense

 70

 50

 30

Earnings before tax

$130

$100

$ 70

Tax expense (50%)

 65

 50

 35

Net income

$ 65

$ 50

$ 35

Assignment

Each chapter in the textbook contains a continuation of this problem.  The objective is to learn how to do a comprehensive financial statement analysis in steps as you learn the content of each chapter.  Keep this in mind as you complete each week’s written assignment. 

  • Open the financial statement analysis template that you saved from the Eastman Kodak 1 assignment and input the data from the Eastman Kodak income statement.  Use the basic earnings per share from continuing operations when inputting the earnings per share amount.  When you have finished inputting the data, review the income statement to make sure there are no red blocks indicating that your numbers do not match the cover sheet information you input from the Eastman Kodak 1 assignment.  Make any necessary corrections before saving a “print out” of both your input and the common-size income statement that the template automatically creates for you.  You will submit this “print out” to your instructor.
  • Analyze the income statement of Eastman Kodak.  Write a 2-page summary that includes important points that an analyst would use in assessing the profitability of Eastman Kodak.

This is the template Template-FinStatement_v10_1_2003r2 (3).xlsx


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The two things that could cause an increase or a decrease in sales number is returns and
volume discounts. Notably, volume discounts cause a surge in sale number since many retailers
purchase goods in bulk at cheaper prices but turn around and provide discounts on those certain
goods thereby driving the sales volumes up. Returns, on the other hand, happen when goods are
reverted to the store. As such, in most instances, the consumers get their money back or ...


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