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Chapter 2: 14BP b (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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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’s return on assets?
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)?
Explain how the Du Pont system of analysis breaks down return on assets. Also explain how it breaks down return on stockholders’ equity
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?
How is the income statement related to the balance sheet?
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