Because the statements will be used to project future years, they are organized with the most recent year at the far right.

Jenny Cochran, a graduate of the University of Tennessee with $4$ years of experience as an equities analyst, was recently brought in as assistant to the chairman of the board of Computron Industries, a manufacturer of computer components.

During the previous year, Computron had doubled its plant capacity, opened new sales offices outside its home territory, and launched an expensive advertising campaign. Cochran was assigned to evaluate the impact of the changes. She began by gathering financial statements and other data.

Assume that you are Cochran$$s assistant and that you must help her answer the following questions:

What effect did the expansion have on sales and net income? What effect did the expansion have on the asset side of the balance sheet? What effect did it have on liabilities and equity?

What do you conclude from the statement of cash flows?

What is free cash flow? Why is it important? What are FCF$$s five uses?

What is Computron$$s net operating profit after taxes $($NOPAT$)?$ What are operating current assets? What are operating current liabilities? How much net operating working capital and total net operating capital does Computron have?

What is Computron$$s free cash flow? What are Computron$$s $$net uses$$ of its FCF$?$

Calculate Computron$$s return on invested capital $($ROIC$).$ Computron has a $10\%$ cost of capital $($WACC$).$ What caused the decline in the ROIC? Was it due to operating profitability $($OP$)$ or capital utilization $($CR$)?$ Do you think Computron$$s growth added value?

Cochran also has asked you to estimate Computron$$s Economic Value Added $($EVA$).$ She estimates that the after$-$tax cost of capital was $10\%$ in both years.

What happened to Computron$$s Market Value Added $($MVA$)?$

The Tax Cut and Jobs Act $($TCJA$)$ was signed into law in $2017.$ Briefly describe its key provisions for corporate taxes.

Assume that a corporation has $$87$ million of taxable income from operations. It also received interest income of $$8$ million and dividend income of $$10$ million. The federal tax rate is $21\%,$ and the dividend exclusion rate is $50\%.$ What is its taxable income and federal tax liability?Jenny Cochran, a graduate of The University of Tennessee with $4$ years of experience as an equities analyst, was

recently brought in as assistant to the chairman of the board of Computron Industries, a manufacturer of

computer components.

During the previous year, Computron had doubled its plant capacity, opened new sales offices outside its home

territory, and launched an expensive advertising campaign. Cochran was assigned to evaluate the impact of the

changes. She began by gathering financial statements and other data.recently brought in as assistant to the chairman of the board of Computron Industries, a manufacturer of

computer components.

During the previous year, Computron had doubled its plant capacity, opened new sales offices outside its home

territory, and launched an expensive advertising campaign. Cochran was assigned to evaluate the impact of the

changes. She began by gathering financial statements and other data.