Supposing that Mr. Ptolemy achieved his Year 3 and Year 4 performance goals as planned, compare the Year 1 through Year 4 yearly results.

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   Year 1     Year 2     Year 3     Year 4   
   $  %  $  %  $  %  $  %
Net Sales  $               500,000.00 100.00%  $       540,000.00 100.00%  $  577,800.00 100.00%  $  612,468.00 100.00%
Cost of goods 265,000.00 53.00%  $       283,500.00 52.50%  $  300,456.00 52.00%  $  321,545.70 52.50%
Gross Margin 235,000.00 47.00%  $       256,500.00 47.50%  $  277,344.00 48.00%  $  290,922.30 47.50%
Operating expenses 210,000.00 42.00%  $       226,800.00 42.00%  $  245,565.00 42.50%  $  257,236.56 42.00%
Operating proft 25,000.00 5.00%  $         29,700.00 5.50%  $    31,779.00 5.50%  $    33,685.74 5.50%
  • Supposing that Mr. Ptolemy achieved his Year 3 and Year 4 performance goals as planned, compare the Year 1 through Year 4 yearly results.
  • Hint: Calculate ‘ trends’ from Year 1 to Year 2, from Year 2 to Year 3, and from Year 3 to Year 4 in terms of NS, COGS, GM,OE and profit.  Show your calculations and interpret the meaning of the obtained trend figures.

 

 

Year 1-2

Year 2-3

Year 3-4

Net sales

 

 

 

Cost of goods

 

 

 

Gross margin

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

Operating profit

 

 

 

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