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Sheet1

Assessment #5 Financial Data Income Statement All numbers in thousands Revenue

2018

2017

2016 2015 2014 Total Revenue 806,338 766,083 529,515 450,557 486,280 Cost of Revenue 206,052 187,289 131,070 102,571 121,020 Gross Profit 600,286 578,794 398,445 347,986 365,260 Operating Expenses Research Development 116,445 99,205 78,269 69,791 59,880 Selling General and Administrative 262,699 220,728 166,110 151,651 383,240 Total Operating Expenses 379,144 319,933 244,379 221,442 443,120 Operating Income or Loss 221,142 258,861 154,066 126,544 (77,860) Income from Continuing Operations Total Other Income/Expenses Net 13,432 7,603 8,011 418 504 Net Income 207,710 251,258 146,055 126,126 (78,364) Source: Congressional Budget Office Assumption

s specific to Company Category

Assumption
Total Revenue

Management projects revenue to continue same trend as previous 5 years Cost of Revenue

Management is implementing cost savings programs that should reduce the cost of revenue to approximately 2016 levels as a percentage Research Development

Management believes that new products are the life blood of the company and will continue with it current trend of R& D expenses Selling General and Administrative

Management projects that all other expense increases will be in line with Inflation

Summary Table 1.

CBO’s Projections of Key Economic Indicators for Calendar Years 2018 to

2028

Annual Average

Actual,

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021–

2022

2023–

2028

Percentage Change From Fourth Quarter to Fourth Quarter

Gross Domestic Product

Reala

2.6

3.3

2.4

1.8

1.5

1.7

Nominal 4.5 5.2 4.5 3.9

3.7

3.9

Inflation

PCE price index

1.7

1.8

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.0

Core PCE price indexb 1.5

1.9

2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0

Annual Average
Unemployment Rate (Percent) 4.4 3.8 3.3

3.6

4.4 4.8
Payroll Employment (Monthly change, in thousands)c 181 211 182 62 25 57

Interest Rates (Percent)

Three-month Treasury bills

0.9

1.9

2.9

3.6

3.7

2.8

Ten-year Treasury notes 2.3 3.0 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.7

Summary Table 1.

CBO’s Projections of Key Economic Indicators for Calendar Years 2018 to 2028

Annual Average
Actual,
2017

2018

2019

2020
2021–
2022
2023–
2028

Percentage Change From Fourth Quarter to Fourth Quarter
Gross Domestic Product
Reala

2.6

3.3

2.4

1.8

1.5

1.7

Nominal 4.5 5.2 4.5 3.9 3.7 3.9

Inflation
PCE price index

1.7

1.8

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.0

Core PCE price indexb 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0

Annual Average

Unemployment Rate (Percent) 4.4 3.8 3.3 3.6 4.4 4.8

Payroll Employment (Monthly change, in thousands)c 181 211 182 62 25 57

Interest Rates (Percent)
Three-month Treasury bills

0.9

1.9

2.9

3.6

3.7

2.8

Ten-year Treasury notes 2.3 3.0 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.7

Sheet1

Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands

,000

other

350,000 435,000

67,000 55,000 87,000

50,000

Selling, general & administrative expense

1,466,000

742,000

599,000

72,000 90,000 74,000

20,000

26,000

55,000

– – – – – –

63,000 116,000

260,000

327,000

– U.S. operations

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

77,000

553,000

55,000

134,000

28,000

116,000

-321,000

244,000

4,000

105,000

– –

5,000

– –

6

– –

0

– –

6.17

7

13.6

– –

0.01 0 -0.01 -0.18

– –

6.14

11.9

– – – – –

– – –

As Reported Annual Income Statement
Report Date 12/31/18 12/31/17 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14 12/31/13 12/31/12
Scale Thousands
Services revenue 51,

