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Chapter 2: 10BP (page 115)
Delsing Plumbing Company has beginning inventory of 16,500 units, will sell 55,000 units for the month, and desires to reduce ending inventory to 25 percent of beginning inventory. How many units should Delsing produce?
The number of units that should be produced by the company is 42,625.
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Question: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:
b. Selling and administrative expense to sales.
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 |
The Lancaster Corporation’s income statement is given below.
a. What is the times-interest-earned ratio?
Lancaster corporation | |
Sales | \(246,000 |
Cost of goods sold | 122,000 |
Gross profit | \)124,000 |
Fixed charges (other than interest) | 27,500 |
Income before interest and taxes | \(96,500 |
Interest | 21,800 |
Income before taxes | \)74,700 |
Taxes (35%) | 26,145 |
Income after taxes | $48,555 |
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.
Explain how the Du Pont system of analysis breaks down return on assets. Also explain how it breaks down return on stockholders’ equity
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