fiscal year, Home Depot's shares traded at $50 per share. The following are summaries from those financial statements. 9 At the time that of its 10-Q filing of financial statements for the first half of its January 2002 Balance Sheet, July 29,2001 (in millions of dollars) Operating assets Financial assets 23, 457 1.221 Financial liabilities Operating liabilities Common equity 1,320 6,709 16649 (on 2.336 million outstanding shares) 24.678 24,678 Statement of Farnings Six Months Ended July 29- 2001 (in millions of dollars) 26,776 Net sales Cost of Merehandise Sold Gross Profit 7,981 Operating Expenses: Selling and Store Operating Pre-Opening General and Administrative Total Operating Expenses 4,963 59 5,458 2,523 Operating Income Interest Income (Expense): Interest and Investment Income Interest Expense Interest, Net Earnings Before Income Taxes Income Taxes 2.534 978 Net Earnings 1:556 According to financial statement footnotes, Home Depot's statutory tax rate (combined Federal and State rates) is 39%. Other comprehensive income (not in net earnings above) is negligible. Use a required six-month return for operations of 4% in calculations below. (a) Calculate the following from these statements: 1. Financial leverage 2. Operating liability leverage 3. After-tax profit margin Home Depot earned a return on beginning net operating assets (RNOA) of 9.3% for the six months ending July 29,2001. (b) What was the asset turnover during these six months? 2. I. What was the residual operating income over the six months? Calculate the free cash flow generated by operations during the six months. (c) (d) At the current market price of S50 per share, what growth rate for residual operating income does the market forecast for the future? (e) Calculate Home Depot's price-to-sales ratio for trailing six-month sales (0 If both profit margin and asset turnover are expected to continue at their current levels in the future, what is the sales growth rate forecast implied in the price-to-sales ratio