Use the Following Information on Dylan Enterprises for Questions 20

question 17

Multiple Choice

Use the following information on Dylan Enterprises for questions 20 - 26.
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Income statement }\\\text { Net Sales } & \$ 320,000,000 \\\text { Less: Cost of Goods Sold } & \$ 162,000,000\\\text { Gross Profit } & \$ 158,000,000 \\\text { Less: Operating Expenses } & \$ 120,000,000 \\\text { Less: Depreciation } & \$ 11,000,000\\\text { Operating Profit } & \$ 27,000,000 \\\text { Less: Interest Expense } & \$ 8,500,000\\\text { Net Profit Before Taxes } & \$ 18,500,000 \\\text { Less: Taxes } & \$ 6,290,000\\\text { Net Income }&\$12,210,000\\\\\text { Earnings Available to Common } & \$ 12,210,000 \\\text { Dividends Paid (60\% of EAC) } & \$ 7,326,000\\\text { Addition to Retained Earnings }&\$4,884,000\\\\\text { Earnings Per Share }&\$6.11\end{array}$ $\begin{array}{lrrr}&\text { Balance sheet }\\\text { Assets } & \text { Current Year } & \text { Prior Year } & \text { Change } \\\text { Cash } & \$ 1,500,000 & \$ 3,000,000 & (\$ 1,500,000) \\\text { Marketable Securities } & \$ 1,500,000 & \$ 3,200,000 & (\$ 1,700,000) \\\text { Accounts Receivable } & \$ 57,000,000 & \$ 44,000,000 & \$ 13,000,000 \\\text { Inventory } & \$ 106,000,000 & \$ 99,000,000 & \$ 7,000,000 \\\text { Pre-Paid Expenses } & \$ 8,400,000 & \$ 11,000,000 & (\$ 2,600,000) \\\text { Total Current Assets } & \$ 174,400,000 & \$ 160,200,000 & \$ 14,200,000 \\\text { Long-Term Assets } & \$ 148,000,000 & \$ 154,000,000 & (\$ 6,000,000) \\\text { Total Assets }&\$322,400,000&\$314,200,000&\$8,200,000\\\\\text { Liabilities } & \text { Current Year } & \text { Prior Year } & \text { Change } \\\text { Accounts Payable } & \$ 8,716,000 & \$ 6,400,000 & \$ 2,316,000\\\text { Short-Term Debt } & \$ 102,000,000 & \$ 105,000,000 & (\$ 3,000,000) \\ \text { Total Current Liabilities } & \$ 110,716,000 & \$ 111,400,000 & (\$ 684,000) \\\text { Long-Term Debt }(8 \%) & \$ 115,000,000 & \$ 111,000,000 & \$ 4,000,000\\\text { Total Liabilities } & \$ 225,716,000 & \$ 222,400,000 & \$ 3,316,000 \\\text { Common Stock (\$1 Par) } & \$ 2,000,000 & \$ 2,000,000 & \$ 0 \\\text { Paid-In Capital } & \$ 65,000,000 & \$ 65,000,000 & \$ 0 \\\text { Retained Earnings } & \$ 29,684,000 & \$ 24,800,000 & \$ 4,884,000\\\text { Total Equity }&\$96,684,000&\$91,800,000&\$4,884,000\\\text { Total Liabilities and Equity }&\$322,400,000&\$314,200,000&\$8,200,000\end{array}$
-What is Dylan's return on equity for the current year?

• A) 3.8%
• B) 5.1%
• C) 5.4%
• D) 12.6%
• E) 13.3%

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