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DuPont system of analysis Use the following financial information for AT&T and Verizon to conduct a DuPont system of analysis for each company. Sales Earnings available for common stockholders Total assets Stockholders' equity a. Which company has the higher net profit margin? Higher asset turnover? b. Which company has the higher ROA? The higher ROE? c. Which company has the higher financial leverage multiplier? a. Net profit margin (Round to three decimal places.) AT&T Net profit margin AT&T $164,000 13,333 403,921 201,934 Verizon Verizon $126,280 13,608 244,280 24,232

DuPont system of analysis Use the following financial information for AT&T and Verizon to conduct a DuPont system of analysis for each company. AT&T Sales $164,000 Earnings available for common stockholders 13,333 Total assets 403,721 Stockholders' equity 124,210 a. Which company has the higher net profit margin? Higher asset turnover? b. Which company has the higher ROA? The higher ROE? c. Which company has the higher financial leverage multiplier? a. Net profit margin (Round to three decimal places.) AT&T Net profit margin Verizon C Verizon $131,868 13.708 244,180 24,032

Interpreting liquidity and activity ratios The table, shows key financial data for three firms that compete in the consumer products market: Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Clorox. a. Calculate each of the following ratios for all three companies: current ratio, quick ratio, inventory turnover, average collection period, total asset turnover. b. What company is in the position of having greatest liquidity? c. Would you say that the three companies exhibit similar performance or quite different performance in terms of collecting receivables? Why do you think that might be? d. Which company has the most rapid inventory turnover? Which company appears to be least efficient in terms of total asset turnover? Are your answers to those questions a little surprising? If a company is best at inventory turnover and worst at total asset turnover, what do you think that means? a. For the three companies, the current ratios are: (Round to three decimal places.) Colgate-Palmolive Current…

Sales Cost of goods sold Receivable Inventory Procter & Gamble $65,235 32,973 4,732 4,795 25,568 28,901 117,030 Total current assets Total current liabilities Total assets (Note: All dollar values are in thousands.) Colgate-Palmolive $15,208 6,077 1,415 1,173 4,348 3,291 12,134 Clorox $5,873 3,227 517 500 1,544 2,043 4,579

5. Profitability ratios Profitability ratios help in the analysis of the combined impact of liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, and debt management ratios on the operating performance of a firm. Your boss has asked you to calculate the profitability ratios of Diusitech Inc. and make comments on its second-year performance as compared with its first-year performance. The following shows Diusitech Inc.'s income statement for the last two years. The company had assets of $4,700 million in the first year and $7,518 million in the second year. Common equity was equal to $2,500 million in the first year, and the company distributed 100% of its earnings out as dividends during the first and the second years. In addition, the firm did not issue new stock during either year. Diusitech Inc. Income Statement For the Year Ending on December 31 (Millions of dollars) Year 2 Year 1 2,540 2,000 1,610 1,495 127 80 1,737 803 80 723 181 542 Net Sales Operating costs except depreciation and…

Using the statements provided Calculate the following liquidity ratios: Current ratio Quick ratio   Calculate the following asset management ratios: Average collection period Inventory turnover Fixed asset turnover Total asset turnover   Calculate the following financial leverage ratios Debt to equity ratio Long-term debt to equity   Calculate the following profitability ratios: Gross profit margin Net profit margin Return on assets Return on stockholders’ equity   For example: you should present it like the text, or as:Gross margin  = 1,933 divided by 8,689 = 22.2%     A competitor of ACME has for the same time period reported the following three ratios:   Current ratio                                1.52Long-term debt to equity             .25 or 25%Net profit margin                         .08 or 8%   Given these three ratios only which company is performing better on each ratio? Also overall who would you say has the best financial performance and position. Support your answer.

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You have the following ratios for a firm you're analyzing: Working capital / total assets = 0.7 Retained earnings / total assets = 0.3 EBIT / total assets = 0.2 market value of equity / book value of LT debt = 1.3 sales / total assets = 0.4 Calculate the firm's Z-score. Enter

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