I posted this in "the news" thread
BoxCutter said:
GREAT! That means more hours for all TMs, right?
Right?
Right?
Hello, HQ? Anybody there ???
No, not really. Let's quickly "Go Inside The Numbers"
First, it would appear that the earnings per share got a little boost by having about 24 million less shares of common stock out there. From the report:
Common Stock Authorized 6,000,000,000 shares, $.0833 par value; 517,761,600 and 541,681,670 shares issued and outstanding at February 2, 2019 and February 3, 2018, respectively. |
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Then it looks as if our operating income dropped (same report, in millions of dollars):
2018: 4,110
2017: 4,224
Operating income | | 1,117 | | | 1,129 | | | (1.0) | | | 4,110 | | | 4,224 | | | (2.7) | |
Apparently from a hefty increase in Sales Expenses:
Cost of Sales 4.3% increase
2018: 53,299
2017: 51,125
A little high given the efficiency gained through our new processes.
Selling Expenses 3.9% increase.
2018: 15,723
2017: 15,140
Ouch! These definitely went in the wrong direction (E2E/Modernization???). They directly correlate with the sales increase percentage wise. They should be less as we should have experienced some efficiencies with corresponding operational adjustments and planning.
Cost of sales | | 16,900 | | | 16,795 | | | 0.6 | | | 53,299 | | | 51,125 | | | 4.3 | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 4,376 | | | 4,454 | | | (1.8) | | | 15,723 | | | 15,140 | | | 3.9 | |
This one is more disturbing considering there is no footnote on the drop.
It would appear that we converted about a billion dollars cash into inventory (lost 200 million somewhere). So where is it? New stores?
Cash
2018: 1,556
2017: 2,643
That's a 41% reduction. Sales only went up by 2,647 or 3.7%. This is telling as we are consuming/converting assets to offset cash flow/margins. Think of this in our terms, raiding the savings account to meet this month's rent. Eventually you plan on putting it back when ...
Assets | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 1,556 | | | $ | 2,643 | |
Inventory | | 9,497 | | | 8,597 | | | |
Then we have the increase in current liabilities (13% increase)
2018: 15,014
2017: 13,052
Total current liabilities | | 15,014 | | | 13,052 | |
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Sales are up, however so is the cost of doing business. We did a lot of extra work to basically get the same results.
The real question, "What going to happen when the economy slows up?" According to the numbers, we're not any more efficient.