Mongiamo's, Inc. earned Net Income (after tax) of $330,000. It's shareholder's equity consisted of the following: Common stock $500,000. Retained earnings $250,000. Preferred Stock $50,000. Treasury Stock $25,000. What is the company's ROE?
a) 41.2% |
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b) 42.5% |
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c) 40% |
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d) 66.6% |
Formula to find Return on Equity:
Now what is shareholder's equity.
The reason to subtract Treasury stock is that, it is a company's own common stock which has been reacquired.
So substituting the values, we get shareholder's equity as:
Again substituting the value of shareholder's equity in the formula of ROE, we get:
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