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During the most recent fiscal year, Medical Electronics Corporation sold 2,560,000 health monitoring devises at $60 per unit. Variable operating costs were 60% of sales ($36 per unit), while fixed operating costs were $12,288,000. The cost of outstanding debt (interest expense) was $4,152,000. Medical Electronics Corporation’s tax rate is 30%. The company does not sell any other product. (PLEASE SHOW YOUR WORK).
a) Construct Medical Electronics Corporation’s income statement for the most recent fiscal year (complete the following table).
Sales |
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Less: Variable operating costs |
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Fixed operating costs |
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Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) |
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Less: Interest expense |
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Earnings before taxes (EBT) |
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Less taxes (30%) |
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Earnings after taxes (EAT) |
b) Compute the degree of financial leverage (DFL)
c) Interpret the calculated DFL.
d) Compute the Operating Break-even point in dollars.
e) Compute the Operating Break-even point in units.
a | $ | |
Sales | 153,600,000 | |
Less: Variable operating costs | 92,160,000 | |
Contribution | 61,440,000 | |
Fixed operating costs | 12,288,000 | |
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) | 49,152,000 | |
Less: Interest expense | 4,152,000 | |
Earnings before taxes (EBT) | 45,000,000 | |
Less taxes (30%) | 13,500,000 | |
Earnings after taxes (EAT) | 31,500,000 | |
b | Degree of financial leverage (DFL) | |
EBIT / EBT | ||
49152000 / 45000000 | 1.09 | |
c | DFL is More than 1 so it is interpreted as A high degree of financial leverage indicates that even a small change in the company’s leverage may result in a significant fluctuation in the company’s profitability | |
d | Contribution Margin | |
Contribution / Sales *100 | 40% | |
Fixed operating costs | 12288000 | |
Contribution Margin(Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin) | 30,720,000 | |
e | Break-even point in units | |
Fixed operating costs | 12,288,000 | |
Contribution Per Unit(60 -36) | 24 | |
Break-even point in units | 512,000 | |