Using Financial Accounting Information
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ISBN: 9781337276337
Author: Porter, Gary A.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.4.2P
To determine
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To comment: On the liquidity of the company.
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Using the financial statements and additional information, compute the following ratios for the El
Camino Company for 2021. Show all computations.
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1. Current ratio
2. Return on common stockholders' equity
3.
Price-earnings ratio
4.
Inventory turnover
5. Accounts receivable turnover
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Profit margin
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Days in inventory
9.
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Access the February 21, 2017, filing of the December 31, 2016, 10-K report of The Hershey Company (ticker: HSY) at SEC.gov and complete the following requirements. Required Compute or identify the following profitability ratios of Hershey for its years ending December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015. Interpret its profitability using the results obtained for these two years. 1. Profit margin ratio (round the percent to one decimal). 2. Gross profit ratio (round the percent to one decimal). 3. Return on total assets (round the percent to one decimal). (Total assets at year-end 2014 were $5,622,870 in thousands.) 4. Return on common stockholders’ equity (round the percent to one decimal). (Total shareholders’ equity at year-end 2014 was $1,519,530 in thousands.) 5. Basic net income per common share (round to the nearest cent).
Prepare a financial statement analysis in terms of liquidity, solvency, profitability and efficiency of the
following company.
Financial Ratios
Fiscal Year Ended
Previous Fiscal Year
Formula
Dec 31, 2019
Dec 31, 2018
Liquidity Analysis Ratios:
Current Assets / Current
Liabilities
Current Ratio or
1.46
1.36
Working Capital Ratio
(Current Assets - Inventory -
Prepayments) / Current
Liabilities
Quick Ratio
0.96
0.86
Solvency Ratio
Total Assets / Total Liabilities 1.46
1.44
Financial Leverage Ratios
Debt Ratio
Total Debt/Total Assets
0.47
0.48
Total Debt/Total Stockholders
Equity
Debt-to-Equity Ratio
1.48
1.57
Earnings Before Interest and
Taxes (EBIT) / Interest
Charges
Total Assets / Total
Stockholders' Equity
Interest Coverage
2.38
2.61
Asset to Equity Ratio
3.16
3.28
Profitability Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
Sales - Cost of Goods Sold or
Cost of Service / Sales
19.76
19.43
Net Profit Margin
Net Profit / Sales
11.34
11.42
Net Income / Total Assets
2.67
2.9
Return on Assets
Net Income /…
Chapter 2 Solutions
Using Financial Accounting Information
Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.1ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.2.1ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.2.2ECh. 2 - Classification of Financial Statement Items Regal...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.4.1ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.4.2ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.4.3ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.5ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.6ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.7E
Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.8ECh. 2 - Statement of Retained Earnings Landon Corporation...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.10ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.11ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.12MCECh. 2 - Prob. 2.13MCECh. 2 - Prob. 2.14MCECh. 2 - Prob. 2.1.1PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.1.2PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.2PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3.1PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3.2PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3.3PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.4.1PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.4.2PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5.1PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5.2PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5.3PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.6.1PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.6.2PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.7.1PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.7.2PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.7.3PCh. 2 - Multiple-Step Income Statement and Profit Margin...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.8PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.9PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.10MCPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.11MCPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.12MCPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.1.1AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.1.2AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.2AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3.1AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3.2AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3.3AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.4.1AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.4.2AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5.1AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5.2AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5.3AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.6.1AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.6.2AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.7.1AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.7.2AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.7.3AAPCh. 2 - Multiple-Step Income Statement and Profit Margin...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.8.1AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.8.2AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.9AAPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.10AAMCPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.11.1AAMCPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.11.2AAMCPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.12AAMCP
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