Following are Cisco Systems’ sales, net operating profit after tax (NOPAT), and net operating assets (NOA) for its year ended July 31, 2016 ($ millions).
Sales | $49,247 | |||
Net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) | 10,575 | |||
Net operating assets (NOA) | 26,472 |
Use the parsimonious method to forecast Cisco’s sales, NOPAT, and NOA for years 2017 through 2020 using the following assumptions.
Sales growth per year | 1.0% |
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2.0% |
thereafter |
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Net operating profit margin (NOPM) | 21.5% | ||||||
Net operating asset turnover (NOAT), based on NOA at July 31, 2016 | 1.86 |
Rounding instructions:
Round total revenue "unrounded" to two decimal places.
Round total revenue "rounded", NOPAT and NOA answers to the nearest whole number.
For NOPAT and NOA computations, use total revenue "rounded".
$ millions |
2017 Est | 2018 Est. | 2019 Est. | 2020 Est. | ||
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Total revenue (unrounded) | $Answer | $Answer | $Answer | $Answer | ||
Total revenue (rounded) | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | ||
NOPAT | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer
Incorrect |
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NOA | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Note :
2018 Est | 2019 Est | 2020 Est | ||
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Total revenue (unrounded) | ($49,247 * 101 % ) = $49,739.47 | ($49,739.47 * 102 %) = $50,734.26 | ($50,734.26 * 102 % ) = $51,748.94 | ($51,748.94 * 102 %) = $52,783.92 |
Total revenue (rounded) | $49,739 | $50,734 | $51,749 | $52,784 |
NOPAT (total revenue * 21.5%) | ($49,739 * 21.5%) = $10,694 | ($50,734 * 21.5%) = $10,908 | ($51,749 * 21.5%) = $11,126 | ($52,784 * 21.5%) = $11,349 |
NOA (total revenue / 1.86) | ($49,739 / 1.86) = $26,741 | ($50,734 / 1.86) = $27,276 | ($51,749 / 1.86) = $27,822 | ($52,784 / 1.86) = $28,378 |
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