Purpose of Assignment
Provide students with a basic understanding of financial management goal of the firm and the basic financial statements. Students should be able to calculate and analyze solvency liquidity profitability and market value ratios and create proforma financial statements.
Assignment Steps
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Completethe following Questions and Problems (Concepts and Critical Thinking Questions for Ch. 1 Only) from each chapter as indicated.
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Ch. 1: Questions 3 & 11 (Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions section)
3.CorporationsWhat is the primary disadvantage of the corporate form of organization? Name at least two advantages of corporate organization.
11.Goal of the FirmEvaluate the following statement: Managers should not focus on the current stock value because doing so will lead to an overemphasis on short-term profits at the expense of long-term profits.
Ch. 2: Questions 4 & 9 (Questions and Problems section): MicrosoftExceltemplate provided for Problem 4.
4.Per-Share Earnings and DividendsSuppose the firm in Problem 3 had 90000 shares of common stock outstanding. What is the earnings per share or EPS figure? What is the dividends per share figure?
9.Calculating Additions to NWCThe 2014 balance sheet of Steelo Inc. showed current assets of $4630 and current liabilities of $2190. The 2015 balance sheet showed current assets of $5180 and current liabilities of $2830. What was the companys 2015 change in net working capital or NWC?
Ch. 3: Questions 4 & 7 (Question and Problems section)
4.Calculating Inventory TurnoverThe Green Corporation has ending inventory of $417381 and cost of goods sold for the year just ended was $4682715. What is the inventory turnover? The days sales in inventory? How long on average did a unit of inventory sit on the shelf before it was sold?
7.DuPont IdentityIf Roten Rooters Inc. has an equity multiplier of 1.15 total asset turnover of 2.10 and a profit margin of 6.1 percent what is its ROE?
Ch. 4: Questions 1 & 6 (Questions and Problems section): MicrosoftExceltemplate provided for Problem 6.
1.Pro Forma StatementsConsider the following simplified financial statements for the Yoo Corporation (assuming no income taxes):
The company has predicted a sales increase of 15 percent. It has predicted that every item on the balance sheet will increase by 15 percent as well. Create the pro forma statements and reconcile them. What is the plug variable here?
6. Calculating Internal Growth The most recent financial statements for Schenkel Co. are shown here:
Assets and costs are proportional to sales. Debt and equity are not. The company maintains a constant 30 percent dividend payout ratio. What is the internal growth rate?concile them. What is the plug variable here?
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