Financial Ratios
A Ratio refers to a figure calculated as a reference to the relationship of two or more numbers and can be expressed as a fraction, proportion, percentage, or the number of times. When the number is determined by taking two accounting numbers derived from the financial statements, it is termed as the accounting ratio.
Return on Equity
The Return on Equity (RoE) is a measure of the profitability of a business concerning the funds by its stockholders/shareholders. ROE is a metric used generally to determine how well the company utilizes its funds provided by the equity shareholders.
![Assets
Cash
Short-term investments
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Total current assets
Net plant and equipment
Total assets
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example, an answer of $1 million should
be entered as 1, not 1,000,000. Round
your answer to the nearest whole
number.
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$3
6
14
16
$39
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$91
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![Investment in Total Net Operating
Capital
Athenian Venues Inc. just reported the
following selected portion of its financial
statements for the end of 2020. Your
assistant has already calculated the
2020 end-of-year net operating working
capital (NOWC) from the full set of
financial statements (not shown here),
which is $20 million. The total net
operating capital for 2019 was $44
million. What was the 2020 net
investment in operating capital?
Athenian Venues Inc.: Selected
Balance Sheet Information as of
December 31
(Millions of Dollars)
2020](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe9d9a5f0-fe4e-422d-8c50-a22c93ec0936%2Fe71ea081-4eee-4b26-b13f-c6d538cdcb00%2Ffgi6gw6_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Net Investment in operating capital can be computed as follows = Closing net Operating Capital - Beginning Net Operating Capital
Net Operating Capital = Net Operating Working Capital + Long Term investment in Asset
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