Use the Following Information from the Current Year Financial Statements

question 209

Essay

Use the following information from the current year financial statements of a company to calculate the ratios below:
(a) Current ratio.
(b) Accounts receivable turnover. (Assume the prior year's accounts receivable balance was $100,000.)
(c) Days' sales uncollected.
(d) Inventory turnover. (Assume the prior year's inventory was $50,200.)
(e) Times interest earned ratio.
(f) Return on common stockholders' equity. (Assume the prior year's common stock balance was $480,000 and the retained earnings balance was $128,000.)
(g) Earnings per share (assuming the corporation has a simple capital structure, with only common stock outstanding).
(h) Price earnings ratio. (Assume the company's stock is selling for $26 per share.)
(i) Divided yield ratio. (Assume that the company paid $1.25 per share in cash dividends.)

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