Question

Five Measures of Solvency or Profitability

The balance sheet for Garcon Inc. at the end of the current fiscal year indicated the following:

Bonds payable, 10%	$900,000
Preferred $5 stock, $50 par	$72,000
Common stock, $9 par	$44,064.00

Income before income tax was $153,000, and income taxes were $23,400 for the current year. Cash dividends paid on common stock during the current year totaled $12,876. The common stock was selling for $175 per share at the end of the year.

Determine each of the following. Round answers to one decimal place, except for dollar amounts which should be rounded to the nearest whole cent. Use the rounded answers for subsequent requirements, if required.

a. Times interest earned ratio	fill in the blank 1	times
b. Earnings per share on common stock	$fill in the blank 2
c. Price-earnings ratio	fill in the blank 3
d. Dividends per share of common stock	$fill in the blank 4
e. Dividend yield

Answer 1

a. Times interest earned ratio

= EBIT / Interest expense

= $243,000 / $90,000

= 2.7 times

b. Earnings per share on common stock

=   (Net income - Preferred Dividend) / Number of common stock

= ( $129,600 - $7,200) / 4896

= $122,400 / 4896

= $25 per share

Number of shares = $44,064 / $9 = 4896

c. Price-earnings ratio:

= Market price per share / Earnings per share

= $175 / $25

= 7

d. Dividends per share of common stock

= Total dividend issued / Number of common stock

= $12,876 / 4896

= $2.63 per share

e. Dividend yield

= Annual Dividend per share / Current share price

= $2.63 / $175

= 1.5%