Last year, the Allen Corporation had sales of $12.3 million with the cost of goods sold of $3,750,000. The firm's operating expenses were $2,660,000, and its increase in retained earnings was $525,000. There are currently 100,000 common stock shares outstanding and the firm pays a $2.20 dividend per share. The firm had $11 million in assets of which half was in current assets. Also, the debt ratio (Debt/Assets) was 35%. It is known that 40% of the company debt was in current liabilities.   Compute the firm s operating profit margin.

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Last year, the Allen Corporation had sales of $12.3 million with the cost of goods sold of $3,750,000. The firm's operating expenses were $2,660,000, and its increase in retained earnings was $525,000. There are currently 100,000 common stock shares outstanding and the firm pays a $2.20 dividend per share. The firm had $11 million in assets of which half was in current assets. Also, the debt ratio (Debt/Assets) was 35%. It is known that 40% of the company debt was in current liabilities.

 

Compute the firm s operating profit margin.

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