NOPAT and net income, business and finance homework help

  1. Discuss the difference between NOPAT and net income and explain which one is the better measure of a company’s performance, and why?

  2. Calculate the Economic Value Added for Amazon.com Inc. and critically evaluate the result?

  3. Should Amazon.com Inc. borrow more money because of the tax benefit from interest payments? Why or why not (use actual financial data to support the analysis)?

  4. What are the most important things you learned from the study of this assignments?
– Reference your work using APA style.
Useful links:

http://www.accountingtools.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-nopat.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCaeMTSTWYs

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/invfables/eva.htm

http://thismatter.com/money/stocks/valuation/profitability-ratios.htm