3

5

0 50,709,000 51,268,000 49,911,000 55,673,000 57,6

5

5,000 59,453,000
Sales revenue 26,641,000 26,715,000 26,942,000 29,9

67,000 35,0

63,000 40,049,000 43,01

4,000
Financing revenue 1,

599,000 1,715,000 1,710,000 1,864,000 2,057,000 2,047,000 2,040,000
Total revenue 79,591,000 79,139,000 79,919,000 81,741,000 92,793,000 99,751,000 104,507,000
Cost of services 34,059,000 34,447,000 34,021,000 33,1

26,000 36,034,000 37,564,000 39,166,000
Cost of sales 7,464,000 7,256,000 6,559,000 6,9

20,000 9,312,000 12,5

72,000 13,956,000
Cost of financing 1,132,000 1,210,000 1,044,000 1,011,000 1,040,000 1,110,000 1,0

87,000
Total cost 42,655,000 42,913,000 41,625,000 41,057,000 46,386,000 51,246,000 54,209,000
Gross profit 36,936,000 36,227,000 38,294,000 40,684,000 46,407,000 48,505,000 50,298,000
Selling, general & administrative expense 16,438,000 16,568,000 16,971,000 16,643,000 18,532,000 19,187,000 19,589,000
Advertising & promotional expense 1,466,000 1,445,000 1,

327,000 1,2

90,000 1,307,000 1,294,000 1,339,000
Workforce rebalancing charges 598,000 199,000 1,038,000 587,000 1,472,000 1,064,000 803,000
Retirement-related costs 959,000 742,000 1,052,000 811,000 995,000 945,000
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 435,000 496,000 503,000 304,000 3

74,000 370,000 3

28,000
Stock-based compensation 361,000 384,000 401,000 322,000 498,000
Bad debt expense 231,000 334,000 156,000
19,366,000 20,107,000 21,069,000 20,430,000 23,180,000 23,502,000 23,

553,000
Research, development & engineering expense 5,379,000 5,787,000 5,751,000 5,247,000 5,437,000 6,226,000 6,302,000
Intellectual property & custom development income 1,026,000 1,631,000 682,000 822,000 1,074,000
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses) 427,000 -405,000 116,000 -414,000 260,000 240,000
Gains (losses) on derivative instruments -434,000 341,000 -260,000 853,000 -654,000 -166,000 -72,000
Interest income 264,000 144,000 108,000 109,000
Net gains (losses) from securities & investment assets 101,000 -23,000 -47,000 29,000
Retirement-related income (costs) -1,572,000
Other income -85,000 1,878,000 131,000 511,000
Other income & expense 1,152 -216,000 145,000 724,000 1,938,000 843,000
Interest expense 723,000 615,000 630,000 468,000 484,000 402,000 459,000
Total expense & other income -25,594,000 24,827,000 25,964,000 24,740,000 26,421,000 28,981,000 28,396,000
Income from continuing operations before income taxes 627,000 560,000 3,650,000 5,915,000 7,509,000 6,857,000 9,668,000
Income from continuing operations before income taxes – non-U.S. operations 10,715,000 10,840,000 8,680,000 10,030,000 12,4

77,000 12,667,000 12,234,000
11,342,000 11,400,000 12,330,000 15,945,000 19,986,000 19,524,000 21,902,000
Provision for (benefit from) U.S. federal income taxes – current -342,000 2,388,000 186,000 -321,000 1,

