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Question 2. Industry effect on the strcuture of ROE (35%)
Below are summarized balance sheets and income statements of three US companies :
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 Income Statement (in millions)  | 
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 Firm 1  | 
 Firm 2  | 
 Firm 3  | 
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 Revenues  | 
 166.809  | 
 7.132  | 
 22.956  | 
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 Earnings before interest and tax  | 
 10.105  | 
 1.419  | 
 10.937  | 
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 Earning before tax  | 
 9.083  | 
 1.114  | 
 14.275  | 
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 Earnings after tax  | 
 5.745  | 
 714  | 
 9.421  | 
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 Balance Sheet  | 
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 Firm 1  | 
 Firm 2  | 
 Firm 3  | 
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 Cash  | 
 1.856  | 
 485  | 
 23.798  | 
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 Accounts Receivable  | 
 1.341  | 
 770  | 
 3.250  | 
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 Inventories  | 
 19.793  | 
 223  | 
 0  | 
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 Prepaid Expenses  | 
 1.366  | 
 237  | 
 3.260  | 
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 Net Fixed Assets  | 
 45.993  | 
 13.816  | 
 21.842  | 
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 Total Assets  | 
 70.349  | 
 15.531  | 
 52.150  | 
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 Short-term debt  | 
 5.408  | 
 890  | 
 0  | 
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 Account payable  | 
 13.105  | 
 616  | 
 1.083  | 
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 Accrued Expenses  | 
 7.290  | 
 158  | 
 8.672  | 
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 Long-term liabilitites  | 
 18.712  | 
 8.205  | 
 1.027  | 
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 Owner’s Equity  | 
 25.834  | 
 5.662  | 
 31.368  | 
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 Total Liabilities and Owners’ equity  | 
 70.349  | 
 15.531  | 
 52.150  | 
DISCCLAIMER :
Values as provided in the problem : as Balance sheet total of Firm-3 is not getting tallied by 10.00 and in Short term Debt section it was 0 so its assumed that it is 10 instead of 0 and remaining calculation are based on this assumption
| Balance sheet | Firm 1 | Firm 2 | Firm 3 | 
| Cash | 1.856 | 0.485 | 23.798 | 
| Accounts Receivable | 1.341 | 0.770 | 3.250 | 
| Inventories | 19.793 | 0.223 | 0 | 
| Prepaid Expenses | 1.366 | 0.237 | 3.260 | 
| Net Fixed Assets | 45.993 | 13.816 | 21.842 | 
| Total Assets | 70.349 | 15.531 | 52.150 | 
| Short-term debt | 5.408 | 0.890 | 10.000 | 
| Account payable | 13.105 | 0.616 | 1.083 | 
| Accrued Expenses | 7.290 | 0.158 | 8.672 | 
| Long-term liabilitites | 18.712 | 8.205 | 1.027 | 
| Owner’s Equity | 25.834 | 5.662 | 31.368 | 
| Total Liabilities and Owners’ equity | 70.349 | 15.531 | 52.150 | 
1.
