In: Accounting
Average total assets |
$2,355,000 |
Average shareholders' equity |
$1,295,000 |
Net income |
$211,750 |
Required:
Part a | Return on equity(ROE) =[($211,750 / $1,295,000)*100] =16.35% | ||
Return on Assets(ROA) =[($211,750 / $2,355,000)*100] =8.99% | |||
Part b | The company's Performance relative to industry's average is much better due to the higher ROE and ROA. | ||
Part c | The compan's recent performance is not that good, Considering that the company's performance in this year is quite extraordinary | ||
This sudden rise in performance may be due to any exceptional items which may have elevated the company's profit and thus | |||
as a result the extraordinary rise in ROE and ROA. | |||
Part d | Sure the company's performance in the current year is more than expected and better than the industry average and the company's past | ||
performance. But an investing decision should not only be based on the current year performance. The past performance should also | |||
be considered and then only a decision should be taken on it. Like as explained in Part C there might be some exceptionla item which | |||
could have inflated the profit and hence if that item exists then the same should be adjusted to find the appropiate average ROE or ROA | |||