134,000 1,406,000 1,361,000
Provision for (benefit from) U.S. federal income taxes – deferred 1,377,000 -746,000 105,000 -652,000 403,000
Total provision for (benefit from) U.S. federal income taxes 1,035,000 2,465,000 -560,000 232,000 1,239,000 754,000 1,764,000
Provision for (benefit from) U.S. state & local income taxes – current 127,000 244,000 128,000 541,000 178,000
Provision for (benefit from) U.S. state & local income taxes – deferred -292,000 -44,000 -105,000 289,000
Total provision for (benefit from) U.S. state & local income taxes -165,000 83,000 200,000 436,000 -143,000 423,000
Provision for (benefit from) nopn-U.S. income taxes – current 2,135,000 3,891,000 988,000 2,101,000 2,825,000 3,067,000 3,006,000
Provision for (benefit from) nopn-U.S. income taxes – deferred -386,000 -797,000 -179,000 -266,000 -637,000
Total provision for (benefit from) nopn-U.S. income taxes 1,749,000 3,094,000 809,000 2,105,000 2,559,000 2,430,000 3,111,000
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes 2,619,000 5,642,000 449,000 2,581,000 4,234,000 3,041,000 5,298,000
Income (loss) from continuing operations 8,723,000 5,758,000 11,881,000 13,364,000 15,751,000
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax -5,000 -9,000 -174,000 -3,729,000
Net income (loss) 8,728,000 5,753,000 11,872,000 13,190,000 12,022,000 16,483,000 16,604,000
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic 912,048.07 932,828.30 955,422.53 978,744.52 1,004,272.58 1,103,042.16 1,142,508.52
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted 916,315.71 937,385.63 958,714.10 982,700.27 1,010,000.48 1,094,486.60 1,155,449.32
Year end shares outstanding 892,479.41 922,179.23 945,867.40 965,728.73 990,523.76 1,054,390.94 1,117,367.68
Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations – basic 9.56 6.17 12.44 13.6 15.68
Earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations – basic 0.01 -0.01 -0.18 -3.71
Net earnings (loss) per share – basic 9.57 12.43 13.48 11.9 15.06 14.53
Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations – diluted 9.51 6.14 12.39 15.59
Earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations – diluted -3.69
Net earnings (loss) per share – diluted 9.52 12.38 13.42 14.94 14.37
Dividends per share of common stock 6.21 3.3
Total number of employees 350,600 366,600 380,300 377,757 379,592 431,212 434,246
Number of common stockholders 395,480 408,697 425,272 444,582 458,306 473,872 488,800
Foreign currency translation adjustments -730,000 152,000 -20,000 -1,379,000

Deliverable 7 – Analyzing and summarizing a Company’s Operations

Competencies

· Analyze the role of accounting in business operations.

· Apply the principles of accrual accounting and accounting cycles.

· Appraise the financial health and performance of a company.

· Analyze cost behaviors and production costing methods.

· Employ accounting data for business analysis and prediction.

· Evaluate accounting-related legal and ethical business implications.

Scenario

The Vice President of Finance called you into a meeting to discuss the overall vision and future of your company. He states that he has always admired International Business Machines (IBM) since he studied the company in college. The VP has not followed the company as of late and would like you to prepare an update as to how IBM is doing over last three years and the top line outlook for next year. The VP would like you to use similar techniques that you have used in writing your previous reports.

Instructions

Using the financial statements of International Business Machines Corporation:

1. Prepare an income statement vertical and horizontal analysis of International Business Machines Corporation using three years of data. Use Mergent Online to download income statement to Excel.

Be sure to search for International Business Machines Corp, and choose the United States entity.
FAQ for accessing and downloading income statements

2. Using the line item descriptions from the income statement, create a new tab and identify which expenses (costs) are likely fixed, variable, product, and period costs.

3. Using Mergent Online, create a ratio analysis report showing International Business Machines Corporation and its largest 4 competitors based on total revenue
Download the following ratios and peer average into Excel. Format and arrange the data in a professional manner:

a. Current Ratio

b. Gross Margin

c. Inventory % of TA

d. Inventory Turnover

e. Debt/Equity Ratio

f. Net Current Assets % TA

g. Net PPE % TA

h. Net Profit Margin %

i. Operating Margin %

j. R + D % TR

k. ROA %

l. ROE %

m. ROI %

n. Selling and General Admin % TR

o. Total Asset Turnover

4. Using the historical income statement data, prepare a sales (revenue) forecast for the upcoming year including your assumptions, calculations, and rationale.

5. Using the 

SEC.gov

 website, find articles on of International Business Machines Corporation and comment in a Word document on any recent accounting standards or ethical considerations that affect the company.

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