Consider the following firms: Net Income this Year Stock price at beginning of year Stock price at end of year Firm A $ 10,000,000 $ 20 $ 10 Firm B $ 8,000,000 $ 10 $ 20 a) The manager of firm A is doing a better job than B b) The manager of firm B is doing a better job than A c) Neither manager is doing a good job d) Both managers are doing a good job

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2. The following information is extracted for a company. Details Sales quantity EBIT Earnings available to common stakeholders 20,000 24000 Number of Shares Year 1 Year 2 60,000 90000 10,000 12000 2000 2000 a) Based on the above table, First find EPS and then calculate the degree of operating leverage (DOL), degree of financial leverage (DFL), and the degree of total leverage (DTL). b) Explain your answers

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Which of the following is not true?                                   Firm A                                      Firm B                          Industry Benchmark   2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020 ROA 9.14% 9.50% 9.90% 8.11% 8.16% 8.19% 8.11% 8.14% 8.15% ROE 22.45% 22.95% 23.45% 19.65% 19.88% 20.12% 19.95% 20.55% 21.00% TIE 1.75 1.65 1.55 2.75 2.90 3.05 2.25 2.30 2.50 CR 3.25 3.66 3.75 2.55 2.65 2.75 2.40 1.45 2.50 EPS 1.90 2.10 2.25 1.55 1.65 1.75 1.52 1.55 1.60   A Based on ROA, Firm A is doing better than Firm B and the Industry benchmark.    B Based on  Times Interest Earned, Firm A is doing better than Firm B and the Industry benchmark.           C Based on ROE, Firm A is doing better than Firm B and the Industry benchmark.    D Based on current ratio, Firm B is doing better than the Industry benchmark.

Question content area top Part 1 ​(Solving a comprehensive​ problem) Use the​ end-of-year stock price data in the popup​ window, LOADING... ​, to answer the following questions for the Harris and Pinwheel companies.   a. Compute the annual rates of return for each time period and for both firms. b. Calculate both the arithmetic and the geometric mean rates of return for the entire​ three-year period using your annual rates of return from part a. ​(Note: you may assume that neither firm pays any​ dividends.) c. Compute a​ three-year rate of return spanning the entire period​ (i.e., using the ending price for period 1 and ending price for period​ 4). d. Since the rate of return calculated in part c is a​ three-year rate of​ return, convert it to an annual rate of return by using the following​ equation:   1+ Three-Year Rate of Return =1+ Annual Rate of Return 3   e. How is the annual rate of return calculated in part d related to the geometric rate of​ return? When you…