In: Accounting
1) Suppose your Assets are $400 and your Liabilities are $600. How much is your Net Worth?
2) Now suppose you add $500 in Assets. What would be a "real life" way you could do this. How much would your Net Worth now be?
3) What would your Debt-to-Equity ratio be, based on #2?
4) Now suppose you take home $24,000 in a year, and you have a $400 car payment and $400 in credit card payments. How much are your monthly credit payments? Use a ratio to calculate whether you are in good financial shape.
1)
Value of assets = $400
Value of liabilities = $600
Networth = Value of assets - Value of liabilities = $400 - $600 = -$200
2)
"Real life" way to increase assets to earn net income in the company that will increase the overall value of assets. Increase in net profit leads to increase in net assets.
New Value of assets = $400 + $500 = $900
Value of liabilities = $600
Networth = Value of assets - Value of liabilities = $900 - $600 = $300
3)
Debt to Equity ratio = Debt / Equity
Value of debt = 600
Value of Equity = Value of networth = 300
Debt to Equity ratio = 600/300 = 2
4)
Net income for the year = 24000
Car Payment in a year = 400
Credit card payment = 400
Total Payment in a year = 400 + 400 = 800
Total monthly payment = 800/12 = 66.67
Total monthly net income = 24000/12 = 2000
Excess income over expenses = 2000 - 66.67 = 1933.33
Expense ratio = 66.67/2000 *100 = 3.33%
Expense is only 3.33% of net income per month. So, we are in a good financial shape.