Problem 9-14 If a firm has the following sources of finance,   Current liabilities $ 90,000 Long-term debt   300,000 Preferred stock   85,000 Common stock   180,000   earns a profit of $45,000 after taxes, and pays $9,000 in preferred stock dividends, what is the return on assets, the return on total equity, and the return on common equity? Round your answers to two decimal places. Return on assets:  % Return on total equity:  % Return on common equity:  % Problem 9-15 A firm has no cash sales (all sales are on credit and are collected 28 days after the sale). If the receivables are $164,000, what is the level of sales? Assume there are 365 days in a year. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $   eBook Problem 9-16 A firm’s balance sheets for the last two years are as follows:   YEAR 20X1 Assets   Liabilities and Equity Cash $ 5,000   Accounts payable $ 12,000         Accruals   7,000 Accounts receivable   16,000   Current bank note   12,000 Inventory   23,000   Long-term debt   9,000 Plant and equipment   36,000   Common stock   19,000         Retained earnings   21,000   $ 80,000     $ 80,000       YEAR 20X2 Assets   Liabilities and Equity Cash $ 4,000   Accounts payable $ 12,000         Accruals   13,000 Accounts receivable   17,000   Current bank note   8,000 Inventory   23,000   Long-term debt   4,000 Plant and equipment   36,000   Common stock   20,000         Retained earnings   23,000   $ 80,000     $ 80,000     Sales in 20X1 were $205,000. Sales in 20X2 were $205,000.   Based solely on the current ratio and the quick ratio, has the firm’s liquidity position deteriorated or improved? Round your answers to two decimal places.   Current ratios: 20x1: 20x2: Quick ratios: 20x1: 20x2: The firm’s liquidity position has -Select-deterioratedimprovedremained the sameItem 5 .   Without doing a calculation, has days sales outstanding (receivables turnover) improved?   Days sale outstanding has -Select-deterioratedimprovedremained the sameItem 6 .     Without doing a calculation, has inventory turnover deteriorated?   Inventory turnover has -Select-deterioratedimprovedremained the sameItem 7 .   If the firm earned $7,000 during 20X2, what proportion of those earnings were distributed? Round your answer to two decimal places.    %

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Problem 9-14

If a firm has the following sources of finance,

 

Current liabilities $ 90,000
Long-term debt   300,000
Preferred stock   85,000
Common stock   180,000

 

earns a profit of $45,000 after taxes, and pays $9,000 in preferred stock dividends, what is the return on assets, the return on total equity, and the return on common equity? Round your answers to two decimal places.

Return on assets:  %

Return on total equity:  %

Return on common equity:  %

Problem 9-15

A firm has no cash sales (all sales are on credit and are collected 28 days after the sale). If the receivables are $164,000, what is the level of sales? Assume there are 365 days in a year. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

$  

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Problem 9-16

A firm’s balance sheets for the last two years are as follows:

 

YEAR 20X1
Assets   Liabilities and Equity
Cash $ 5,000   Accounts payable $ 12,000
        Accruals   7,000
Accounts receivable   16,000   Current bank note   12,000
Inventory   23,000   Long-term debt   9,000
Plant and equipment   36,000   Common stock   19,000
        Retained earnings   21,000
  $ 80,000     $ 80,000
 

 

 

YEAR 20X2
Assets   Liabilities and Equity
Cash $ 4,000   Accounts payable $ 12,000
        Accruals   13,000
Accounts receivable   17,000   Current bank note   8,000
Inventory   23,000   Long-term debt   4,000
Plant and equipment   36,000   Common stock   20,000
        Retained earnings   23,000
  $ 80,000     $ 80,000
 

 

Sales in 20X1 were $205,000. Sales in 20X2 were $205,000.

 

    1. Based solely on the current ratio and the quick ratio, has the firm’s liquidity position deteriorated or improved? Round your answers to two decimal places.

 

Current ratios:

20x1:

20x2:

Quick ratios:

20x1:

20x2:

The firm’s liquidity position has -Select-deterioratedimprovedremained the sameItem 5 .

 

    1. Without doing a calculation, has days sales outstanding (receivables turnover) improved?

 

Days sale outstanding has -Select-deterioratedimprovedremained the sameItem 6 .

 

 

    1. Without doing a calculation, has inventory turnover deteriorated?

 

Inventory turnover has -Select-deterioratedimprovedremained the sameItem 7 .

 

    1. If the firm earned $7,000 during 20X2, what proportion of those earnings were distributed? Round your answer to two decimal places.

 

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