Calculate BEP, price per share, TIE ratio, new quick ratio

4-1 Duval Manufacturing recently reported the following information: Net income $ 600,000 ROA 8% Interest expense $ 225,000 Duval's tax rate is 35%. What is its basic earning power (BEP)?

4-2 You are given the following information: Stockholders' equity ¼ $3.75 billion, price/ earnings ratio ¼ 3.5, common shares outstanding ¼ 50 million, and market/ book ratio ¼ 1.9. Calculate the price of a share of the company's common stock.

4-3 Graser Trucking has $ 12 billion in assets, and its tax rate is 40%. Its basic earning power (BEP) ratio is 15%, and its return on assets (ROA) is 5%. What is its times- interest- earned (TIE) ratio?

4-4 The H. R. Pickett Corp. has $ 500,000 of debt outstanding, and it pays an annual interest rate of 10%. Its annual sales are $ 2 million, its average tax rate is 30%, and its net profit margin is 5%. What is its TIE ratio?

4-5 Lloyd Inc. has sales of $ 200,000, a net income of $ 15,000, and the following balance sheet: Cash $ 10,000 Accounts payable $ 30,000 Receivables 50,000 Other current liabilities 20,000 Inventories 150,000 Long- term debt 50,000 Net fixed assets 90,000 Common equity 200,000 Total assets $ 300,000 Total liabilities and equity $ 300,000 The new owner thinks that inventories are excessive and can be lowered to the point where the current ratio is equal to the industry average, 2.5×, without affecting sales or net income. If inventories are sold off and not replaced ( thus reducing the current ratio to 2.5×), if the funds generated are used to reduce common equity (stock can be repurchased at book value), and if no other changes occur, by how much will the ROE change? What will be the firm's new quick ratio?

4-6 AEI Incorporated has $5 billion in assets, and its tax rate is 40%. Its basic earning power ( BEP) ratio is 10%, and its return on assets ( ROA) is 5%. What is AEI's times-interest- earned (TIE) ratio?

4-7 Harrelson Inc. currently has $750,000 in accounts receivable, and its days sales outstanding (DSO) is 55 days. It wants to reduce its DSO to 35 days by pressuring more of its customers to pay their bills on time. If this policy is adopted, the company's average sales will fall by 15%. What will be the level of accounts receivable following the change? Assume a 365- day year.