Financial statement data for the years ended December 31 for Parker Corporation are as follows:
Current Year | Prior Year | ||
Net Sales | $2,595,600 | $2,409,498 | |
Fixed assets (net): | |||
Beginning of the year | $901,070 | $820,000 | |
End of the year | 829,330 | 901,070 |
a. Determine the fixed asset turnover for the current and prior years. Round your answers to one decimal place.
Current Year: | |
Prior Year: |
b. Does the change in fixed asset turnover from
the prior year to the current year indicate a favorable or
unfavorable trend?
Firstly we need to calculate the Average Fixed assets for both the periods.
Average Fixed Assets = (Fixed Assets at the beginning + Fixed assets at the ending period)/2
Current Year = ($901070+829330)/2
= 1730400/2
=$865200
Prior Year = $820000+901070
= 1721070/2
= $860535
Fixed Assets Turnover = Sales/Average Fixed Assets
Current year = $2595600/865200
= 3
Prior Year = $2409498/860535
= 2.8
b) There is an increase in the Fixed asset turnover which indicates an increase in efficiency of using fixed assets to generate sales.
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