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Solvency and Profitability Trend Analysis
Addai Company has provided the following comparative information:
20Y8 | 20Y7 | 20Y6 | 20Y5 | 20Y4 | ||||||
Net income | $1,014,300 | $874,400 | $734,800 | $628,000 | $532,200 | |||||
Interest expense | 344,900 | 314,800 | 271,900 | 207,200 | 165,000 | |||||
Income tax expense | 324,576 | 244,832 | 205,744 | 163,280 | 127,728 | |||||
Total assets (ending balance) | 7,358,917 | 7,827,675 | 5,609,613 | 5,895,529 | 4,470,776 | |||||
Total stockholders' equity (ending balance) | 2,291,128 | 2,818,696 | 1,795,552 | 2,275,362 | 1,365,218 | |||||
Average total assets | 7,593,296 | 6,718,644 | 5,752,571 | 4,912,941 | 4,200,000 | |||||
Average stockholders' equity | 2,554,912 | 2,307,124 | 2,035,457 | 1,820,290 | 1,607,855 |
You have been asked to evaluate the historical performance of the company over the last five years.
Selected industry ratios have remained relatively steady at the following levels for the last five years:
20Y4―20Y8 | ||
Return on total assets | 17.6% | |
Return on stockholders’ equity | 36.5% | |
Times interest earned | 4.6 | |
Ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity | 2.1 |
Required:
1. Determine the following for the years 20Y4 through 20Y8. Round to one decimal place:
a. Return on total assets:
20Y8 | % |
20Y7 | % |
20Y6 | % |
20Y5 | % |
20Y4 | % |
b. Return on stockholders’ equity:
20Y8 | % |
20Y7 | % |
20Y6 | % |
20Y5 | % |
20Y4 | % |
c. Times interest earned:
20Y8 | |
20Y7 | |
20Y6 | |
20Y5 | |
20Y4 |
d. Ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity:
20Y8 | |
20Y7 | |
20Y6 | |
20Y5 | |
20Y4 |
2. Refer to the selected industry ratios provided above.
Both the rate earned on total assets and the rate earned on stockholders' equity have been moving in a positive direction in the last five years. Both measures have moved above the industry average over the last two years. The cause of this change is driven by a rapid increase in earnings.
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Addai Company | |||||
Items | 20Y8 | 20Y7 | 20Y6 | 20Y5 | 20Y4 |
Net income | 1,014,300.00 | 874,400.00 | 734,800.00 | 628,000.00 | 532,200.00 |
Interest expense | 344,900.00 | 314,800.00 | 271,900.00 | 207,200.00 | 165,000.00 |
Income tax expense | 324,576.00 | 244,832.00 | 205,744.00 | 163,280.00 | 127,728.00 |
Total assets (ending balance) | 7,358,917.00 | 7,827,675.00 | 5,609,613.00 | 5,895,529.00 | 4,470,776.00 |
Total stockholders' equity (ending balance) | 2,291,128.00 | 2,818,696.00 | 1,795,552.00 | 2,275,362.00 | 1,365,218.00 |
Average total assets | 7,593,296.00 | 6,718,644.00 | 5,752,571.00 | 4,912,941.00 | 4,200,000.00 |
Average stockholders' equity | 2,554,912.00 | 2,307,124.00 | 2,035,457.00 | 1,820,290.00 | 1,607,855.00 |
Workings | |||||
Net income | 1,014,300.00 | 874,400.00 | 734,800.00 | 628,000.00 | 532,200.00 |
Add: Income tax expense | 324,576.00 | 244,832.00 | 205,744.00 | 163,280.00 | 127,728.00 |
Add: Interest expense | 344,900.00 | 314,800.00 | 271,900.00 | 207,200.00 | 165,000.00 |
Operating Income | 1,683,776.00 | 1,434,032.00 | 1,212,444.00 | 998,480.00 | 824,928.00 |
Answer 1 a | |||||
Return on total assets: | 13.4% | 13.0% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
(Net income/ Average total assets) | |||||
Answer 1 b | |||||
Return on stockholders' equity: | 39.7% | 37.9% | 36.1% | 34.5% | 33.1% |
(Net income/ Average stockholders' equity) | |||||
Answer 1 c | |||||
Workings | |||||
Net income | 1,014,300.00 | 874,400.00 | 734,800.00 | 628,000.00 | 532,200.00 |
Add: Income tax expense | 324,576.00 | 244,832.00 | 205,744.00 | 163,280.00 | 127,728.00 |
Add: Interest expense | 344,900.00 | 314,800.00 | 271,900.00 | 207,200.00 | 165,000.00 |
Operating Income | 1,683,776.00 | 1,434,032.00 | 1,212,444.00 | 998,480.00 | 824,928.00 |
Times interest earned: | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
(Operating Income/ Interest expense) | |||||
Answer 1 d | |||||
Workings | |||||
Total assets (ending balance) | 7,358,917.00 | 7,827,675.00 | 5,609,613.00 | 5,895,529.00 | 4,470,776.00 |
Less: Total stockholders' equity (ending balance) | 2,291,128.00 | 2,818,696.00 | 1,795,552.00 | 2,275,362.00 | 1,365,218.00 |
Total liabilities | 5,067,789.00 | 5,008,979.00 | 3,814,061.00 | 3,620,167.00 | 3,105,558.00 |
Liabilities to stockholders' equity: | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
Total liabilities/ Total stockholders' equity (ending balance) |