Analysis and Interpretation of Profitability BT Group is one of the largest telecommunications services companies in the
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Analysis and Interpretation of Profitability BT Group is one of the largest telecommunications services companies in the world, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Balance sheets and income statements for BT Group follow.
BT GROUP PLC Group Income Statement Year Ended March 31 (in millions) 2016 2015 Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £19,042 £17,979 Operating costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15,307) (14,499)
Operating profit (loss). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,735 3,480 Finance expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (749) (876)
Finance income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 17 Net finance expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (712) (859)
Share of post tax profit of associates and joint ventures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 24 Profit (loss) before taxation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,029 2,645 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (441) (510)
Profit (loss) for the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £ 2,588 £ 2,135 BT GROUP PLC Grou???? Balance Sheet At Ma????ch ????1 ????in million???????? 2????1???? 2????1????
Non-current assets Intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £15,436 £ 3,170 Property, plant and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,010 13,505 Derivative financial instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,462 1,232 Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 44 Associates and joint ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 26 Trade and other receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 184 Deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247 1,559 34,458 19,720 Current assets Programme rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 118 Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 94 Trade and other receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,063 3,140 Current tax receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 65 Derivative financial instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 97 Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,918 3,523 Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 434 8,134 7,471 Current liabilities Loans and other borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,237 1,900 Derivative financial instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 168 Trade and other payables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,289 5,276 Current tax liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 222 Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 142 11,016 7,708 Total assets less current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £31,576 £19,483 Non-current liabilities Loans and other borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £11,032 £ 7,868 Derivative financial instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863 927 Retirement benefit obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,382 7,583 Other payables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105 927 Deferred tax liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,262 948 Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 422 21,196 18,675 Equity Ordinary shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 419 Share premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051 1,051 Own shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (115) (165)
Merger reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,422 998 Other reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 487 Retained loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (167) (1,982)
Total equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,380 808 £31,576 £19,483 ????e????ui????ed
a. Compute net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) for 2016. Assume that the tax rate is 20%, which is the statutory rate for the U.K.
b. Compute net operating assets (NOA) for 2016 and 2015.
c. Compute and disaggregate RNOA into net operating profit margin (NOPM) and net operating asset turnover (NOAT) for 2016.
d. Compute net nonoperating obligations (NNO) for 2016 and 2015. Confirm the relation: NOA ???? NNO 1 Total equity.
e. Compute return on equity (ROE) for 2016.
f. What is the nonoperating return component of ROE for 2016?
????. Comment on the difference between ROE and RNOA. What inference can we draw from this comparison?
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Financial Statement Analysis And Valuation
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Authors: Peter D. Easton, Mary Lea McAnally, Gregory A. Sommers