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Formulate advanced algorithmic financial forecasts, dynamic capitalization rate structures, and automated portfolio variance matrices with this complete Solutions Manual for the 8th Edition of Financial Analysis with Microsoft® Excel® by Timothy R. Mayes and Todd M. Shank. A professional-grade academic resource, it features thorough, step-by-step spreadsheet cell formulas, detailed VBA scripting syntax, and structural modeling parameters designed to verify empirical calculation integrity and quantitative corporate finance data precision. This explanatory text provides exhaustive pedagogical coverage across both basic and specialized corporate modeling frameworks, including Chapter 1: Introduction to Excel 2016, Chapter 2: The Basic Financial Statements, Chapter 3: Financial Statement Analysis Tools, Chapter 4: The Cash Budget, Chapter 5: Financial Forecasting, Chapter 6: Forecasting Sales with Time Series Methods, Chapter 7: Break-Even and Leverage Analysis, Chapter 8: The Time Value of Money, Chapter 9: Common Stock Valuation, Chapter 10: Bond Valuation, Chapter 11: The Cost of Capital, Chapter 12: Capital Budgeting, Chapter 13: Risk and Capital Budgeting, Chapter 14: Portfolio Statistics and Diversification, Chapter 15: Writing User-Defined Functions with VBA, and Chapter 16: Analyzing Datasets with Tables and Pivot Tables, ensuring robust preparation for enterprise financial modeling benchmarks, corporate advisory audits, and senior treasury portfolio validation through explicit cell address references, built-in financial function syntax, and exact macro tool optimization controls.

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SOLUTIONS MANUAL
Financial Analysis with Microsoft® Excel®
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Timothy R. Mayes and Todd M. Shank
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8th Edition
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Solutions Manual: Financial Analysis with Microsoft® Excel®, 8th Edition
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By Timothy R. Mayes and Todd M. Shank


Chapter 1 Introduction to Excel 2016
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Chapter 2 The Basic Financial Statements

Chapter 3 Financial Statement Analysis Tools

Chapter 4 The Cash Budget
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Chapter 5 Financial Forecasting

Chapter 6 Forecasting Sales with Time Series Methods
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Chapter 7 Break-Even and Leverage Analysis

Chapter 8 The Time Value of Money
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Chapter 9 Common Stock Valuation

Chapter 10 Bond Valuation

Chapter 11 The Cost of Capital
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Chapter 12 Capital Budgeting

Chapter 13 Risk and Capital Budgeting
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Chapter 14 Portfolio Statistics and Diversification

Chapter 15 Writing User-Defined Functions with VBA

Chapter 16 Analyzing Datasets with Tables and Pivot Tables
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, CHAPTER 1: SPREADSHEET BASICS
Instructor’s Manual Problem Set
Solutions can be found in the accompanying Excel files. Note that if you wish to see all of the formulas at
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once, you may use the CTRL+` (Control plus grave accent) shortcut key to toggle them on or off.

1. The following table contains closing monthly stock prices for Oracle Corporation (ORCL),
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), and NVidia (NVDA) for the first half of 2017.
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Ticker 6/30/2017 5/31/2017 4/30/2017 3/31/2017 2/28/2017 1/31/2017
ORCL 50.14 45.39 44.96 44.61 42.59 40.11
MSFT 68.93 69.84 68.46 65.86 63.98 64.65
NVDA 144.56 144.35 104.3 108.93 101.48 109.18
a) Enter the data, as shown, into a worksheet and format the table as shown.
b) Create a formula to calculate the monthly rate of return during the first semester of 2017 and for each
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company. Format the results as percentages with two decimal places.
c) Calculate the total return for the entire holding period, the compound average monthly rate of return,
the average monthly rate of return using the AVERAGE function, and the average monthly rate of
return using the GEOMEAN function.
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d) Create a line chart showing the stock prices from January to June 2017 for these companies. Make
sure to title the chart and label the axes. Also present the data from January to June and use Times
New Roman for the title, labels, and numbers. Select a different dash type for each line representing
each company.
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2. The following table contains financial information for Intel Corp.
Intel Corporation
Income Statement ($ millions)
Dec-16 Dec-15 Dec-14 Dec-13 Dec-12
Sales 59387 55355 55870 52708 53341
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Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl. D&A 23425 20651 20522 21418 20507
Gross Income ? ? ? ? ?
SG&A Expense 21149 19835 19693 18729 18117
EBIT (Operating Income) 14813 14869 15655 12561 14717
Nonoperating Income - Net 533 -51 224 595 463
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Interest Expense 733 337 192 244 90
Unusual Expense - Net 1677 269 -114 301 217
Pretax Income ? ? ? ? ?
Income Taxes ? ? ? ? ?
Net Income 10316 11420 11704 9620 11005
a) Enter the data, as shown, into a worksheet and format the numbers with a comma separating the
thousands position and no decimal places.
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b) Create the required formulas to calculate the missing variables, and format the results to match the
other numbers.
c) Calculate the average tax rate, the gross profit margin, and the net profit margin for 2012-2016.
Format the results as percentages with two decimal places.
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d) Create a line chart showing the gross profit margin and the net profit margin for 2012-2016. Make
sure to title the chart and label the axes.
e) Create a copy of the income statement and replace each item with a formula that shows it as a
percentage of sales. You should only use one formula that can be copied and pasted to the rest of the
income statement.
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3. The following table contains financial information for Intel Corp.
Intel Corporation
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Balance Sheet ($ millions)
Dec-16 Dec-15 Dec-14 Dec-13 Dec-12
Assets
Cash & Short-Term Investments 17099 25313 14054 20087 18162
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Short-Term Receivables 5074 5530 4427 3647 4699
Inventories 5553 5167 4273 4172 4734
Other Current Assets 7782 4346 4976 4178 3763
Total Current Assets ? ? ? ? ?
Net Fixed Assets 77819 62709 64226 60274 52993
Total Assets ? ? ? ? ?
Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity
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Accounts Payable 2475 2063 2748 2969 3023
Income Tax Payable 329 272 443 542 711
Other Current Liabilities 12864 10698 11224 9776 8852
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Total Current Liabilities ? ? ? ? ?
Long-Term Debt 20649 20036 12107 13165 13136
Deferred Tax Liabilities 1730 2539 3775 4397 3412
Other Liabilities 3538 2841 3278 2972 3702
Total Liabilities ? ? ? ? ?
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Preferred Stock (Carrying Value) 882 897 912 0 0
Common Equity 66226 61085 55865 58256 51203
Total Shareholders' Equity 67108 61982 56777 58256 51203
Total Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity ? ? ? ? ?
a) Enter the data into a worksheet and format the table as shown. Format the cells as accounting
numbers with no decimal places.
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b) Create a formula to calculate the missing values in the table denoted by a question mark using the
SUM function, and format the results to match the other numbers.
c) Use a formula to calculate total debt as a percentage of total assets, and a similar formula showing
total shareholder’s equity as a percentage of total assets as of the end of 2016.
d) Create a pie chart showing the proportion of total debt and total equity that Intel used to finance its
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assets at the end of 2016. Make sure to title the chart and add data labels.
e) Create a chart showing how debt and equity as a percentage of total assets have changed over time.
Be sure to title the chart, label the axes, and reverse the x-axis so that time flows from left to right.
f) Copy the balance sheet and express each item as a percentage of total assets.
g) Create a chart showing current assets, fixed assets, current liabilities, and long term liabilities for
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2012–2016. Be sure to add a title and axis labels, and reverse the x-axis so that time flows from left to
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