Question

Quantitative Problem: At the end of last year, Edwin Inc. reported the following income statement (in millions of dollars):

Sales	$4,150.00
Operating costs excluding depreciation	3,052.00
EBITDA	$1,098.00
Depreciation	320.00
EBIT	$778.00
Interest	140.00
EBT	$638.00
Taxes (40%)	255.20
Net income	$382.80

Looking ahead to the following year, the company's CFO has assembled this information:

• Year-end sales are expected to be 6% higher than $4.15 billion in sales generated last year.
• Year-end operating costs, excluding depreciation, will equal 80% of sales.
• Depreciation costs are expected to increase at the same rate as sales.
• Interest costs are expected to remain unchanged.
• The tax rate is expected to remain at 40%.

On the basis of this information, what will be the forecast for Edwin's year-end net income? Enter your answers in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Enter all values as positive numbers. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

	(in millions of dollars)
Sales	$
Operating costs excluding depreciation
EBITDA	$
Depreciation
EBIT	$
Interest
EBT	$
Taxes
Net income	$

Answer 1