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Analyzing a Balance Sheet - Applying What We've Learned - Part 32
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Balance Sheet 3

Finally, let's take a look at Wendy's Restaurants.  We already examined its receivable turn earlier.  You can download Wendy's Balance Sheet in PDF format from the company's website.  It is reproduced below as close to its original formatting as possible.

Wendy's International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 2000 and January 2, 2000

(Dollars in thousands)

   2000

1999

Assets

 

 

   Current assets:

 

 

     Cash and equivalents

$169,718

$210,785

     Accounts receivable, net

75,960

71,763

     Notes receivable, net

11,832 7,749

     Deferred income taxes

21,503

19,267

     Inventories and other

40,086 40,271

 

319,099

349,835

Property and equipment, net

1,497,090 1,389,835

Notes receivable, net

38,932

35,538

Goodwill, net

43,719

48,306

Deferred income taxes

20,572

22,390

Other assets

38,304

38,374

 

$1,957,716

$1,883,597

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

   

   Current liabilities:

1,903

2,309

     Accounts payable

125,564

126,487

     Accrued expenses

   

       Salaries and wages

34,663

35,214

       Taxes

50,867

37,577

       Insurance

38,414

37,061

       Other

42,965

43,422

     Current Portion of long-term obligations

3,943

4,448

 

 296,416

284,209

 Long-term obligations

 

 

   Term debt

$204,027

$204,788

   Capital leases

$44,357

$44,231

 

248,384

249,019

Deferred income taxes

72,750

69,516
Other long-term liabilities

14,023

15,414

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary Wendy's Financing I, holding solely Wendy's convertible Debentures

200,000

200,000

Shareholders' Equity

 

 

       Preferred stock, Authorized: 250,000 shares

   

       Common Stock, $.10 stated value per share, Authorized: 200,000 shares, Issued and Exchangeable: 136,188,000 and 134,856,000 shares, respectively

12,074

11,941

       Capital in excess of stated value

423,144 398,590

       Retained earnings

1,211,015 1,068,883

       Accumulated other comprehensive

(27,133) (14,443)

    

1,619,100 1,464,961

       Treasury stock, at cost: 21,978,000 and 16,626,00 shares, respectively

(492,957) (399,522)

      

1,126,143 1,065,439
  $1,957,716 $1,883,597

Income Statements
(In thousands, except earnings per share)

Fifty-two weeks ended December 31, 2000 and January, 2, 2000 and fifty-three weeks ended January 3, 1999

2000

1999

1998    

Revenues

     

Retail sales

$1,807,841

$1,666,438

$1,580,187

Franchise revenues

429,105

400,620

362,094

 

2,236,946

2,067,058

1,942,281

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

1,140,840

1,046,380

995,966

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