Use attachment to answer the following Required: a. Calculate return on common equity and disaggregate ROCE for Years 5 and 9 using end-of-year values for com- putations requiring an average (assume fixed assets and working capital are operating and a 50% tax rate). b. Comment on Texas Telecom’s use of financial leverage.
Use attachment to answer the following Required: a. Calculate return on common equity and disaggregate ROCE for Years 5 and 9 using end-of-year values for com- putations requiring an average (assume fixed assets and working capital are operating and a 50% tax rate). b. Comment on Texas Telecom’s use of financial leverage.
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Use attachment to answer the following
Required:
a. Calculate return on common equity and disaggregate ROCE for Years 5 and 9 using end-of-year values for com- putations requiring an average (assume fixed assets and
b. Comment on Texas Telecom’s use of financial leverage.

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(a) Yr. 5 RNOA = 10.0%
Selected financial statement data from Texas Telecom, Inc., for Years 5 and 9 are reproduced
below ($ millions):
Income Statement Data
Revenues..
Operating income.
Interest expense..
Pretax income
Income taxes
Net income..
Year 5
$542
35
7
28
14
14
Balance Sheet Data
Long-term operating assets. . . . . . $ 52
Working capital
123
Total liabilities..
50
Total shareholders' equity.
125
Year 9
$979
68
0
68
34
34
$63
157
0
220
Required:
a. Calculate return on common equity and disaggregate ROCE for Years 5 and 9 using end-of-year values for com-
putations requiring an average (assume fixed assets and working capital are operating and a 50% tax rate).
b. Comment on Texas Telecom's use of financial leverage.
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