PRO FORMA INCOME STATEMENT At the end of last year, Roberts Inc. reported the following income statement
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PRO FORMA INCOME STATEMENT At the end of last year, Roberts Inc. reported the following income statement (in millions of dollars):
Sales $3,000 Operating costs excluding depreciation 2,450 EBITDA $ 550 Depreciation 250 EBIT $ 300 Interest 125 EBT $ 175 Taxes (40%) 70 Net income $ 105.
Looking ahead to the following year, the company’s CFO has assembled this information:
• Year-end sales are expected to be 10% higher than the $3 billion in sales generated last year.
• Year-end operating costs, excluding depreciation, are expected to equal 80% of year-end sales.
• Depreciation is expected to increase at the same rate as sales.
• Interest costs are expected to remain unchanged.
• The tax rate is expected to remain at 40%.
On the basis of that information, what will be the forecast for Roberts’ year-end net income?AppendixLO1
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Fundamentals Of Financial Management Concise Edition
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