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J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Equity Valuation and Analysis As of ...

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Pension Expense/SG&APension Expense/SG&A10.80.60.40.20JCPKSSDDSSSISMRT-0.2-0.42002 2003 2004 2005 2006YearThe pension expense to selling, general, <strong>and</strong> administrative expense ratioshows the relationship between pension expense <strong>and</strong> operating expenses.Effectively, this ratio is used to determine if a company is spending too muchmoney on its retirees. A lower ratio is preferred because it shows that pensionexpense makes up an insignificant amount <strong>of</strong> the companies overall expenses.Pension <strong>and</strong> retirement expenses expend resources that could be put to betteruse within the company. In other words, a firm should not be spending a greatdeal <strong>of</strong> money on people who are no longer employed by the company. Overall,all firms in the department <strong>and</strong> discount segment <strong>of</strong> the retail industry maintain alow pension expense to selling, general, <strong>and</strong> administrative expense ratio.65

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