In: Accounting
Solano Company has sales of $840,000, cost of goods sold of
$540,000, other operating expenses of $70,000, average invested
assets of $2,450,000, and a hurdle rate of 11 percent.
Required:
1. Determine Solano’s return on investment (ROI),
investment turnover, profit margin, and residual income.
(Do not round your intermediate calculations. Enter your
ROI and Profit Margin percentage answer to the nearest 2 decimal
places, (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34%). Round your
Investment Turnover answer to 4 decimal places.)
Return on Investment Turnover= __%
Investment Turnover
Profit Margin= __ %
Residual Income (Loss)=
2. Several possible changes that Solano could face
in the upcoming year follow. Determine each scenario’s impact on
Solano’s ROI and residual income. (Note: Treat each scenario
independently.) (Enter your ROI percentage answers to 2
decimal places, (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as
12.34%.))
a. Company sales and cost of
goods sold increase by 40 percent.
Return on Investment= __ %
Residual Income (Loss)=
b. Operating expenses
decrease by $12,000.
Return on Investment= __ %
Residual Income (Loss)=
c. Operating expenses increase
by 10 percent.
Return on Investment= __ %
Residual Income (Loss)=
d. Average invested assets
increase by $470,000.
Return on Investment= __ %
Residual Income (Loss)=
e. Solano changes its
hurdle rate to 17 percent.
Return on Investment= __ %
Residual Income (Loss)=