Suppose First National Bank Has $200 Million of Assets and $20

question 15

Short Answer

Suppose First National Bank has $200 million of assets and $20 million of equity capital. If First National has a 2% return on assets (ROA), what is its return on equity (ROE)? Suppose First National's equity capital declines to $10 million, while its assets and ROA are unchanged. What is First National's ROE now?

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Definitions:

Weighted Average Method

An inventory costing method that calculates the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold based on the average cost of all units available for sale during the period.

Equivalent Units

Equivalent units are units of production expressed in terms of fully completed units, recalculated to account for partially completed units based on their completion percentage.

Conversion

The process of changing something from one form to another, in business often related to converting raw materials into finished goods.

Job and Process Costing

A combined accounting approach that assigns costs to individual units or batches (job costing) and tracks costs across processes for continuous production (process costing).