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Solution to Just For Feet, Inc.: Chapter 2

Just For Feet, Inc.
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents
Accounts receivable
Merchandise inventory
Other
Total Current Assets
Property and Equipment, net
Goodwill, net
Other
Total Fixed Assets
Total Assets
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Short-term borrowings
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Income taxes
Short-Term Deferred income taxes
Current maturities
Total Current Liabilities
Long-term obligations
Deferred lease rentals
Long-Term Deferred income taxes
Total Long Term Liabilities
Common stock
Paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Total Shareholders' Equity
Total Liabilities

Financials and Financial Ratios

30-Jan-99
$12,412
18,875
399,901
18,302
449,490
160,592
71,084
8,230
239,906
689,396

31-Jan-98
$82,490
15,840
206,128
6,709
311,167
94,529
36,106
6,550
137,185
448,352

100,322
24,829

90,667
51,162
9,292
1,363

902
6,639
132,692
216,203
13,162
1,633
230,998
3
249,590
76,113
325,706
689,396

3,222
155,706
16,646
7,212
704
24,562
3
218,616
49,465
269,084
448,352

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STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
Net sales
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Franchise fees, royalties, etc
Operating expenses
Store operating
Store opening costs
Amortization of intangibles
General and administrative
Total operating
Operating income
Interest expense
Interest income
Earnings before income taxes
Provision of income tax
Net earnings
Shares outstanding
Diluted

Fiscal 1998
774,863
452,330
322,533
1,299

Fiscal 1997
478,638
279,816
198,822
1,101

232,505
13,669
2,072
24,341
272,587
51,245
-8,059
143
43,329
16,681
26,648
30,737

139,659
6,728
1,200
18,040
165,627
34,296
-1,446
1,370
34,220
12,817
21,403
29,615
31,852

30,410

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Fiscal 1998
Fiscal 1997
Net earnings
26,648
21,403
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash used by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization
16,129
8,783
Deferred income taxes
12,100
2,194
Deferred lease rentals
2,655
2,111
Change in assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable
-2,795
-8,918
Merchandise inventory
-170,169
-56,616
Other assets
-8,228
-5,643
Accounts payable
34,638
7,495
Accrued expenses
7,133
2,264
Income taxes
-181
543
Net cash used by operating activities
-82,070
-26,384
Net cash used for investing activities
-79,183
-32,067
Net cash provided by financing activities
91,175
2,156
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents -70,078
-56,295

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RATIOS
Current ratio
Quick ratio
Net working capital, NWC
Net liquid balance, NLB
Working capital requirements, WCR
WCR/Sales
Cash flow from operations
Cash conversion period
Days inventory held, DIH
Days sales outstanding, DSO
Days payables outstanding, DPO
Current liquidity index
Total assets / total sales, A/S
After-tax profit ratio, m
Dividend payout ratio, d
Debt to equity ratio, D/E
Sustainable growth rate, g*
Actual sales growth rate, g

1998
3.39
0.37
316,798
5,773
311,025
0.40
-82,070
250.63
322.69
8.89
80.95
0.0045
0.8897
0.0344
0
0.7092
7.07%
61.89%

1997
2.00
0.67
155,461
-11,399
166,860
0.35 (similar
-26,384 to W.T.
214.22 Grant
268.88 CCP in
12.08 the early
66.74 70's)
0.9367
0.0447
0
0.0913
5.50%

a.)

Current ratio versus quick ratio

The current ratio increased primarily due to the significant increase in inventory.
The quick ratio fell because current assets other than inventory fell relative to the
slight decline in current liabilities.

b.)

Discussion of working capital cycle

Days inventory held increased from 268 days in fiscal 1997 to 322 days in 1998.
Days sales outstanding decreased from 12 days to 9 days. Days payables
outstanding increased from 67 days to 81 days. Thus the cash conversion period
increased from 214 days to 250 days.

c.)

Ability to pay current obligations

The company's operations generated a deficit cash flow each of the two years
which explains the dwindling cash balance.

d.)

Solvency and liquidity positions

While the current ratio increased from 2 to 3.39, this increase can be attributed to
the increased inventory and not to increased liquidity. The current liquidity index
is approximately zero which indicates that the company has no liquid resources to
cover currently maturing debt.

e.)

The sustainable growth rate

From 1997 to 1998, sales grew almost 62%. However the sustainable growth rate
calculated using year-end 1997 figures was only 8.66%. To finance this excess

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f.)

growth, the company's debt-to-equity ratio increased in 1998 to 1.11 from a level
of .67 in 1997.
Conclusions
While earnings increased and the company's current ratio increased from 1997 to
1998, the company's operations generated an increasing deficit cash flow level;
and the company's current liquidity index shows a lack of any liquid resources
relative to the current level of debt due. The company is in a significant liquidity
crisis.