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Chapter 2: 5DQ (page 75)
Is there any validity in rule-of-thumb ratios for all corporations, such asa current ratio of 2 to 1 or debt to assets of 50 percent?
No rule of thumb is valid for all corporations.
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Billy鈥檚 Crystal Stores Inc. has assets of $5,960,000 and turns over its assets 1.9 times per year. Return on assets is 8 percent. What is the firm鈥檚 profit margin (return on sales)?
Indicate if there is an improvement or decline in total asset turnover, and based on the other ratios, indicate why this development has taken place.
Prepare an income statement for Virginia Slim Wear. Take your calculations all the way to computing earnings per share.
Sales | 1,360,000 |
Shares outstanding | 104,000 |
Cost of goods sold | 700,000 |
Interest expenses | 34,000 |
Selling and administration expenses | 49,000 |
Depreciation expenses | 23,000 |
Preferred stock dividend | 86,000 |
Taxes | 100,000 |
Using the income statement for Times Mirror and Glass Co., compute the following ratios:
a. The interest coverage.
Times mirror and glass company | |
Sales | \(126,000 |
Less: Cost of goods sold | 93,000 |
Gross profit | \)33,000 |
Less: selling and administrative expenses | 11,000 |
Lease Expenses | 4,000 |
Operating profit* | \(18,000 |
Less: Interest expenses | 3,000 |
Earning before taxes | \)15,000 |
Less: Taxes (30%) | 4,500 |
Earning after taxes | $10,500 |
*equal income before interest and taxes
Assume the following data for Cable Corporation and Multi-Media Inc.
Capable corporation | Muli-media inc | |
Net income | \(31,200 | \)140,000 |
Sales | 317,000 | 2,700,000 |
Total assets | 402,000 | 965,000 |
Total debts | 163,000 | 542,000 |
Stockholder鈥檚 equity | 239,000 | 423,000 |
b. Compute the following additional ratios for both firms:
Net income/Sales
Net income/Total assets
Sales/Total assets
Debt/Total assets
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