Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.38BP
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To determine
Evaluation of stock investment
Evaluation of company’s stock as investment: In general, financial ratios are used to evaluate capabilities, profitability, and overall performance of a company. The following are the ratios that evaluate the company’s stock as investment.
Financial Ratios: Financial ratios are the metrics used to evaluate the capabilities, profitability, and overall performance of a company.
To Compute: The ratio for 2016 and 2015.
2 a)
To determine
To Decide: Whether T has the ability to pay the debt.
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Comparative financial statement data of Garfield Inc. follow:
Market price of Garfield’s common stock:$69.36 at December 31 2018 and $38.04 at December 31, 2017.
Common shares outstanding 14, 000 on December 31, 2018 and 12,000 on December 31 2017 and 2016.
All sales are on credit.
Requirements
Compute the following ratios tor 2018 and 2017:
a. current ratio
b. Cash ratio
c. Times-interest-earned ratio
d. Inventory turnover
e. Gross profit percentage
f. Debt to equity ratio
g. Rate of return on common stockholder’s equity
h. Earnings per share of common stock
i. Price/earnings ratio
2. Decide (a) whether Garfield’s ability to pat debts and to sell inventory improved or deteriorated during 2018 and (b) whether the investment attractiveness of its common stock appears to have increased or decreased.
Requirement
1. Compute the following ratios for both companies for the current year, and decide which company’s stock better fits your investment strategy.
a. Acid-test ratio
b. Inventory turnover
c. Days’ sales in receivables
d. Debt ratio
e. Earnings per share of common stock
f. Price/earnings ratio
g. Dividend payout
I need assistance on the following regarding the attached balance sheet and income statement:
Required:
a) Calculate the following financial ratios for 2016 and 2017
16. Earnings per share
17. Price-earnings ratio (Use year-end adjusted closing stock price of $57.32 for 2017 and $63.69 for 2016)
18. Dividend yield
19. Dividend payout ratio
Chapter 15 Solutions
Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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