| Working Capital Requirement | Firm 1 | Firm 2 | Firm 3 | 
| Cuurent Asset | |||
| Accounts Receivable | 1.341 | 0.77 | 3.25 | 
| Inventories | 19.793 | 0.223 | 0 | 
| other Current Assets | |||
| Prepaid Expenses | 1.366 | 0.237 | 3.26 | 
| (A) | 22.5 | 1.23 | 6.51 | 
| Cuurent Liabilty | |||
| Account payable | 13.105 | 0.616 | 1.083 | 
| Accrued Expenses | 7.29 | 0.158 | 8.672 | 
| (B) | 20.395 | 0.774 | 9.755 | 
| Working Capital (WCR) (A-B) | 2.105 | 0.456 | -3.245 | 
| managerial balance sheet | Firm 1 | Firm 2 | Firm 3 | 
| Invested Capital | |||
| Cash | 1.856 | 0.485 | 23.798 | 
| WCR | 2.105 | 0.456 | -3.245 | 
| Net Fixed Assets | 45.993 | 13.816 | 21.842 | 
| Total Invested Capital | 49.954 | 14.757 | 42.395 | 
| Capital Employed | |||
| Short-term debt | 5.408 | 0.890 | 10.000 | 
| Long term Financing | |||
| Long-term liabilitites (LT) | 18.712 | 8.205 | 1.027 | 
| Owner’s Equity (E) | 25.834 | 5.662 | 31.368 | 
| Total Long Term Financing (LT + E) | 44.546 | 13.867 | 32.395 | 
| Total Capital Employed | 49.954 | 14.757 | 42.395 | 
| Net Long term Financing = (Long term liabillity - net Fixed Asset) | -1.447 | 0.051 | 10.553 | 
| Net Short ter, Financing = Short term Debt -Cash | 3.552 | 0.405 | -13.798 | 
| Liquidity Ratio (net long term Financing/ WCR) | -0.68741 | 0.111842 | -3.25208 | 
2.
| Firm 1 | Firm 2 | Firm 3 | |
| Operating Margin | 6.06% | 19.90% | 47.64% | 
| Invested Capital Turnover (times) | 3.34 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 
| return on capital employed | 20.23% | 9.62% | 25.80% | 
| Finance leverage Multiplier | 1.738 | 2.046 | 1.764 | 
| Tax effect | 63.25% | 64.09% | 66.00% | 
| ROE | 22.24% | 12.61% | 30.03% | 
Such Ratios help in better understanding of the financial of organzation like Firm 3 has high ROE with high Operating Margin while Firm 1 have lowest oprating profit margin but overall its giving good return on Equity
Working
| Income Statement | Firm 1 | Firm 2 | Firm 3 | 
| Revenues | 166.81 | 7.132 | 22.956 | 
| Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) | 10.105 | 1.419 | 10.937 | 
| Earning before tax (EBT) | 9.083 | 1.114 | 14.275 | 
| Tax (EBT-EAT) | 3.338 | 0.400 | 4.854 | 
| Earnings after tax (EAT) | 5.745 | 0.714 | 9.421 | 
| Operating Margin = (Revenue/ EBIT) * 100 | 6.06% | 19.90% | 47.64% | 
| Total Invested Capital (TIC) | 49.954 | 14.757 | 42.395 | 
| Invested Capital Turnover (times) = Revenue/Total invested Capital | 3.34 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 
| Total Capital Employed | 49.954 | 14.757 | 42.395 | 
| return on capital employed = (EBIT/ total Capital Employe) * 100 | 20.23% | 9.62% | 25.80% | 
| Owner’s Equity | 25.834 | 5.662 | 31.368 | 
| Pretax return on Equity = EBT/ Owners' Equity | 35.16% | 19.68% | 45.51% | 
| pre tax return on invested capital =EBIT/Invested capita | 20.23% | 9.62% | 25.80% | 
| Finance leverage Multiplier= (pretax return on Equity/ pretax return on invested capital) | 1.738 | 2.046 | 1.764 | 
| Tax effect =(EAT/EBT) * 100 | 63.25% | 64.09% | 66.00% | 
| Effective Tax rate = (1- tax effect) | 36.75% | 35.91% | 34.00% | 
| ROE = (EAT/ Owner's Equity) * 100 | 22.24% | 12.61% | 30.03% | 
3.
| Firm 1 is retail (nongrocery) industry as it compete on price as evidenced by lower operating profit margin with high capital turnover ration in the group. Second in Pre-tax ROE is compesated by highest effective tax rate | 
| Firm 2 is utility firm; with second highest in oprating margin and ROE with bottom in ROCE hence its has average perfomance in the group as belongs to uility industry. | 
| Firm 3 is software industry as it has highest ROE (30.03%) this is beacuse of highest operating margin in the group. That could become possible as software has relatively high market share with less expensive to produce |