In: Finance
| 
 Category  | 
 Prior year  | 
 Current year  | 
| 
 Accounts payable  | 
 41,400  | 
 45,000  | 
| 
 Accounts receivable  | 
 115,200  | 
 122,400  | 
| 
 Accruals  | 
 16,200  | 
 13,500  | 
| 
 Additional paid in capital  | 
 200,000  | 
 216,660  | 
| 
 Cash  | 
 ???  | 
 ???  | 
| 
 Common Stock @ par value  | 
 37,600  | 
 42,000  | 
| 
 COGS  | 
 131,400  | 
 171,352.00  | 
| 
 Depreciation expense  | 
 21,600  | 
 23,794.00  | 
| 
 Interest expense  | 
 16,200  | 
 16,828.00  | 
| 
 Inventories  | 
 111,600  | 
 115,200  | 
| 
 Long-term debt  | 
 135,000  | 
 139,414.00  | 
| 
 Net fixed assets  | 
 379,043.00  | 
 399,600  | 
| 
 Notes payable  | 
 59,400  | 
 64,800  | 
| 
 Operating expenses (excl. depr.)  | 
 50,400  | 
 62,481.00  | 
| 
 Retained earnings  | 
 122,400  | 
 136,800  | 
| 
 Sales  | 
 255,600  | 
 337,867.00  | 
| 
 Taxes  | 
 9,900  | 
 18,575.00  | 
What is the firm's gross profit margin for the current year?
Answer format: Percentage Round to: 2 decimal places (Example: 9.24%, % sign required. Will accept decimal format rounded to 4 decimal places (ex: 0.0924))
We see that the gross profit margin for the current year is
given as
=(337867-171352)/337867
=49.2842%