6. Analyzing accounting data for managerial decisions Aa Aa Accounting data is used to generate a firm's financial statements, but a firm's intrinsic value is based on its free cash flows, which are the cash flows available for distribution to the company's investors after the company has made all of the investments necessary to sustain its ongoing operations. Consider the following case: J&H Corp. recently hired Jeffery. His immediate mandate was to analyze the company. He has to submit a report on the company's operational efficiency and estimate its potential investment in working capital. He has the income statement from last year and the following information from the company's financial reports as well as some industry averages. Last year, J&H Corp. reported a book value of $400,000 in current assets, of which 25% is cash, 27% is short-term investments, and the rest is accounts receivable and inventory. The company reported $340,000 of current liabilities including accounts payable and accruals. Interestingly, the company had no notes payable outstanding, and there were no changes in the company's accounts payable during the year. The company, however, invested heavily in plant and equipment to support its operations. It reported a book value of $640,000 for its long-term assets last year. Income Statement For the Year Ended on December 31 Industry Average $51,250,000 Net sales Operating costs, except depreciation and amortization Depreciation and amortization Total operating costs J&H Corp. $41,000,000 32,800,000 1,640,000 34,440,000 2,050,000 43,050,000 Tor the rear Enge on December Net sales Operating costs, except depreciation and amortization Depreciation and amortization Total operating costs Operating income (or EBIT) Less: Interest expense Earnings before taxes (EBT) Less: Taxes (40%) Net income J&H Corp. $41,000,000 32,800,000 1,640,000 34,440,000 $6,560,000 656,000 $5,904,000 2,361,600 $3,542,400 Industry Average $51,250,000 41,000,000 2,050,000 43,050,000 $8,200,000 1,230,000 $6,970,000 2,788,000 $4,182,000 Based on the information given to him, Jeffery submits a report on January 1 with some important calculations for management to use, both for analysis and to devise an action plan. Complete the following statements in his report. , which is than the industry average Statement #1: J&H Corp.'s NOPAT is of $4,920,000. Statement #2: The company is using in net operating working capital (NOWC). in net cash flow from its operations and an Statement #3: J&H Corp. is generating accounting profit of of total net operating capital to run the business. This of J&H Corp.'s net operating working capital and its Statement #4: The firm uses value is computed as the quotient short-term investments quotient sum difference