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Following are Cisco Systems sales, net operating profit after tax (NOPAT), and net operating assets (NOA) for its year ended July 31, 2016 ($ millions).

Following are Cisco Systems sales, net operating profit after tax (NOPAT), and net operating assets (NOA) for its year ended July 31, 2016 ($ millions).

Sales $47,025
Net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) 10,110
Net operating assets (NOA) 25,282

Use the parsimonious method to forecast Ciscos sales, NOPAT, and NOA for years 2017 through 2020 using the following assumptions.

Sales growth per year 1.0% for 2017 and
2.0% thereafter
Net operating profit margin (NOPM) 21.5%
Net operating asset turnover (NOAT), based on NOA at July 31, 2016 1.86

Rounding instructions:

  • Round total revenue "unrounded" to two decimal places.

  • Round total revenue "rounded", NOPAT and NOA answers to the nearest whole number.

  • For NOPAT and NOA computations, use total revenue "rounded".

$ millions

2017 Est 2018 Est. 2019 Est. 2020 Est.
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