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    The Weaver Watch Company

    The Weaver Watch Company sells watches for $25; the fixed costs are $140,000; and variable costs are $15 per watch What is the firm's gain or loss at sales of $8,000 watches? At 18,000 watches? What is the breakeven point? Illustrate it by means of a chart. What would happen to the breakeven point if the selling price w

    Company Ratios

    Two financial managers are in a heated discussion concerning the importance of trend analysis. Manager A states that all he is interested in are the absolute levels of the firm's ratios and their comparisons to industry averages, while Manager B states that he is just as interested in a trend analysis of the firm's ratios. Discu

    Overcoming a Bottleneck Operation

    Markland Manufacturing intends to increase capacity by overcoming a bottleneck operation through the addition of new equipment. Two vendors have presented proposals. The fixed costs for proposal A are $50,000, and for proposal B, $70,000. The variable cost for A is $15.00, and for B, $6.00. The revenue generated by each unit is

    Transactions' Influence on Ratios

    The president of Castle Enterprises Ltd., Nicole Castle, is considering the impact that certain transactions have on its receivables turnover and average collection period ratios. Prior to the following transactions, Castle's receivables turnover was 6 times, and its average collection period was 61 days. Transaction

    Financial Ratio Comparrison: Computronix and Digitek

    Please see the attached file. You have the following information taken from the 1996 financial statements of Computronics Corporation and Digitek Corporation (all figures are in $ millions except per share amounts): Computronix Digitek Net income 153.7 239.0 Dividend payout ration 40.0% 20.0% EB

    C-V-P Analysis for Decisions

    What is an example of a business decision requiring C-V-P analysis? Which variable(s) would have to change in order to impact the outcome of the C-V-P analysis? How could a C-V-P graph be used to predict the changes to break-even point and profitability given a 10% increase in sales.

    How could the EEOC prove adverse impact?

    A)How could the EEOC prove adverse impact? b)Cite specific discriminatory personnel practices at Dan Jones's company. c)How could Jones's company defend itself against the allegations of discriminatory practice? d)Would it make sense for this company to try to defend itself against the discrimination allegations? Dan Jones

    Variable Cost/Fixed Costs

    Slick Pads is a company that manufactures laptop notebook computers. The company is considering adding its own line of computer printers as well. It has considered the implications from the marketing and financial perspectives and estimates fixed costs to be $500,000. Variable costs are estimated at $200 per unit produced and so

    Break Even Analysis for Aldo Redondo

    Aldo Redondo drives his own car on company business. His employer reimburses him for travel at the rate of 36 cents per mile. Aldo estimates that his fixed cost per year such as taxes, insurance and depreciation are $2052. The direct or variable costs such as gas, oil and maintaince average about 14.4 cents per mile. How many mi

    Knowledge about Ratios

    1. A company has annual sales of 500,000,000 maintains a net after tax profit margin of 5% and has a sales-to-assets ratio of 4. a. What is its return on assets? b. If its debt/equity ratio is 0.5,what is the return on equity? 2. On average, Microlimp's accounts receivables total$40,000,000 on annual sales of $400 mil

    Calculating Ratios; Report to the President

    To better understand the past two years, the president asks you to create a financial income statement and balance sheet for AFC for the combined years of 2004 and 2005. Use this information to calculate the following ratios: net margin return on investment return on equity Write a letter to the president analyzing a

    Ratios, common-size statements, and trend percents

    Please see attached file for full problem description. Required 1. Compute each year's current ratio. 2. Express the income statement data in common-size percents. 3. Express the balance sheet data in trend percents with 2004 as the base year. Analysis Component 4. Comment on any significant relations revealed by the rat

    Sacha Lakic, is a designer of exclusive European furniture and accessories.

    19. Sacha Lakic, is a designer of exclusive European furniture and accessories. One item he designs, Meuble de Rangement (a storage unit) sells for $1,000 per unit. Below is Mr. Lakic's contribution format income statement for last month: Sales $4,000,000 Less Variable Expenses 2,800,000 Contribution Margin 1,200,000 Less

    Occupational Health & Safety: Christmas Lighting Displays

    I need to complete a ppt slide. See attached document. Select a household hand tool or gadget. Develop a simple customer product safety training aid for its use. Include a flyer or handout and slides. Some examples: Power tool Hedge clipper Food processor Hand mixer Vacuum Carpet shampooer Lawn edger String t

    A company has fixed costs of $900 and a per-unit contribution margin of $3.

    A company has fixed costs of $900 and a per-unit contribution margin of $3. Which of the following statements is (are) true? A. Each unit "contributes" $3 toward covering the fixed costs of $900. B. The situation described is not possible and there must be an error. C. Once the break-even point is reached, the company will

    Mike's Bike Shop

    1) On March 31, 2007, Mike's Bike Shop had outstanding accounts receivable of $17,500. Mike's sales are roughly evenly split between credit and cash sales, with the credit sales collected half in the month after the sale and the remainder 2 months after the sale. Historical and projected sales for the bike shop are given here:

    Total asset turnover and new sales figure

    Kaleb's Karate Supply had a profit margin of 7 percent, sales of $10 million, and total assests of $6 million. What was total asset turnover? If management set a goal of increasing total asset turnover to 2.25 times, what would the new sales figure need to be, assuming no increase in total assets?

    Break Even Analysis - Fit-All Instruments

    Good Day, Please assist with the attached question. Regards The trading results of Fit-All Instruments for its 1st year of operations are expected to be as follows: Sales (@ R4 per unit) R 320 000 Less: Material R 120 000 Wages 48 000 Variable Overhead Costs 24 000 Fixed Overhead Costs 50 000 242 000

    Ratio Analysis: Westward Corporation

    Please see attached. RATIO ANALYSIS The condensed financial statements of Westward Corporation for 2006 are presented below. Westward Corporation Westward Corporation Balance Sheet Income Statement December 31, 2006 For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Assets Revenues $2,000,000 Current assets Expenses Cash

    Financial Ratios

    There are five categories of financial ratios. How much has the company borrowed? leverage ratios How liquid is the company? Liquidity ration How productively is the company using its assets? Efficiency ratios How profitable is the company? Profitability ratios How highly is the firm valued by investors? Market ratios

    Breakeven Analysis - Mr. Twitty

    Problem #1 Mr. Twitty, an emerging rapper, is getting ready to cut his first CD, called "Western Rap." The cost of recording the CD is $5,000.00 but copies are $5.00 apiece. a. If the CDs can be sold for $15.00 each, how many CDs must be sold to break even? I tried to use POM/QM and came up with only 5. I believe that

    Analytical procedures-Ratio relationships

    State how the ratio in question would compare(greater, equal, or less) to what the ratio should have been had the error or fraud not occurred. The company recorded fictitious sales with credits to sales revenue accts. and debits to A/R. Inventory was reduced, and cost of goods sold was increased for the profitable sales. Is t

    Price/Book Ratio

    Greene Inc.'s balance sheet shows a stockholders' equity value of $750,500. The firm's earnings per share was $3, resulting in a price/earnings ratio of 12.25. There are 50,000 shares of common stock outstanding. What is the price/book ratio? What does this indicate about how shareholders view Greene Inc.?

    Financial Ratios

    Please see attachment. Selected Financial Ratios [L03, l04] The financial statements for Castile Products, Inc., an importer of consumer products, are given below: Castile Products, Inc. Balance Sheet December 31 Assets Current assets: Cash . Accounts receivable, net . Merchandise inventory . Prepaid