Jerry Rice and Grain Stores has $4,430,000 in yearly sales. The
firm earns 2 percent on each dollar of sales and turns over its
assets 4.5 times per year. It has $167,000 in current liabilities
and $342,000 in long-term liabilities.
a. What is its return on stockholders’ equity?
(Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer
as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
b. If the asset base remains the same as
computed in part a, but total asset turnover goes up to
4.75, what will be the new return on stockholders’ equity? Assume
that the profit margin stays the same as do current and long-term
liabilities. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input
your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
Sales = 4,430,000
Net profit margin = 2%
Asset turnover = 4.5 times = Sales/Assets
Assets = Sales/ Asset turnover = (4,430,000/4.5) = $ 984,444.44
Total liabilities = Current liabilities + Long term liabilities = 167,000 + 342,000 = $ 509,000
Equity = Total Assets - Total liabilities =984,444.44 - 509,000 = $ 475,444.44
Leverage = Assets/ Equity = (984,444.44/475,444. 44)
a)
Return on Equity, ROE using Dupont = Net profit margin * Asset turnover * Leverage
= 2% * 4.5 * (984,444.44/475,444. 44) = 18.63%
b)
Total asset turnover = 4.75 times
ROE = 2% * 4.75 * (984,444.44/475,444. 44) = 19.67%
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