Identify Net Operating Cash Based On Home Depot A

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Identify Net Operating Cash Based On Home Depot A

or all web exercises this semester, you will use the 2014 Home Depot annual report, 2014 SEC Form 10-K, and SEC Form DEF 14A (proxy statement). The fiscal year is the year ended Feb. 1, 2015, and covers the period from Feb. 3, 2014 to Feb. 1, 2015. If you did not save the files to your computer, you can access them in Web Exercise #1 in Session 3.

Prepare answers for the following items using the three reports discussed above for Home Depot.

  1. Identify net operating cash flows and net income for each of the past three years and show the dollar information for each year. Determine the changes and trends in each of these numbers for the most recent three-year period. Write a short paragraph explaining differences between operating cash flows and net income for the three years presented. Describe any implications of these differences for the company’s financial condition or future operating performance.
  2. Compute free cash flows for the company using the following formula:
    Cash flows from operations
    Less: capital expenditures
    Plus: increases (minus decreases) in debt
    Equals free cash flows
  3. Analyze and interpret how the company used its free cash flows, such as to finance growth, reduce debt, buy back shares, and so forth.
  4. Recast the company’s income statements from the prior two years. Go through Home Depot’s financial information looking for items similar to the ones listed in the textbook example in Chapter 11. (See Exhibit 11.1 on text pages 619-621 in the 11th edition) You can use the search feature of your browser to find items in the 10-k like marketing expense, repair and maintenance expense, tax allocation, etc. Often, these types of expenses are listed in the notes or in the MD&A but are not listed separately on the income statement. In addition to the annual report, there are breakdowns of salary information and benefits in the DEF14 proxy statement to include.
  5. Interpret trends revealed in the recast income statements. What changes are occurring from year to year and what could those changes mean for the company’s future?
  6. Analyze and interpret the company’s operating expenses for the prior two years (what is increasing/decreasing and what could those changes indicate).

Your solution must be formatted as a Word document with a cover page showing the assignment title, your name, and the date. You may copy and paste the questions above into Word and then type in your answers. Your Word file must be posted as an attachment here by midnight on the last day of this session, using the link above (Web Exercise 3).