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    Return on Equity (ROE) Calculation

    C+ Company has an income before tax of $95,000. Total assets amount to $550,000. From this amount 35% is in equities, and $180,000 is in long-term debt. The company has a cost of capital requirement of 12%. Tax rate is 20% of income. What is the return on equity?

    Future value, present value, installment, ROE

    1.What's the future value of $2,000 after 3 years if the appropriate interest rate is 8%, compounded semiannually? 2.You own an oil well that will pay you $25,000 per year for 8 years, with the first payment being made today. If you think a fair return on the well is 7%, how much should you ask for if you decide to sell it?

    Return on Equity

    A firm has a profit margin of 2 percent and an equity multiplier of 2.0. It sales are $100 million and it has total assets of $50 million. What is its Return on Equity?

    Return on Equity and net profit margin

    Revenues $190,000 Supplies Expense $45,000 Salaries $70,000 Rent Expense $1,500 Accounts Payable $8,000 Administrative Expense $6,000 Cash collections from prior year's sales $10,000 If an organization has equity of $500,000, what is its return on equity (ignoring taxes)? What is its net profit margin?

    Constant Growth Model

    Constant-Growth Model. A stock sells for $40. The next dividend will be $4 per share. If the rate of return earned on reinvested funds is 15 percent and the company reinvests 40 percent of earnings in the firm, what must be the discount rate?

    Starbucks Analysis - ROE & Days Receivable

    I Need an analysis on the attached consolidated statements (pages 46 - 49) on ROE (Return on Equity) and Days Receivable for Oct. 2006 and Sept. 2007. I have done the CURRENT and DEBT ratios but cannot find fields necessary to do the calculation for the ROE and Days Receivable.

    Differences in Projected ROEs - Jarrett Enterprises

    Jarrett Enterprises is considering whether to pursue a restricted or relaxed current asset investment policy. The firm's annual sales are $400,000; Fixed assets are $100,000; debt and equity are each 50% of total assets. EBIT is $36,000, the interest rate on the firms debt is 10% and the firms tax rate is 40%. With a restri

    Ruth Corp - ROE

    During the last year Ruth Corp, had sales of $300,000 and a net income of $20,000 and its year end assets were $200,000. The first total debt total assets ratio was 40%. Based on the DuPont equation, what was the firm's ROE?

    Shareholders Equity - Valade Corp

    The shareholders equity section of Valade Corp's balance sheet is: 2006 2005 Preferred stock (8%, $50 par value) $300,000 $150,000 Common stock ($10 par value, 80,000 shares Authorized, 80,000 shares issued , 10,000 Shares treasury

    Computing Return on Equity

    The Phoenix Company has the following results: Net Sales $7,000,000 Net Total Assets $5,000,000 Depreciation 200,000 Net Income 500,000 Long-Term Debt 2,500,000 Equity 1,800,000 Dividends 180,000 Compute Phoenix's ROE and confirm this using the three components (ratios) combined in your computation.

    Recapitalization - Ridgefield Enterprises

    Ridgefield Enterprises has total assets of $300 million and EBIT of $45 million. The company currently has no debt in its capital structure. The company is contemplating a recapitalization where it will issue debt at 10 percent and use the proceeds to buy back shares of the company's common stock. If the company proceeds with th

    Important information about Stockholders equity

    P12-2A Greeve Corporation had the following stockholders' equity accounts on January 1, 2006: Common Stock ($1 par) $400,000, Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value $500,000, and Retained Earnings $100,000. In 2006, the company had the following treasury stock transactions. Mar. 1 Purchased 5,000 shares at $7 per share. Jun

    Cost of Common Equity and Rate of Return

    ABC's common stock is currently trading at $36 a share. The stock is expected to pay a dividend of $3.00 per share at the end of the year and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5 percent per year. What is the cost of common equity? What is the required rate of return?

    Return on Stockholders Equity

    Utilizing the following information on the Arnold Company, compute the firm's return on equity. (Be sure to separate the ROE into its three component ratios) Balance Sheet (000s) Current assets $1500 Current Liabilities $910 Fixed assets $7000 Long-term liabilities $1,200 _____ Common

    Return on Common Stockholders' Equity

    Selected financial data for ABC Company appear below: Account Balances End of Beginning year of year Preferred stock $125,000 $125,000 Common stock 400,000 300,000 Retained earnings 185,000 75,000 During the year, the company paid dividends of $10,000 on its preferred stock. The company's n

    Dupont Equation Application:

    Lowes has sales of $1,000, assets of $500, a debt ratio of 30 percent, and an ROE of 15 percent. Monroe's has the same sales, assets, and net income, but its ROE is 30 percent. What is Monroe's debt ratio? (Du Pont equation?)

    Cost of common equity

    The earning, dividends, and stock price of Carpetto Technologies Inc. are expected to grow at 7 percent per year in the future. Carpetto common stock sells for $23 per share, its last dividend was $2.00, and the company will be a dividend of $2.14 a the end of the current year. A. Using the discounted cash flow approach, what

    Solve: Debt Ratio and ROE

    Please show calculations. Company A has sales of $1,000, assets of $500, a debt ratio of 30 percent, and an ROE of 15 percent. Company B has the same sales, assets, and net income, but its ROE is 30 percent. What is B's debt ratio? a. 25.0% b. 35.0% c. 50.0% d. 52.5% e. 65.0%

    Double the ROE

    Austin & Company has a debt ratio of 0.5, a total assets turnover ratio of 0.25, and a profit margin of 10 percent. The Board of Directors is unhappy with the current return on equity (ROE), and they think it could be doubled. This could be accomplished (1) by increasing the profit margin to 12 percent, and (2) by increasing de

    Debt-equity ratio

    A firm with 30% total debt ratio, total assets of $10 million, and an ROE of 11% has been paying out 60% of earnings to shareholders in the form of dividends. Sales are expected to increase by 15% this year, a faster growth rate than usual. Will external funding be required under these conditions? If so how much? Will the deb

    Compute ROE

    Using Internet sources gather information on ROE and IRR. Post a two to three paragraph explanation for each of these terms and the advantages and disadvantages of using them when selecting projects to invest in overseas. Select two companies from the same industry. Using the annual report information available on the compan

    Capital Structure

    Schweser Satellites, Inc produces satellite earth stations that sell for $100,000 each. The firm's fixed costs, F, are $2 million; 50 earth stations are produced and sold each year; profits total $500,000; and the firm's assets (all equity financed) are $5 million. The firm estimates that it can change its production process,

    Return on Common Stockholders' Equity for 2005

    Selected information for Irvington Company is as follows: December 31 2004 2005 Preferred stock, 8%, par $100 $125,000 $125,000 Common stock 300,000 400,000 Retained earnings 75,000 185,000 Dividends paid on preferred stock 10,0

    ROE and IRR

    We know that when expanding and investing in projects overseas as Acme plans to, it is essential to understand such things as return on equity (ROE) and internal rate of return (IRR). Using Internet sources gather information on ROE and IRR. Provide 1/2 page explanation for each of these terms and the advantages and disadvantage

    Buzz's Bauxite Boring Equity

    A portfolio is entirely invested into Buzz's Bauxite Boring Equity, which is expected to return 16%, and Zum's Inc. bonds, which are expected to return 8%. Sixty percent of the funds are invested in Buzz's and the rest in Zum's. What is the expected return on the portfolio?

    Google and Yahoo ROE

    THIS IS PART OF THE QUESTION THAT WAS DONE IN POST 73836 Select two companies from the same industry. Using the annual report information available on the company's website compute the ROE for each company. However, I AM HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME CALCULATING These two companies were choosing Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) - 23.74