1)Compare how much each company paid in dividends. Also describe how much stock each company repurchased in dollars and in shares. If you owned 1000 shares of Tiffany & Co. on January 31, 2011 and held it through January 31, 2016, how much would you have received in dividends? What percentage of the shares outstanding would you have owned on January 31, 2011 and approximately what percentage of the shares outstanding would you have owned on January 31, 2016? If you owned 1000 shares of Blue Nile on January 2, 2011 and held it through January 3, 2016, how much would you have received in dividends? What percentage of the shares outstanding would you have owned on January 2, 2011 and approximately what percentage of the shares outstanding would you have owned on January 3, 2016?

2)After compiling and presenting these data, explain the "fit."

a)How does Tiffany & Co.'s structure of liabilities and shareholders' equity fit and complement its tangible and intangible assets?

b)How does Blue Nile Inc.'s structure of liabilities and shareholders' equity fit and complement its tangible and intangible assets?

c)Why would the structure of liabilities and shareholders' equity of each company not be appropriate for the other company? (Note: Do not evaluate Blue Nile Inc.'s and Tiffany & Co.'s marketing and business strategies. Focus on how the structure of their liabilities and shareholders' equity fit and complement the marketing and business strategies.)

Links

Tiffany & Co.'s hyperlink 10-k Year 2011https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98246/000119312512136912/d285717d10k.htm

Tiffany & Co.'s hyperlink 10-k Year 2013https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98246/000009824614000096/tif-2014131x10k.htm#sDC16316C8E36DDADFCE636A47609714F

Tiffany & Co.'s hyperlink 10-k Year 2015https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98246/000009824616000211/tif-2016131x10k.htm

Blue Nile Inc.'s 10-K's for 2011https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091171/000119312512081934/d263699d10k.htm

Blue Nile Inc.'s 10-K's for 2013https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091171/000109117114000014/nile-12292013x10k.htm

Blue Nile Inc.'s 10-K's for 2015https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091171/000109117116000189/nile-1032016x10k.htm