This assignment for American Eagle Outfitter for Fed 2,2013 -Jan,28 2012 Tool Kit for Analysis of Financial Statements Financial statements are analyzed by calculating certain key ratios and then comparing them with the ratios of other firms and by examining the trends in ratios over time. We can also combine ratios to make the analysis more revealing, those indicated below are exceptionally useful for this type of analysis. RATIO ANALYSIS (Section 3.1) American Eagle outtfitters Years starts and ends on Feb 2 2013, Jan 28,2012 Input Data: 2013 2012 Year-end common stock price $12.26 $13.86 Year-end shares outstanding (in thousands) 616,756 612,191 Tax rate 15% 12% After-tax cost of capital Lease payments (in thousands) $18,998 $21,439 Required sinking fund payments $0 $0 Balance Sheets (in thousands of dollars) Assets 2013 2012 Cash and equivalents $906,223 $767,218 * Added to cash and quivalents prepaid expense and deferred income taxes Short-term investments $2,995,097 $2,461,700 2013 2012 Accounts receivable $454,252 $336,143 69,701 49,411 prepaid expenses and other Inventories $419,686 $340,297 103,736 49,931 deferred income taxes Total current assets $4,775,258 $3,905,358 Net plant and equipment $1,636,987 $1,647,570 * In addition to equpment also includes goodwill, intangible assets, and other assets Total assets $6,412,245 $5,552,928 2013 2012 641,030 641,030 goodwill Liabilities and equity 312,332 326,136 intangible assets Accounts payable $356,428 $335,072 107,481 120,332 other assets Notes payable $0 $0 Accruals $619,795 $594,886 Total current liabilities $976,223 $929,958 Long-term bonds $608,319 $477,246 2013 2012 Total liabilities $1,584,542 $1,407,204 3,193,623 2,900,896 additional paid-in capital Preferred stock (2,00,000 shares: none issued) $0 $0 -1,622,709 -1,496,904 treasury stock Common stock (616,756,134 shares oustanding 2013 and 612,191,412 outstanding in 2012 $720 $700 9981 10,614 accumulated other comprehensive income Retained earnings $3,246,088 $2,730,418 Total common equity $4,827,703 $4,145,724 * Added to Total Common equity additional paid-in capital, treasuary stock, and accumulated other comprehensive income Total liabilities and equity $6,412,245 $5,552,928 Income Statements (in thousands of dollars) 2013 2012 Net sales $4,280,159.0 $3,997,930.0 Operating costs $3,631,920.0 $3,349,631.0 Earnings before interest, taxes, depr. & amort. (EBITDA) $648,239.0 $648,299.0 Depreciation $0.0 $0.0 Amortization $0.0 $0.0 Depreciation and amortization $0.0 $0.0 Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) $648,239.0 $648,299.0 Less interest -$13,800.0 -$15,097.0 Earnings before taxes (EBT) $662,039.0 $663,396.0 Taxes (15.0%,.