PLEASE FILL OUT THIS SHEET REGARDING AEROPOSTALE; FINANCIAL INFO AND FORMULAS ATTACHED, COMPLETE QUESTION

Attachment: Financial Formulas Financial Measure Measured in... Sales Increase (Decrease) % Calculated as... this eriod's sales - last ear's com arable eriod's last year's comparable period's 58 sales sales Gross Margin % $ gross prot $ net sales Operating Expense % 3 operating expenses gs,g, and a! (S, G, and A) $ net sales Net Prot % 3 net prot 6 $ net sales Earnings per Share $ $ net prot number of shares outstanding Dividends per Share $ 3 total dividends paid number of shares outstanding Inventory Turns # of times $ cost of goods sold (income statement) 55 inventory (balance sheet) Current Ratio # of times $ total current assets $ total current liabilities Quick Ratio # of times 3 total current assets - $ inventory $ total current liabilities Total Debt to Equity Ratio # of times 3 total liabilities $ total shareholder's equity Financial Measure Fiscal Year Fiscal Year 2014 2013 Aeropostale Aeropostale Annual Sales % Increase/ (Decrease) 42.06 % Gross Prot Margin % Operating Expense "/o (S, G, and A) Net Prot Margin % Inventory Turn Current Ratio Quick Ratio Total Debt to Equity Ratio FM 422 Merchandising Strategies Benchmarks: Annual 2014 Industry "Norms " 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 Specialty Mass Market Off Price Pure on line Store Dept Store Stores Stores (Amazon) Annual Sales Inc/ Dec% 1.6% 2.0% L. 7%% 6.8% 19.5% Gross Margin % 42.1% 37.5% 25.4% 29. 7% 29.5% SG&A % 24.0% 27.6% 19.4% 17.4% 6.6% Net Profit % 3.9% 3.4% 2.6% 7.1% (-.3%) Inventory Turn 5.46 3.27 7. 72 5.88 7.56 Current Ratio 1.9 1.81 1.00 1.53 1.12 Quick Ratio 1.12 0. 74 0.30 0. 7 0.82 Total Debt to Equity Ratio 1.83 2.26 1.57 1.83 4.07 SPRING SEASON FALL SEASON 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016 T WT SM T W T 0 m 91 16 17 1 213 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 31 1 5 6 A 27 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 18 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 10 11 22 23 24 25 26 27 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 G 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 10 1 12 13 U 24 25 26 272 29 30 16 23 2 19 20 21 15 25 26 27 28 29 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 9 20 G 30 12 DE SMT WT 30 31 1 M TW 12 28 29 30 10 E 30 31 1 2 3 28 3 728 29 24 7 SM M 20