Jasper Enterprises follows a moderate current asset investment policy, but it is now considering whether to shift to a restricted or perhaps to a relaxed policy. The firm's annual sales are $400,000, its fixed assets are $100,000, its target capital structure calls for 50% debt and 50% equity, its EBIT is $35,000, the interest rate on its debt is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. With a restricted policy, current assets will be 15% of sales, while under a relaxed policy they will be 25% of sales. What is the difference in the projected ROEs between the restricted and relaxed policies? 5.3% On 1643% Oe 47% Od 5.,8%
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- Hardwig Inc. is considering whether to pursue a restricted or relaxed current asset investment policy. The firm's annual sales are expected to total $3,600,000, its fixed assets turnover ratio equals 4.0, and its debt and common equity are each 50% of total assets. EBIT is $150,000, the interest rate on the firm's debt is 10%, and the tax rate is 40%. If the company follows a restricted policy, its total assets turnover will be 2.5. Under a relaxed policy its total assets turnover will be 2.2. Refer to the data for Hardwig, Inc.Assume now that the company believes that if it adopts a restricted policy, its sales will fall by 15% and EBIT will fall by 10%, but its total assets turnover, debt ratio, interest rate, and tax rate will all remain the same. In this situation, what's the difference between the projected ROEs under the restricted and relaxed policies?Big Retailer (BR) follows a moderate current asset investment policy, but is now considering a change, perhaps to a restricted or maybe to a relaxed policy. BR’s annual sales are $1,400,000; its fixed assets are $950,000; its target capital structure calls for 40% debt and 60% equity; its EBIT is $600,000; the interest rate on debt is 8%; and its tax rate is 20%. With a restricted policy, current assets will be 20% of sales, while under a relaxed policy, current assets will be 35% of sales. What is the difference in the projected ROEs between the restricted and relaxed policies?Bulldogs Inc. is considering whether to pursue a restricted or relaxed current asset investment policy. The firm’s annual sales are P500,000; its fixed assets are P200,000; debt and equity are each 50% of total assets. EBIT is P40,000, the interest rate on the firm’s debt is 10%, and the firm’s tax rate is 25%. Current assets will be 10% of sales with a restricted policy. Under a relaxed policy, current assets will be 20% of sales. What is the difference in the projected ROEs between the restricted and relaxed policies? 5.40% 3.57% 4.00% 3.20%
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- Apple Company follows a moderate current asset investment policy, but it is now considering a change, perhaps to a restricted or maybe to a relaxed policy. The firm's annual sales are P400,000; its fixed assets are P100,000; its target capital structure calls for 50% debt and 50% equity; its EBIT is P35,000; the interest rate on its debt is 10%;and its tax rate is 40 %. With a restricted policy, current assets will be 15% of sales, while under a relaxed policy they will be 25% of sales. What is the difference in the projected ROES between the restricted and relaxed policies?Bass Corporation is considering whether to pursue an aggressive or conservative current asset policy, as well as an aggressive or conservative financing policy. The following information is available: Annual sales are $50,000,000. Fixed assets are $30,000,000. The debt ratio is 40 percent. EBIT is $3,000,000. Tax rate is 25 percent. With an aggressive policy, current assets will be 20 percent of sales; with a conservative policy, current assets will be 60 percent of sales. With an aggressive financing policy, short-term debt will be 60 percent of the total debt; with a conservative financing policy, short-term debt will be 20 percent of the total debt. Interest rate for short-term debt is 6 percent. Interest rate for long-term debt is 11 percent. Required: Determine the return on equity for the aggressive approach and for the conservative approach. Discuss which approach you would choose.Cousins Corporation is considering whether to pursue an aggressive or conservative current asset policy, as well as an aggressive or conservative financing policy. The following information is available: Annual sales are $80,000,000. Fixed assets are $40,000,000. The debt ratio is 40 percent. EBIT is $8,000,000. Tax rate is 25 percent. With an aggressive policy, current assets will be 30 percent of sales; with a conservative policy, current assets will be 70 percent of sales. With an aggressive financing policy, short-term debt will be 40 percent of the total debt; with a conservative financing policy, short-term debt will be 15 percent of the total debt. Interest rate for short-term debt is 10 percent. Interest rate for long-term debt is 14 percent. Required: Determine the return on equity for the aggressive approach and for the conservative approach. Discuss which approach you would choose.
- F Enterprises is evaluating whether to do a either a restricted or relaxed investment policy on current assets. The sales of F Enterprises for the year is P400,000 while fixed assets are P100,000. Debt represents half of the firm’s assets. The firm’s debt has an interest rate of 10%. The EBIT of F Enterprises is P36,000. The entity is subject to income tax rate of 40%. Using a restricted policy, current assets will account for 15% of sales while the relaxed policy will increase share of current assets to 25 percent of sales. What will be the variance between projected return on equity between restricted and the relaxed investment policy on current assets?uppose a firm follows a moderate current asset investment policy, but it is now considering a change, perhaps to a restricted or maybe to a relaxed policy. The firm's annual sales are €300,000; its fixed assets are €100,000; its target capital structure calls for 50% debt and 50% equity; its EBIT is €35,000; the interest rate on its debt is 10%; and its tax rate is 35%. With a restricted policy, current assets will be 10% of sales, while under a relaxed policy they will be 20% of sales. What is the difference in the projected ROEs between the restricted and relaxed policies?Zorn Corporation is deciding whether to pursue a restricted or relaxed working capital investment policy. The firm's annual sales are expected to total $2,520,000, its fixed assets turnover ratio equals 4.0, and its debt and common equity are each 50% of total assets. EBIT is $150,000, the interest rate on the firm's debt is 10%, and the tax rate is 40%. If the company follows a restricted policy, its total assets turnover will be 2.5. Under a relaxed policy its total assets turnover will be 2.1. If the firm adopts a restricted policy, how much lower would its interest expense be than under the relaxed policy? Do not round intermediate calculations. a. $19,200 b. $11,520 c. $9,600 d. $5,760 e. $4,800