Straton Corporation Has Provided the Following Financial Data

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Essay

Straton Corporation has provided the following financial data: Dividends on common stock during Year 2 totaled $2,100. The market price of common stock at the end of Year 2 was $5.56 per share.
Required:
a. What is the company's net profit margin percentage for Year 2?
b. What is the company's gross margin percentage for Year 2?
c. What is the company's return on total assets for Year 2?
d. What is the company's return on equity for Year 2?
e. What is the company's earnings per share for Year 2?
f. What is the company's price-earnings ratio for Year 2?
g. What is the company's dividend payout ratio for Year 2?
h. What is the company's dividend yield ratio for Year 2?
i. What is the company's book value per share at the end of Year 2?

Understand the characteristics of monopolistic competition and how it differs from perfect competition and monopoly.

Identify and analyze the profit-maximizing behavior of firms in monopolistically competitive markets in the short run and long run.

Understand and calculate profit, total revenue, and total cost for firms within monopolistically competitive markets.

Recognize the role of advertising and product differentiation in monopolistic competition.

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