Which of the following statements is true?
Book value per share of common stock is calculated by dividingthe common stockholders' equity by the number of common sharesoutstanding at year end.
Net income divided by average common stockholders' equity isthe calculation for the return on common stockholders'equity.
Merchandise inventory turnover measures the relationshipbetween sales and inventory.
The sum of the cash generated or used by each section of thestatement of cash flows should equal the difference between thebeginning and ending balance of the cash and cash equivalentaccounts.
The following ratios are all profitability ratios: - Net sales to assets - Return on total assets - Return on stockholders' equity
Financing activities are those transactions involving thepurchase and sale of long-term assets, investing in equitysecurities, lending money, and collecting the principal on therelated loans.
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Selected year-end financial statements of Cabot Corporationfollow. (All sales were on credit; selected balance sheet amountsat December 31, 2015, were inventory, $55,900; total assets,$249,400; common stock, $85,000; and retained earnings,$48,092.)
| CABOT CORPORATION Income Statement For Year Ended December 31, 2016 | ||
| Sales | $ | 453,600 |
| Cost of goods sold | 297,550 | |
| Gross profit | 156,050 | |
| Operating expenses | 98,800 | |
| Interest expense | 3,900 | |
| Income before taxes | 53,350 | |
| Income taxes | 21,492 | |
| Net income | $ | 31,858 |
| CABOT CORPORATION Balance Sheet December 31, 2016 | ||||||
| Assets | Liabilitiesand Equity | |||||
| Cash | $ | 18,000 | Accounts payable | $ | 19,500 | |
| Short-term investments | 9,400 | Accrued wages payable | 3,800 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net | 33,600 | Income taxes payable | 3,300 | |||
| Notes receivable (trade)* | 6,000 | Long-term note payable,secured | ||||
| Merchandise inventory | 36,150 | by mortgage on plant assets | 66,400 | |||
| Prepaid expenses | 2,500 | Common stock | 85,000 | |||
| Plant assets, net | 152,300 | Retained earnings | 79,950 | |||
| Total assets | $ | 257,950 | Total liabilities andequity | $ | 257,950 | |
* These are short-term notes receivable arising from customer(trade) sales.
Required:
Compute the following: (1) current ratio, (2) acid-test ratio,(3) days' sales uncollected, (4) inventory turnover, (5) days'sales in inventory, (6) debt-to-equity ratio, (7) times interestearned, (8) profit margin ratio, (9) total asset turnover, (10)return on total assets, and (11) return on common stockholders'equity. (Do not round intermediatecalculations.)
| * These are short-term notes receivable arising from customer(trade) sales.
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