Here is a simplified balance sheet for Locust Farming:   Locust Farming Balance Sheet ($ in millions) Current assets $ 42,524   Current liabilities $ 29,755   Long-term assets   46,832   Long-term debt   27,752           Other liabilities   14,317           Equity   17,532   Total $ 89,356   Total $ 89,356       Locust has 657 million shares outstanding with a market price of $83 a share. c. How much value as the company created for its shareholders as a percent of shareholders’ equity, that is, the net capital contributed to the firm by its shareholders? (Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to the nearest whole number.)

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Here is a simplified balance sheet for Locust Farming:

 

Locust Farming
Balance Sheet
($ in millions)
Current assets $ 42,524   Current liabilities $ 29,755  
Long-term assets   46,832   Long-term debt   27,752  
        Other liabilities   14,317  
        Equity   17,532  
Total $ 89,356   Total $ 89,356  
 

 

Locust has 657 million shares outstanding with a market price of $83 a share.

c. How much value as the company created for its shareholders as a percent of shareholders’ equity, that is, the net capital contributed to the firm by its shareholders? (Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to the nearest whole number.)

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
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