Chapter 2: 15BP b (page 80)
Using the Du Pont method, evaluate the effects of the following relationships for the Butters Corporation:
b. If the Butters Corporation has a debt-to-total-assets ratio of 50 percent, what
would the firm’s return on equity be?
Return on equity: 50.40%
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Classify the following balance sheet items as current or noncurrent:
Retained earning | Bond payable |
Accounts payable | Accrued wages payable |
Prepaid expenses | Accounts receivable |
Plant and equipment | Capital in excess of par |
Inventory | Preferred stock |
Common stock | Marketable security |
Lemon Auto Wholesalers had sales of \(1,000,000 last year, and cost of goods sold represented 78 percent of sales. Selling and administrative expenses were 12 percent of sales. Depreciation expense was \)11,000 and interest expense for the year was \(8,000. The firm’s tax rate is 30 percent.
a. Compute earnings after taxes.
b. Assume the firm hires Ms. Carr, an efficiency expert, as a consultant. She suggests that by increasing selling and administrative expenses to 14 percent of sales, sales can be increased to \)1,050,900. The extra sales effort will also reduce cost of goods sold to 74 percent of sales. (There will be a larger markup in prices as a result of more aggressive selling.) Depreciation expense will remain at \(11,000. However, more automobiles will have to be carried in inventory to satisfy customers, and interest expense will go up to \)15,800. The firm’s tax rate will remain at 30 percent. Compute revised earnings after taxes based on Ms. Carr’s suggestions for Lemon Auto Wholesalers. Will her ideas increase or decrease profitability?
Landers Nursery and Garden Stores has current assets of \(220,000 and fixed assets of \)170,000. Current liabilities are \(80,000 and long-term liabilities are \)140,000. There is $40,000 in preferred stock outstanding and the firm has
issued 25,000 shares of common stock. Compute book value (net worth)
per share.
The balance sheet for Stud Clothiers is shown below. Sales for the year were \(2,400,000, with 90 percent of sales sold on credit.
Stud Clothier | |||
Balance sheet 20X1 | |||
Assets | Liabilities and Equity | ||
Cash | \)60,000 | Account payable | \(220,000 |
Account receivable | 240,000 | Accrued taxes | 30,000 |
Inventory | 350,000 | Bonds payable (long term) | 150,000 |
Plant and equipment | 410,000 | Common stock | 80,000 |
Paid in capital | 200,000 | ||
Retained earnings | 380,000 | ||
Total assets | \)1,060,000 | Total LIbilities and Equity | $1,060,000 |
Compute the following:
c. Debt to total assets ratio.
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.
a. Compute return on assets at year-end for 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2016.
(Use $29,000 in the numerator for each year.)
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