Whole Foods Market Inc. included these statements in its 2010 annual report.

Required: A: Compute the following for 2010 and 2009:

1. Net profit margin 2. Total asset turnover (use the year-end assets) 3. Return on assets (use year-end assets) 4. Operating income margin 5. Return on
operating assets (use year-end assets) 6. Sales to fixed assets (use year-end assets) 7. Return on investment (use year-end balance sheet accounts) 8.
Return on total equity (use year-end equity) 9. Gross profit margin. B: Comment on the trends in (a).

Whole Foods Market Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) September 26 2010 and September 27 2009:

Assets: Current assets : Cash and cash equivalents (for 2010) $131996; (for 2009) $430130; Short-term investments-avalble for sale securities (for 2010)
329738 (for 2009) 0; Restricted cash (for 2010) 86802; (for 2009) 71023; Accounts receivable (for 2010) 133346 (for 2009) 104731; Merchandise
inventories (for 2010) 323487 (for 2009) 310602; Prepaid expenses and other current assets (for 2010) 54686 (for 2009) 51137; Deferred income taxes (for
2010) 101464 (for 2009) 87757; Total current assets (for 2010) 1161519 (for 2009) 1055380; Property and equipment net of accumulated depreciation and
amortization (for 2010) 1886130 (for 2009) 1897853; Long-term investments- available for sale securities (for 2010) 96146 (for 2009) 0; Goodwill (for
2010) 665224 (for 2009) 658254; Intangible assets net of accumulated amortization (for 2010) 69064 (for 2009) 73035; Deferred income taxes (for 2010)
99156 (for 2009) 91000; Other assets (for 2010) 9301 (for 2009) 7866; Total assets (for 2010) 3986540 (for 2009) 3783388; Liabilites and
Shareholders Equity: Current LiabilitesL Current installments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations (for 2010) $410; (for 2009) $389; Accounts
payable (for 2010) 213212 (for 2009) 189597; Accrued payroll bonus and other benefits due team members (for 2010) 244427 (for 2009) 207983; Dividends
payable (for 2010) 0 (for 2009) 8217; Other current liabilities (for 2010) 289823 (for 2009) 277838; Total current liabilities (for 2010) 747872 (for
2009) 684024; Long-term debt and capital lease obligations less current installments (for 2010) 508288 (for 2009) 738848; Deferred lease liabilities (for
2010) 294291 (for 2009) 250326; Other long-term liabilities (for 2010) 62831 (for 2009) 69262; Total liabilities (for 2010) 1613282 (for 2009)
1742460; Series A redeemable preferred stock $0.10 par value 425 shares authorized; zero and 425 shares issued and outstanding at 2010 and 2009
respectively (for 2010) 0 (for 2009) 413052; Shareholders Equity: Common stock no par value 300000 shares authorized; 172033 and 140542 shares issued
and outstandng at 2010 and 2009 respectively (for 2010) 1773897 (for 2009) 1283028; Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (for 2010) 791 (for
2009) -13367; Retained earnings (for 2010) 598570 (for 2009) 358215; Total shareholders equity (for 2010) 2373258 (for 2009) 3783388; Whole Foods
Market Inc. Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands except per share amounts) Fiscal years ended September 26 2010 September 27 2009 and
September 28 2008: Sales (for 2010) $9005794 (for 2009) $8031620 (for 2008) $7953912; Cost of goods sold and occupancy costs (for 2010) 5870393
(for 2009) 5277310 (for 2008) 5247207; Gross profit (for 2010) 3135401 (for 2009) 2754310 (for 2008) 2706705; Direct store expenses (for 2010)
2375716 (for 2009) 2145809 (for 2008) 2107940; General and administrative expenses (for 2010) 272449 (for 2009) 243749 (for 2008) 270428;
Pre-opening expenses (for 2010) 38044 (for 2009) 49218 (for 2008) 55554; Relocation store closure and lease termination costs (for 2010) 11217 (for
2009) 31185 (for 2008) 36545; Operating income (for 2010) 437975 (for 2009) 284349 (for 2008) 236238; Interest expense (for 2010) -33048 (for 2009)
-36856 (for 2008) -36416; Investment and other income (for 2010) 6854 (for 2009) 3449 (for 2008) 6697; income before taxes (for 2010) 411781 (for
2009) 250942 ((for 2008) 206519; Provision for income taxes (for 2010) 165948 (for 2009) 104138 (for 2008) 91995; Net income (for 2010) 245833 (for
2009) 146804 (for 2008) 114524; Preferred stock dividends (for 2010) 5478 (for 2009) 28050 (for 2008) 0; Income available to common shareholders (for
2010) 240355 (for 2009) 118754 (for 2008) 114524; Basic earings (for 2010) 1.45 (for 2009) 0.85 (for 2008) 0.82; Weighted average shares outstanding
(for 2010) 166.244 (for 2009) 140414 (for 2008) 139886; Diluted earnings per share (for 2010) 1.43 (for 2009) 0.85 (for 2008) 0.82; Weighted average
shares outstanding diluted basis (for 2010) 171710 (for 2009) 140414 (for 2008) 140011; Dividends declared per common share (for 2010) 0 (for 2009) 0
(for 2008) 0.60.

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