Excerpts of the financial data of Sapphire Ltd for 2022 are as follows: STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 R Sales Cost of sales Operating profit Interest expense Profit before tax Company tax STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 Assets Non-current assets Inventories Accounts receivable Cash Equity and liabilities Ordinary share capital (704 000 shares) Retained earnings Long-term loan (12% p.a.) Accounts payable Dividends payable (for 2022) 7 800 000 5 280 000 796 800 105 600 691 200 207 360 R 2 352 000 3 120 000 931 200 9 600 6 412 800 1 689 600 1 382 400 888 000 2 092 800 360 000 6 412 800 1. 2. Additional information All purchases and sales of inventories were on credit. Inventories on 31 December 2021 amounted to R2 880 000. 3. The following ratios were calculated for 2022 and 2021: 2022 2021 Profit margin 6.20% 13.63% Return on equity 15.75% 21.85% 4. The market prices of the company's shares for 2022 and 2021 were R4.00 and R3.50 respectively.
Excerpts of the financial data of Sapphire Ltd for 2022 are as follows: STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 R Sales Cost of sales Operating profit Interest expense Profit before tax Company tax STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 Assets Non-current assets Inventories Accounts receivable Cash Equity and liabilities Ordinary share capital (704 000 shares) Retained earnings Long-term loan (12% p.a.) Accounts payable Dividends payable (for 2022) 7 800 000 5 280 000 796 800 105 600 691 200 207 360 R 2 352 000 3 120 000 931 200 9 600 6 412 800 1 689 600 1 382 400 888 000 2 092 800 360 000 6 412 800 1. 2. Additional information All purchases and sales of inventories were on credit. Inventories on 31 December 2021 amounted to R2 880 000. 3. The following ratios were calculated for 2022 and 2021: 2022 2021 Profit margin 6.20% 13.63% Return on equity 15.75% 21.85% 4. The market prices of the company's shares for 2022 and 2021 were R4.00 and R3.50 respectively.
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1. Profit margin
2. Return on equity
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