Suppose that you are given the following data for Niles Company : Note: The data and calculations are based on a 365-day year. Cash and equivalents Fixed assets Sales Net income Current liabilities Current ratio DSO ROE The current ratio is equal to assets value of Return on equity (ROE) is to approximately $225,000 $650,000 $2,500,000 $112,500 $240,000 2.5 18.25 12.00% The days sales outstanding (DSO) ratio is equal to accounts receivable balance of Plugging in the relevant values for the current ratio and current liabilities, and then solving yields a current . Adding fixed assets to current assets yields a value of total assets of Recall the following identity: Recall that Total Assets = Total Liabilities and Equity. Plugging in the relevant values for ROE and net income yields a value of total common equity of Mathematically, total liabilities and equity is equal to ▼. Plugging in the relevant values for total liabilities and equity, current liabilities, and equity (calculated using the previous identify) and then solving for long-term debt, yields a long-term debt of . Plugging in the relevant values for the DSO ratio and sales, and then solving yields an Return on assets (ROA) is equal to the product of profit margin multiplied by total assets turnover, which is equivalent to relevant values for net income and total assets yields an ROA of approximately Current Assets = Cash and equivalents+ Accounts Receivable + Inventories The quick ratio is equal to . Plugging in the relevant values for current assets, current liabilities, and inventories (calculated using the previous identity) yields a quick ratio of approximately Suppose that Niles could reduce its DSO from 18.25 to 12. Given the formula for DSO from the video, as well as the same annual sales of $2,500,000, the new value accounts receivable (associated with the new DSO) must be all else equal. As a result of the stock buy back, the ROA and ROE both . Plugging in the The change (or the absolute value of the difference between the original and new values) in accounts receivable represents an amount of approximately in cash generated. As a result of this new, lower, DSO, total debt debt/total capital ratio must Suppose Niles uses the cash generated by the lower DSO to buy back common stock at book value, thus reducing common equity. and total capital . This means that the total