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Chapter 2: Q14BPb (page 80)
Gates Appliances has a return-on-assets (investment) ratio of 8 percent.
b. If the firm had no debt, what would the return-on-equity ratio be?
Return on equity, when the firm has no debt: 8%
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The Haines Corp. shows the following financial data for 20X1 and 20X2:
20X1 | 20X2 | |
Sales | \(3,230,000 | \)3,370,000 |
Cost of goods sold | 2,130,000 | 2,850,000 |
Gross profits | \(1,100,000 | \)520,000 |
Selling and administrative expenses | 298,000 | 227,000 |
Operating profits | \(802,000 | \)293,000 |
Interest expense | 47,200 | 51,600 |
Income before taxes | \(754,800 | \)241,400 |
Taxes (35%) | 264,180 | 84,490 |
Income after tax | \(490,620 | \)156,910 |
For each year, compute the following and indicate whether it is increasing or
decreasing profitability in 20X2 as indicated by the ratio:
c. Interest expenses to sales
In January 2007, the Status Quo Company was formed. Total assets were \(544,000, of which \)306,000 consisted of depreciable fixed assets. Status
Quo uses straight-line depreciation of \(30,600 per year, and in 2007 it estimated its fixed assets to have useful lives of 10 years. Aftertax income has been \)29,000 per year each of the last 10 years. Other assets have not changed since 2007.
b. To what do you attribute the phenomenon shown in part a?
A-Rod Fishing Supplies had sales of \(2,500,000 and cost of goods sold of \)1,710,000. Selling and administrative expenses represented 10 percent of sales. Depreciation was 6 percent of the total assets of $4,680,000. What was the firm鈥檚 operating profit?
Jerry Rice and Grain Stores has \(4,780,000 in yearly sales. The firm earns 4.5 percent on each dollar of sales and turns over its assets 2.7 times per year. It has \)123,000 in current liabilities and $349,000 in long-term liabilities.
b. If the asset base remains the same as computed in part a, but total asset
turnover goes up to 3, what will be the new return on stockholders鈥� equity?Assume that the profit margin stays the same as do current and long-term
liabilities.
Easter Egg and Poultry Company has \(2,000,000 in assets and \)1,400,000 of debt. It reports net income of $200,000.
a. What is the firm鈥檚 return on assets?
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