Question

Electronic Arts is a video game company that competes with Activision Blizzard. A condensed balance sheet for Electronic Arts and a partially completed vertical analysis are presented below.Cash and Short-term Investments $1,680 33% Accounts Payable $136 2%Accounts Receivable, Net 312 6 Accrued Liabilities 658 Inventories 42 1 Notes Payable (long-term) 2,009 40Other Current Assets 291 Total Liabilities 2,803 Intangibles 1,974 Common Stock 2,246 44Property and Equipment, Net 548 Retained Earnings 21 1Other Assets 223 4 Total Stockholders' Equity 2,267 45Total Assets $5,070 100% Total Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity $5,070 100%Required: a. Complete the vertical analysis by computing each line item as a percentage of total assets.b. What percentages of Electronic Arts' assets relate to intangibles versus property and equipment?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Computation of percentages for Vertical Analysis

Other current Assets  -- (Other current assets/Total Assets) * 100 -- ($291/$5070)*100 -- 6%

Intangible -- (Intangibles/Total assets) * 100 --($1,974/$5,070)*100--39%

Property and Equipment,Net -- (Property and equipment,Net/Total assets)*100-- ($548/$5070)100 -- 11%

Accrued Liabilities -- (Accrued liabilities / Total liability and stockholders Equity)*100 -- ($658/$5070)*100-- 13%

Total Liabilities -- (Total liability/Total liabilities and stock holders Equity) * 100 -- ($2803/$5070) * 100 -- 55%

b. Percentage of intangible and Property and Equipment

Intangibles -- (Intangibles / Total assets) * 100 -- ($1,976/$5070 * 100) -- 39%

Property and Equipment -- (Property and Equipment, Net/Total Assets) * 100 -- ($548/$5070 * 100) -- 11%