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The financial statements of Columbia Sportswear
Company are presented in Appendix B.
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The financial statements of VF Corporation are
presented in Appendix C.
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Answer the following questions for each company.
(a)
Based on the information in these financial statements, compute the
2016 return on common stockholders’ equity, debt to assets ratio,
and return on assets for each company. (Round answers
to 1 decimal places, e.g. 15.2%.)
Columbia Sportswear Company | VF Corporation | |||||
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Return on common stockholders’ equity |
enter the return on common stockholders’ equity ratio in percentages | % | enter the return on common stockholders’ equity ratio in percentages | % | ||
Debt to assets |
enter the debt to assets ratio in percentages | % | enter the debt to assets ratio in percentages | % | ||
Return on assets |
enter the return on assets ratio in percentages | % | enter the return on assets ratio in percentages | % |
(c)
Compute the payout ratio for each company. (Round
answers to 1 decimal places, e.g. 15.2%.)
Columbia Sportswear Company | VF Corporation | |||||
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Payout ratio |
enter the payout ratio in percentages | % | enter the payout ratio in percentages | % |
Which pays out a higher percentage of its earnings?
select a company which pays out a higher percentage of its earnings Columbia Sportswear CompanyVF Corporation | pays out a higher percentage of its earnings. |
a.) For V.F. Corporation
Return on common stockholders’ equity = Net Income / Average Total stockholders’ equity = $1,074,106 / ($ 4,940,921 + $5,384,838) / 2= 20.80%
Debt to assets = Total Liabilities / Total Assets = $ 4,798,366 / $ 9,739,287= 49.27%
Return on assets = Net Income / Average Total Assets = $1,074,106 / ( $ 9,739,287 + $ 9,639,542) /2 = 11.09%
For Columbia Sportswear Company
Return on common stockholders’ equity = Net Income / Average Total stockholders’ equity = $191,898 / ($ 1,581,511 + 1,415,813) / 2 = 12.80%
Debt to assets = Total Liabilities / Total Assets = $ 432,383 / $ 2,013,894= 21.47%
Return on assets = Net Income / Average Total Assets = $191,898 /( $ 2,013,894 + $1,846,153) / 2= 9.94%
c) For V.F. Corporation
Payout = Cash Dividends Paid / Net Income = $ 635,994 / $ 1,074,106 = 59.21%
For Columbia Sportswear Company
Payout = Cash Dividends Paid / Net Income = $ 48,122 / $ 191,898 = 25.08%
V.F. Corporation pays out a higher portion of it's earnings.
Note:- All figures are in $ Thousands.
Cash Dividend Figures are taken from cash flows statements.
Sources for 10-K are:- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103379/000162828017002027/vfc1231201610-k.htm#s95D03BCAFC83AEC4CAF1226B70B4AE3E
https://investor.columbia.com/sec-filings/annual-reports/content/0001050797-17-000013/colm-20161231x10k.htm?
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