Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781337270595
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14, Problem 10BE

(a)

To determine

Evaluation of profitability: In general, financial ratios are used to evaluate capabilities, profitability, and overall performance of a company. The following are the ratios that evaluate the profitability of a company:

  • Profit margin ratio
  • Rate of return on total assets
  • Asset turnover ratio
  • Rate of return on common stockholders’ equity
  • Earnings per share
  • Dividend payout

Return on stockholders’ equity

Given info: Net income, preference dividends, average stockholders’ equity and average common stockholders’ equity.

b.

To determine

Return on common stockholders’ equity

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