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Balance Sheet Detective Worksheet

The document provides clues about various companies' balance sheets: - EDF has a large inventory due to international electricity production and significant assets across continents. Google has a high cash percentage while HJ Heintz has reduced common stock from buybacks and high intangibles from trademarks. InBev has high intangibles from 200 brand acquisitions. - Jerini AG has lower retained earnings impacted by a steel market glut, while Mittal Steel has higher inventories also due to the glut. Telecom Malaysia and Trans Canada both require extensive property/equipment for international operations.

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Balance Sheet Detective Worksheet

The document provides clues about various companies' balance sheets: - EDF has a large inventory due to international electricity production and significant assets across continents. Google has a high cash percentage while HJ Heintz has reduced common stock from buybacks and high intangibles from trademarks. InBev has high intangibles from 200 brand acquisitions. - Jerini AG has lower retained earnings impacted by a steel market glut, while Mittal Steel has higher inventories also due to the glut. Telecom Malaysia and Trans Canada both require extensive property/equipment for international operations.

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  • Balance Sheet Detective

BALANCE SHEET DETECTIVE

Balance
Company Sheet Clue #1 Clue #2
The production of electricity adds a lot to the inventory Servicing mulitple continents will require a significant portion
EDF B account since they service internationally. of total assets
Company has a large postive cash perctange The other highest cash company has 0% intangibles, but
Google F Google's clue mentions trademarks (intangibles)
Reduction in common stock due to considerable amount of Large percentage of intangibles due to the multiple
HJ Heintz E share buybacks. trademarks
Due to the acquisions of 200 global brands, the company has 70,000 people to employed for this compnay would lead to a
a high percentage of intangibles, which would also decrease high percentage of accounts payable.
their cash account
InBev SA C
The PP&E are low percentages since the company is not This company recently went public, which decreases retained
carried out in multiple countries. Based of the process of earnings and is offset by the public common stock
elimination, the other companies have high PP&E
Jerini AG G
Among the larger PP&E companies, it has the lowest retained Among the options, this company has a higher percentage in
earnings, which could be impacted from the "glut on steel inventories, which could have resulted from lower steel
markets". Lower net income would have lower retained purchases from the "glut on steel markets".
earnings.
Mittal Steel A
The lower amount of current assets suggest a servicing The current assets are low percentage, but the PP&E
Thai Airways I company. percentages are very high to help conduct their services.
The company is "under a liscense" which results in a Since the company is in Malaysia and other countries, it is
Telecom Malaysia H percentage of intangibles going to require a lot of PP&E
Developing new technologies could be a reason as to why the There is a high percentage in PP&E since this company spans
cash account is the lowest perecentage. And "gas most of North America.
transmission and power" have low inventory requirements.
Trans Canada D
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