You are considering purchasing the preferred stock of a firm but
are concerned about its capacity to pay the dividend. To help allay
that fear, you compute the times-preferred-dividend-earned ratio
for the past three years from the following data taken from the
firm’s financial statements:
Year
-----------------------------------------20X1--------------------------
20X2------------------- 20X3
Operating income -----------------------$16,000,000
----------------$13,000,000 ----------$14,000,000
Interest ------------------------------------6,700,000
--------------------3,700,000 --------------5,900,000
Taxes --------------------------------------4,600,000
---------------------5,100,000 -------------5,100,000
Preferred dividends --------------------600,000
-----------------------800,000 -----------------1,200,000
Common dividends --------------------3,000,000
----------------------3,300,000 --------------______
Round your answers to two decimal places.
20X1:_______...