Question: Amazon.com Inc.s balance sheet (slightly modified) for December 31, 2011, contained the following items ($ in millions): Property & equip, net $4,1417 Accrued expenses &

Amazon.com Inc.s balance sheet (slightly modified) for December 31, 2011, contained the following items ($ in millions):

Property & equip, net

$4,1417

Accrued expenses & other

$3,751

Cash & equivalents

$5,269

Other noncurrent assets

$1,416

Inventories

$4,992

Other current assets

$351

Accts payable

$11,145

Marketable securities, short term

$4,307

Accts receivable, net

?

Goodwill

$1,955

Long-term liabilities

$2,625

Stockholders equity

$7,757

1. Prepare a December 31, 2011 classified balance sheet for Amazon.com. Include the correct amount for accounts receivable.

2. Compute the companys working capital, current ratio, and quick ratio. Compute the quick ratio as (current assets inventory) divided by current liabilities.

3. Comment on the companys current and quick ratios. In 2010, the current ratio was 1.33 and the quick ratio was 1.02.

4. During 2011, Amazon decreased its Marketable Securities by$678. Suppose the company had not decreased its marketable Securities but instead decreased long-term investments(classified as Other Noncurrent Assets) by $678. How would this have affected Amazons current ratio? How would it have affected the companys liquidity?

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