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Table gives abbreviated balance sheets and income statements for Este´e Lauder Companies.

TABLE

End of Year           Start of Year

Balance Sheet       

Assets

Current Assets:

Cash and Marketable Securities                                                 402                       254

Accounts Receivable                                                       1039                      861

Inventories                                                                      987                       856

Other Current Assets                                                       360                       269

          Total Current Assets                                              2787                      2239

Fixed Assets:

Tangible fixed assets

Property, Plant & Equipment                                           2394                      2113

Less accumulated depreciation                                         1351                      1232

          Net Tangible Fixed Assets                                               1043                      881

Long-term investments                                                   24                         22

Other long-term assets                                                    1157                      984

          Total Assets                                                          5011                      4126

Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity

Current Liabilities

Debt due for repayment                                                   119                       60

Accounts payable                                                            1581                      1440

          Total Current Liabilities                                         1699                      1501

Long-term debt                                                               1078                      1028

Other long-term liabilities                                                         581                       398

Total Liabilities                                                               3358                      2927

Total Shareholders' equity                                                        1653                      1199

Total Liabilities and shareholders' equity                         5011                      4126

Income Statement

Net Sales                                                                        7911

Cost of goods sold                                                           1997

Selling, general and administrative expenses                    4852

Depreciation                                                                             251

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)                        811

Interest expense                                                              67

Taxable income                                                               744

Tax                                                                                 260

Minority interest                                                             10

Net income                                                                     474

Dividends                                                                        107

Addition to retained earnings                                           367

Calculate the following ratios:

a. Return on assets.

b. Operating profit margin.

c. Sales-to-assets ratio.

d. Inventory turnover.

e. Debt-equity ratio.

f. Current ratio.

g. Quick ratio

Look again at Table. At the end of fiscal 2008 Este´e Lauder had 195 million shares outstanding19 with a share price of $45.50. The company's weighted-average cost of capital was about 10%.

Calculate:

a. Market value added.

b. Market-to-book ratio.

c. Economic value added.

d. Return on capital.

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