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ACCTG 371

SEMESTER TWO, 2022

ACCOUNTING

Financial Statement Analysis

QUESTION 1

(a)     Ami Heart Inc reports restructuring expenses  for the last three years. Describe the

typical categories of restructuring costs that require cash settlement. (2 marks)

(b)     What does a negative restructuring expense imply about one or more previous years

accruals? (1 mark)

(c)     Ami Heart Inc reports Other expenses, net” on its income  statement. How can a company use such an account to potentially obscure its actual financial performance?

(2 marks) (Total for Question 1: 5 marks)

QUESTION 2

The following footnote is adapted from Air New Zealand Limited s financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2022.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Items of property, plant and equipment are stated at cost or deemed cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Airframes,

Spares

Plant and

Land and

Capital

Total

engines and

equipment

buildings

work in

simulators

progress

$M

$M

$M

$M

$M

$M

Cost

4,403

156

502

550

79

5,690

Accumulated

depreciation

(1,680)

(75)

(389)

(341)

-

(2,485)

Provision for

impairment

(3)

-

-

(12)

-

(15)

Carrying value as at 30 June 2022

2,720

81

113

197

79

3,190

Required:

(a)     Compute Air New Zealands percent used upfor (i) each of the depreciable items of

property, plant and equipment and (ii) total depreciable property, plant and equipment as at 30 June 2022. Note that Capital work in progress” is not subject to depreciation. Show your workings. (3 marks)

(b)     Based on your calculation in part (a), briefly explain what the percent used uphas

indicated for Air New Zealands future cash flows. (2 marks)

QUESTION 3

(a)     Following are some financial statement numbers for Fox Limited for the year ended 30

June 2022.

(in millions)

Sales

Depreciation expense

Capital expenditure (CAPEX)

Beginning Property, plant, equipment (PPE), net Ending Property, plant, equipment (PPE), net

2022

$20,000 1,000 1,500 10,000 10,500

Assume the following in 2023:

•  a 5% growth in sales

•  a continuation of the 2022 ratio of Depreciation expense / beginning PPE, net”

a continuation of the 2022 ratio of CAPEX / Sales

Required:

Forecast the company’s net balance of PPE by the fiscal year end of 2023. Show your workings and round your answer to the nearest million dollars. (4 marks)

(b)     Below is information extracted from Cheeta Incs financial statements for 2022 and

preliminary forecasts for 2023.

2022

2023

(in millions) Reported Preliminary forecasts

Short-term investment (plug)

Interest income

Interest expense

The following assumptions are used in the preliminary forecasting process:

•    “interest income” and interest expense” are forecasted with no change

•     “dividends” is 40% of net income

•     “income taxes payable” is 40% of income taxes expense”

•     2023 forecasted effective tax rate is 25%

•    All remaining income statement and balance sheet items are forecasted either with no change or based on the 2022 percent of sales

Short-term investmentis used as an account to balance the initial forecasted Balance

Sheet.

Required:

Calculate  the  revised  plug  value  in  the  final  forecasted  Balance  Sheet  for  2023, assuming the following:

•     the revised interest expense forecast is $490 million

the revised interest income forecast is $280 million

Show your workings. (6 marks)

(Total for Question 3: 10 marks)

QUESTION 4

A junior analyst conducted the following valuation using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model for a company’s equity value at the end of the fiscal year 2021:

Forecast and valuation assumptions

Forecast horizon (excluding final year) sales growth (2022 – 2024)

Forecast horizon final year sales growth (2025)

Terminal period sales growth

NOPAT margin (NOPM) which is based on the 2021 reported numbers, rounded to two decimal places, for the horizon period and the terminal period

NOA turnover which is based on the 2021 reported numbers and ending NOA, rounded to two decimal places, for the horizon period and the terminal period  Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)

5% 1% 1% 21%

2.62

7.6%


DCF valuation (in $millions except discount factors)

Reported Forecast Horizon

Terminal Period

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Sales (rounded)

49,818

52,309

54,924

57,671

58,247

58,830

Comprehensive NOPAT

10,486

10,985

11,534

12,111

12,232

12,354

NOA

19,019

19,965

20,963

22,012

22,232

22,454

Increase in NOA

946

998

1,049

220

222

FCFF

Discount factor               Present value of horizon

FCFF

Cumulative PV FCFF Terminal Value (TV) PV Terminal Value

Total Firm Value

Less (plus) NNO

Total Equity Value

Forecasted

10,039 0.92937 9,330

10,536 0.86372 9,100

11,062 0.80272 8,880

12,012 0.74602 8,961

183,818

12,132

36,271 183,818