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(Financial statement analysis) The annual sales for Salco, Inc. were$4.64million last year. The firm's end-of-year balance sheet was as follows Salco's income statement for the year was as follows:
a. Calculate Salco's total asset turnover, operating profit margin, and operating return on assets.
b. Salco plans to renovate one of its plants and the renovation will require an added investment in plant and equipment of
$1.01 million. The firm will maintain its present debt ratio of 50 percent when financing the new investment and expects sales to remain constant. The operating profit margin will rise to 13.5 percent. What will be the new operating return on assets ratio (i.e., net operating income÷total assets) for Salco after the plant's renovation?
c. Given that the plant renovation in part(b)occurs and Salco's interest expense rises by$48,000 per year, what will be the return earned on the common stockholders' investment? Compare this rate of return with that earned before the renovation. Based on this comparison, did the renovation have a favorable effect on the profitability of the firm?
Current assets $500,000
Liabilities $1,012,500
Net fixed assets 1,525,000 Owners'
equity 1,012,500
Total Assets $2,025,000 Total
$2,025,000
Sales $4,640,000
Less: Cost of goods sold (3,501,000)
Gross profit $1,139,000
Less: Operating expenses (507,000)
Net operating income $632,000
Less: Interest expense (94,000)
Earnings before taxes $538,000
Less: Taxes (35%) (188,300)
Net income $349,700
a. Calculate Salco's total asset turnover, operating profit margin, and operating return on assets.
The company's total asset turnover is
2.292.29
times. (Round to two decimal places.)
The company's operating profit margin is
13.613.6%.
(Round to one decimal place.)
The company's operating return on assets is
31.231.2%.
(Round to one decimal place.)
b. Salco plans to renovate one of its plants and the renovation will require an added investment in plant and equipment of
$1.01
million. The firm will maintain its present debt ratio of
50
percent when financing the new investment and expects sales to remain constant. The operating profit margin will rise to
13.5
percent. What will be the new operating return on assets ratio (i.e., net operating
income÷total
assets) for Salco after the plant's renovation?
The company's new operating return on assets is
20.720.7%.
(Round to one decimal place.)
c . Given that the plant renovation in part
(b)
occurs and Salco's interest expense rises by
$48,000
per year, what will be the return earned on the common stockholders' investment?
The new return on owners' equity is
nothing%.
(Round to one decimal place.)
c. Given that the plant renovation in part (b)occurs and Salco's interest expense rises by $48,000 per year, what will be the return earned on the common stockholders' investment? The new return on owners' equity is nothing%.(Round to one decimal place.)