The income statement comparison for Forklift Material Handling shows the income statement for the current and prior year. FORKLIFT MATERIAL HANDLING Income statement Comparison   Current Year   Prior Year (Amounts in thousands)       Sales $33,800   $24,700 Cost of goods sold 21,970   16,796 Gross profit $11,830   $7,904 Expenses:       Wages $8,800   $6,187 Utilities 700   300 Repairs 168   300 Selling 506   200 Total Expenses $10,174   $6,987         Operating income ?   ? Operating income % ?   ? Total assets (investment base) $4,500   $1,600 Return on investment ?   ? Residual income (8% cost of capital) ?   ? A. Determine the operating income (loss) (dollars) for each year. If required round final answers to two decimal places.   Current Year   Prior Year Operating income (loss) $fill in the blank 1   $fill in the blank 2 B. Determine the operating income (loss) (percentage) for each year. If required round final answers to two decimal places.   Current Year   Prior Year Operating income (loss) fill in the blank 3%   fill in the blank 4%   c. The company made a strategic decision to invest in additional assets in the current year. These amounts are provided. Using the total assets amounts as the investment base, calculate the return on investment. Was the decision to invest additional assets in the company successful? If required round final answers to two decimal places.   Current Year   Prior Year Return on investment fill in the blank 5%   fill in the blank 6%   D. Assuming an 8% cost of capital, calculate the residual income for each year. Do not round intermediate computations and round final answers to nearest whole dollar. For those boxes in which you must enter subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign.   Current Year   Prior Year Residual income $fill in the blank 8   $fill in the blank 9 The residual income related to the investment

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The income statement comparison for Forklift Material Handling shows the income statement for the current and prior year.

FORKLIFT MATERIAL HANDLING
Income statement Comparison
  Current Year   Prior Year
(Amounts in thousands)      
Sales $33,800   $24,700
Cost of goods sold 21,970   16,796
Gross profit $11,830   $7,904
Expenses:      
Wages $8,800   $6,187
Utilities 700   300
Repairs 168   300
Selling 506   200
Total Expenses $10,174   $6,987
       
Operating income ?   ?
Operating income % ?   ?
Total assets (investment base) $4,500   $1,600
Return on investment ?   ?
Residual income (8% cost of capital) ?   ?

A. Determine the operating income (loss) (dollars) for each year. If required round final answers to two decimal places.

  Current Year   Prior Year
Operating income (loss) $fill in the blank 1   $fill in the blank 2

B. Determine the operating income (loss) (percentage) for each year. If required round final answers to two decimal places.

  Current Year   Prior Year
Operating income (loss) fill in the blank 3%   fill in the blank 4%

 

c. The company made a strategic decision to invest in additional assets in the current year. These amounts are provided. Using the total assets amounts as the investment base, calculate the return on investment. Was the decision to invest additional assets in the company successful? If required round final answers to two decimal places.

  Current Year   Prior Year
Return on investment fill in the blank 5%   fill in the blank 6%
 

D. Assuming an 8% cost of capital, calculate the residual income for each year. Do not round intermediate computations and round final answers to nearest whole dollar. For those boxes in which you must enter subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign.

  Current Year   Prior Year
Residual income $fill in the blank 8   $fill in the blank 9

The residual income related to the investment 

 

 in the current year. This 

 

 with the ROI results. Management 

 

 consider both methods in their analysis of the investment.

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