nning Company’s income statement information follows:     Year 3   Year 2 Net sales $ 420,000     $ 257,000   Income before interest and taxes   114,000       83,000   Net income after taxes   55,720       62,900   Interest expense   8,900       7,900   Stockholders’ equity, December 31 (Year 1: $198,000)   312,000       242,000   Common stock, December 31

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Fanning Company’s income statement information follows:
 

  Year 3   Year 2
Net sales $ 420,000     $ 257,000  
Income before interest and taxes   114,000       83,000  
Net income after taxes   55,720       62,900  
Interest expense   8,900       7,900  
Stockholders’ equity, December 31 (Year 1: $198,000)   312,000       242,000  
Common stock, December 31   195,000       172,500  
 

 
The average number of shares outstanding was 7,800 for Year 3 and 6,900 for Year 2.
 
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Compute the following ratios for Fanning for Year 3 and Year 2.
 
a. Number of times interest was earned. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
b. Earnings per share based on the average number of shares outstanding. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
c. Price-earnings ratio (market prices: Year 3, $65 per share; Year 2, $76 per share).(Round your intermediate and final answers to 2 decimal places.)
d. Return on average equity. (Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal places. (i.e., 0.2345 should be entered as 23.45).)
e. Net margin. (Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal places. (i.e., 0.2345 should be entered as 23.45).)

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