Lucent Technoloy

Lucent Technologies

Christine M. Thomas

ACC/230

06/22/2014

Jayme Edin

Lucent Technologies

The excerpt from Lucent Technologies' Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations executive summary provides a window into their financial standing for the years 2003 and 2004. Lucent Technologies provides a wide range of software, wireline equipment related to voice networking, voice messaging, data and network management, wireless equipment, and provides deployment, maintenance, and managed services. After a quick look at Lucent's consolidated balance sheet and applying the current ratio there is an increase from 2003 to 2004. In 2003 for every dollar of current liabilities Lucent had $1.59 of current asset where as in 2004 for every dollar of current liability they had $1.84 of current asset. The debt to total asset ratio decreased from 2003 to 2004. In 2003 for every dollar asset it was financed by $1.21 of debt. In 2004 for every dollar of asset it was financed by $1.08 of debt. Also Lucent working capital increased by $836 million from 2003 which was $2929 million to 2004 which was $3765 million.

After creating and reviewing the common-size balance for Lucent Technologies, you could see several differences. To start from 2003 to 2004 Lucent Technologies current asset total went from 49.4% of their total assets in 2003 to 48.5% total assets in 2004. With a more in depth look there have been many changes to the percentages different assets hold of the company's total assets. Cash and cash equivalents went from 24% in 2003 to 20% in 2004. Marketable securities went from 4.3% in 2003 to 8.7% adding both short and long term marketable securities in 2004. Receivables dropped from 9.5% in 2003 to 8% in 2004. Inventories increased from 4% in 2003 to 4.8% in 2004 which clearly shows a 20% increase. Property, plant, and equipment should a 19% decrease from 2003 which was at 10% of the total assets to 8.1% in 2004. There was an increase in goodwill and acquired intangible assets from 1.2% in 2003 to 2.6% in 2004.

Lucent Technologies liabilities upon review had decreases in 2003 accounts payable was at 6.7%

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