Manning Company Has $1,000,000 in Assets and $1,000,000 in Stockholders

question 10

Essay

Manning Company has $1,000,000 in assets and $1,000,000 in stockholders' equity, with 50,000 shares outstanding the entire year. It has a return on assets ratio of 9%. In the past year it had net income of $75,000. On January 1, 2014, it issued $300,000 in debt at 5% and immediately repurchased 25,000 shares for $300,000. Management expected that, had it not issued the debt, it would have again had net income of $75,000.
Instructions
(a) Determine the Company's net income and earnings per share for 2013 and 2014. (Ignore taxes in your computations.)
(b) Compute the Company's return on common stockholders' equity for 2013 and 2014.
(c) Compute the company's debt to assets ratio for 2013 and 2014.

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Definitions:

Corporate Assets

resources owned by a corporation that have economic value and can be used to meet its financial obligations.

Articles of Merger

Legal documents filed with a governmental entity to officially merge two or more corporations, detailing the terms and conditions of the merger.

Voluntarily Dissolved

Referring to the intentional decision by the owners or stakeholders of a company to legally dissolve the corporation or business.

Liquidated

The process of converting assets into cash or settling debts, often used in the context of closing a business or satisfying creditors.