Last Year Blease Inc Had a Total Assets Turnover of 1.33

question 17

Multiple Choice

Last year Blease Inc had a total assets turnover of 1.33 and an equity multiplier of 1.75. Its sales were $295,000 and its net income was $10,600. The CFO believes that the company could have operated more efficiently, lowered its costs, and increased its net income by $10,250 without changing its sales, assets, or capital structure. Had it cut costs and increased its net income by this amount, how much would the ROE have changed?

• A) 6.55%
• B) 7.28%
• C) 8.09%
• D) 8.90%
• E) 9.79%

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