Chapter 2: 12BP_a (page 147)
Healthy Foods Inc. sells 50-pound bags of grapes to the military for \(10 a bag. The fixed costs of this operation are \)80,000, while the variable costs of grapes are $0.10 per pound.
a. What is the break-even point in bags?
The Break-even point in bags is 16,000 units.
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Perez Corporation has the following financial data for the years 20X1 and 20X2:
20X1 | 20X2 | |
Sales | \(8,000,000 | \)10,000,000 |
Cost of goods sold | 6,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
Inventory | 800,000 | 1,000,000 |
c. What conclusions can you draw from part a and part b?
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
Precision Systems had sales of \(820,000, cost of goods of \)510,000, selling and administrative expense of \(60,000, and operating profit of \)103,000. What was the value of depreciation expense? Set this problem up as a partial income statement and determine depreciation expense as the “plug” figure required to obtain the operating profit.
Identify whether each of the following items increases or decreases cash flow:
Increase in accounts receivable | Decrease in prepaid expenses |
Increase in notes payable | Increase in inventory |
Depreciation expense | Dividend payment |
Increase in investment | Increase in accrued expenses |
Decrease in account payable |
If we divide users of ratios into short-term lenders, long-term lenders, and stockholders, which ratios would each group be most interested in, and forwhat reasons?
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