Chapter 2: Q3-5DQ (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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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 |
a. Compute inventory turnover based on Ratio 6, Sales/Inventory, for each year.
Billy’s 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’s profit margin (return on 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.
Given the following information, prepare an income statement for Jonas Brothers Cough Drops.
Selling and administrative expenses | $328,000 |
Depreciation expenses | 195,000 |
Sales | 1,660,000 |
Interest expenses | 129,000 |
Cost of goods sold | 560,000 |
Taxes | 171,000 |
Explain how depreciation generates actual cash flows for the company.
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