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    Financial values

    Use the annual information found on the attach file to calculate the following asset activity ratios for the end of 2005: Average Collection Period Inventory Turnover Total Asset Turnover Including formulae and calculations used to arrive at financial values.

    Financial ratios

    If we divide users of ratios into short-term lenders, long-term lenders, and stockholders, which ratios would each group be most interested in, why?

    Break-even analysis: Example problem

    The following data pertain to last month's operations: Selling price $30 per unit Variable production cost $15 per unit Fixed production cost $80,000 Variable selling & admin. expense $3 per unit Fixed selling & admin. expenses $40,000 The break-even point in dollars is: A) $300,000. C) $200,000. B) $240,00

    Financial analysis by different ratios

    Using the Internet and other sources, research and find a company to analyze. Prepare a report including the following information: 1) What is the history of this company? How did it begin? What differentiates this company for its competitors? 2) Compute the following ratios for this company: ? Current ratio ? Inventor

    Intense Competitors

    Bethlehem Steel and Inland Steel. (See attached file for full problem description) --- Selected financial data of two intense competitors in a recent year are presented below in millions of dollars. Bethlehem Steel Inland Steel Corporation Company Income Statement Data for Year Net sales

    Farr Corporation Ratio analysis

    The condensed financial statements of Farr Corporation for 2003 are presented below. Farr Corporation Farr Corporation Balance Sheet Income Statement December 31, 2003 For the Year Ended December 31, 2003 Assets Revenues $2,000,000 Current assets Expenses Cash and temporary Cost of goods sold 1,020,000 inve

    Profitability and share analysis

    Please can you check my answers and help me find the solutions to the others? There are two companies - Billibong and QuickSilver - I have written the page numbers to my answers so easy enough to find. I had some trouble attaching the two company files which have the figures used from their financial reports for the yea

    Planning and budgeting

    Andre has asked you to evaluate his business, Andre's Hair Stylling. Andre has five barbers working for him. (Andre is not one of them.) Each barber is paid $9.90 per hour and works a 40-hour week and a 50-week year, regardless of the number of haircuts. Rent and other fixed expenses are $1,750 per month. Hair shampoo used on al

    Compute expected return on equity, debt-equity ratio, buyback

    Problem #1 We follow the performance of the George Company with a stock that's trading for $14/share. They have 1MM outstanding shares and has $6MM in outstanding debt that yields 10% per annum. They have an EBIT of $4MM that will remain constant forever. The tax rate is 40%. 1. What is the expected return on equity before

    Du Pont Method Effect on Equity

    Please help with the following problems. Using the Du Pont method, evaluate the effects of the following relationships for Moris Incorporated. a. Moris Incorporated has a profit margin of 5 percent and its return on assets (investment) is 13.5 percent. What is its asset turnover ratio? b. If Moris Incorporated has a de

    Interpreting Financial Statements

    Manitowoc Company and Caterpillar Corporation are both producers and sellers of large fixed assets. Caterpillar is substantially larger than Manitowoc. Financial information taken from each company's financial statements is provided below. Caterpillar Manitowoc (in mi

    Financial Accounting: Market to Book Ratio

    I was wondering if you can assist me on understanding where you would get the numbers for calculating the ratios. For example, If the market value of Phone Corp.stock was 17.2 billion at the end of the year, what was the market to book ratio and where do I look? If there were 205 million shares outstanding, what were ea

    Ratio Calculation

    Calculate the following asset activity ratios for the end of 2005: 1. Average Collection Period 2. Inventory Turnover 3. Total Asset Turnover Please show all work, including formulae and calculations used to arrive at financial values. (Full problem found in attached file) ABC Fitness 000's Income State

    Focus on decison making

    HOSPITAL COSTS AND PRICING MOTEL RENTALS COMPARING CONTRIBUTION MARGIN PERCENTAGE (See complete problem in attached document)

    Ratio analysis

    Please help with the 3 discussion parts of the question, and review the work performed. Instructions (a) Calculate the following liquidity ratios for the current year, and discuss the relative liquidity of the two companies. 1 Current ratio. 2 Quick (acid-test) ratio. 3 Current cash debt coverage. 4 Accounts receivabl

    Ratio Analysis

    RATIO ANALYSIS The condensed financial statements of Farr Corporation for 2003 are presented below. Farr Corporation Farr Corporation Balance Sheet Income Statement December 31, 2003

    How Actions Affect a Firm's Current Ratio

    How would the following actions affect a firm's current ratio? A. Inventory is sold. B. The firm takes out a bank loan to pay its suppliers. C. A customer pays its overdue bills. D. The firm uses cash to purchase additional inventories.

    Calculating Return on Equity and Return on Assets

    Please help wth the following: Felton Beverages maintains a profit margin of 4 percent and a sales-to-assets ratio of 3. A. What is its return on assets? B. If its debt-equity ratio is 1.0, its interest payments and taxes are each $10,000, and EBIT is $40,000, what is the return on equity? Thank you for your assistan

    Anderson Tools Company: financial analysis and project outline

    Project Outline Part 1: Summary in English- Translate B+S and I+S in general format Part 2: Start analyzing the summary with comperative statement analysis for both B+S AND I+S (Horizontal Analysis) Part 3: Common size Comparison (Vertical Analysis) B+S (TOTAL) AND I+S (GROSS SALES GS OR NET SALES NS) Part 4: Sour

    Break Even Point in a case study

    Please help with the following problem. Hello, I need help solving the problem below in this case study, attached is the case. Questions: - What would the breakeven sales volume per month, assuming a ratio of two RC1 sold for each RC2 sold? (compute variable cost per unit and fixed cost per month) - What level of

    MBA - Finance Problem Set

    1. A firm has $30,000 of inventory. If this represents 30 days' sales, what is the annual cost of goods sold? What is the inventory turnover ratio? 2. On average, it takes Microlimp's customers 60 days to pay their bills. If Microlimp has annual sales of $500 million, what is the average value of unpaid bills? 3. How would the

    Values in Marketable Securities, Retained Earnings & Sources

    See attached file to view the table. 1. Solve for the missing values then show the firms sources and uses of funds. Briefly interpret your findings. The firms total asset turnover ratio is 5 for both years. In the first year, the year labeled Beg Balance, the firm had total revenues of $625,000 and during the second year, lab