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Refer to the information below to answer questions relating to "Essay" Problem #2:
Assume Meyer Corporation is 75 percent debt and 25 percent equity financed and has:
(1) Earnings before taxes = $1,500
(2) Sales = $5,000
(3) Dividend payout ratio = 60%
(4) Sales/Total Assets = 2.0
(5) Applicable tax rate = 30%
Calculate the company’s debt-equity ratio, company's equity multiplier, total debt ratio, profit margin, Return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE)
Debt-equity ratio = Debt/Equity
Company's equity multiplier =Assets/ Equity
Total debt ratio = Debt/ Assets
Profit margin = Net Profit/ Sales
Return on assets (ROA) = Net Profit/ Assets
Return on equity (ROE) = Net Profit/ Equity
Sales/Assets = 2.0
$5,000/ Assets = 2.0
$2,500 = Assets
Debt = 0.75*$2,500 = $1875
Equity = 0.25*$2,500 = $625
Net Profit = Earnings before taxes*(1 - Tax rate) = $1,500*(1-0.3) = $1050
Debt-equity ratio = $1875/$625 = 3
Company's equity multiplier = $2500/$625 = 4
Total debt ratio = $1875/ $2500 = 0.75
Profit margin = $1050/ $5,000 = 0.21
Return on assets (ROA) = $1050/ $2500 = 0.42
Return on equity (ROE) = $1050/ $625 = 1.68