8 Gitman/Zutter Principles of Managerial Finance, Brief, Seventh Edition
P4-16. Pro forma income statement—scenario analysis
LG 5; Challenge
a.
Pro Forma Income Statement
Allen Products, Inc.
for the Year Ended December 31, 2016
Pessimistic Most Likely Optimistic
b. The simple percent-of-sales method assumes that all costs are variable. In reality some of the
expenses will be fixed. In the pessimistic case this assumption causes all costs to decrease with the
c.
Pro Forma Income Statement
Allen Products, Inc.
for the Year Ended December 31, 2016
Pessimistic Most Likely Optimistic
d. The profits for the pessimistic case are larger in part (a) than in part (c). For the optimistic case, the
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