Thursday 2 August 2012

Starkey Company’s sales, current assets, and current liabilities (all in thousands of dollars) have been

Starkey Company’s sales, current assets, and current liabilities (all in thousands of dollars) have been reported as follows over the last five years (Year 5 is the most recent year):

Year 5    Year 4    Year 3    Year 2    Year 1      
  Sales $ 5,625 $ 5,400 $ 4,950 $ 4,725 $ 4,500






























  Current assets:
    Cash $ 64 $ 72 $ 84 $ 88 $ 80
    Accounts receivable 560 496 432 416 400
    Inventory 896 880 816 864 800















  Total current assets $ 1,520 $ 1,448 $ 1,332 $ 1,368 $ 1,280






























  Current liabilities $ 390 $ 318 $ 324 $ 330 $ 300
































Required:
1.
Express all of the asset, liability, and sales data in trend percentages. Use Year 1 as the base year. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

  Year 5   Year 4   Year 3   Year 2   Year 1
  Sales 125.0 correct %   120.0 correct %   110.0 correct %   105.0 correct %   100.0 correct %  
  Current assets:
    Cash 80.0 correct       90.0 correct       105.0 correct       110.0 correct       100.0 correct      
    Accounts receivable 140.0 correct       124.0 correct       108.0 correct       104.0 correct       100.0 correct      
    Inventory 112.0 correct       110.0 correct       102.0 correct       108.0 correct       100.0 correct      
  Total current assets 118.8 correct       113.1 correct       104.1 correct       106.9 correct       100.0 correct      
  Current liabilities 130.0 correct       106.0 correct       108.0 correct       110.0 correct       100.0 correct    

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