Weightman Corporation's Net Operating Income in Year 2 Was $76,385

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Multiple Choice

Weightman Corporation's net operating income in Year 2 was $76,385, net income before taxes was $55,385, and the net income was $36,000. Total common stock was $200,000 at the end of both Year 2 and Year 1. The par value of common stock is $4 per share. The company's total stockholders' equity at the end of Year 2 amounted to $983,000 and at the end of Year 1 to $950,000. The market price per share at the end of Year 2 was $7.92. The company's price-earnings ratio for Year 2 is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

• A) 7.14
• B) 0.58
• C) 5.18
• D) 11.00

Classify events after the reporting period as adjusting or non-adjusting events and understand their impact on financial statements.

Understand how to calculate expected holding-period returns for stocks.

Familiarize with calculating variance and standard deviation of stock returns.

Grasp the concept of nominal, real, and after-tax rates of interest.

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