Ratio Solved Problem
Ratio Solved Problem
A company reported net income of $78,000 and had 15,000 common shares outstanding
throughout the current year. At year-end, the price per share of the company's stock was $49.40.
What is the company's year-end price-earnings ratio?
Calculate the company's accounts receivable turnover and its days' sales uncollected.
Selected balances from a company's financial statements are shown below. Calculate the
following ratios for 2012:
The following data are from the income statements of Huntsinger Company.
(a) Compute for each year (1) the inventory turnover and (2) the average days to sell the inventory.
(b)What conclusions concerning the management of the inventory can be drawn from these data?
(b) Management should be concerned with the fact that inventory is moving slower in 2011 than it did in 2010. The decrease in
the turnover could be because of poor pricing decisions or because the company is stuck with obsolete inventory.
The following data are taken from the financial statements of Morino Company.
(a) Compute for each year (1) the receivables turnover and (2) the average collection period. At the end of 2009, accounts
receivable (net) was $480,000.
(b) What conclusions about the management of accounts receivable can be drawn from these data?
(b) Marino Company should be pleased with the effectiveness of its credit and collection policies. The
company has decreased the average collection period by 9.6 days and the collection period of
approximately 49 days is well within the 60 days allowed in the credit terms.
Gladow Company has owners’ equity of $400,000 and net income of $66,000. It has a payout ratio of
20% and a rate of return on assets of 15%. How much did Gladow pay in cash dividends, and what were
its average assets?