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Chris Guthrie was recently hired by S&S Air, Inc., to asset the company with its financial planning and to evaluate the company's performance. Chris graduated from college five years ago with a finance degree. He has been employed in the finance department of a Fortune 500 company since then.
S&S Air was founded 10 years ago by friends Mark Sexton and Todd Story. The company has manufactured and sold light airplanes over this period, and the company's products have received high reviews for safety and reliability. The company has a niche market in that is sells primarily to individuals who own and fly their own airplanes. The company has two models: the Birdie, which sells for $103,000, and the Eagle, which sells for $178,000.
Although the company manufactures aircraft, its operations are different from commercial aircraft companies. S&S Air builds aircraft to order. By using prefabricated parts, the company can complete the manufacture of an airplane in only five weeks. The company also receives a deposit on each order, as well as another partial payment before the order is complete. In contast, a commercial airplane may take one and one-half to two years to manufacture once the order is placed.
Mark and Todd have provided financial statements (which are to the left and below). In addition, Chris has gathered the industry ratios for the light airplance manufacturing industry (below).
2019 Income Statement | |||
Sales | $ 40,259,230 | ||
COGS | 29,336,446 | ||
Other expenses | 5,105,100 | ||
Depreciation | 1,804,220 | ||
EBIT | $ 4,013,464 | ||
Interest | 630,520 | ||
Taxable income | $ 3,382,944 | ||
Taxes (40%) | 1,353,178 | ||
Net income | $ 2,029,766 | ||
Dividends | $ 610,000 | ||
Add to RE | $ 1,419,766 | ||
2019 Balance Sheet | |||||||
Assets | Liabilities & Equity | ||||||
Current Assets | Current Liabilities | ||||||
Cash | $ 456,435 | Accounts Payable | $ 929,005 | ||||
Accounts rec. | 733,125 | Notes Payable | 2,121,350 | ||||
Inventory | 1,073,180 | Total CL | $ 3,050,355 | ||||
Total CA | $ 2,262,740 | ||||||
Long-term debt | $ 5,500,000 | ||||||
Shareholder Equity | |||||||
Fixed assets | Common stock | $ 400,000 | |||||
Net PP&E | $ 17,723,430 | Retained earnings | 11,035,815 | ||||
Total Equity | $ 11,435,815 | ||||||
Total Assets | $ 19,986,170 | Total L&E | $ 19,986,170 | ||||
Industry | ||||
Lower Quartile | Median | Upper Quartile | ||
Current ratio | 0.50 | 1.43 | 1.89 | |
Quick ratio | 0.21 | 0.35 | 0.62 | |
Cash ratio | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.39 | |
Total asset turnover | 0.68 | 0.85 | 1.38 | |
Inventory turnover | 4.89 | 6.15 | 10.89 | |
Receivables turnover | 6.27 | 9.82 | 14.11 | |
Total debt ratio | 0.44 | 0.52 | 0.61 | |
Debt-equity ratio | 0.68 | 1.08 | 1.56 | |
Equity multiplier | 1.68 | 2.08 | 2.56 | |
Times interest earned | 5.18 | 8.06 | 9.83 | |
Cash coverage ratio | 5.84 | 9.41 | 10.27 | |
Profit margin | 4.05% | 5.10% | 7.15% | |
Return on assets | 6.05% | 10.53% | 13.21% | |
Return on equity | 9.93% | 18.14% | 26.15% | |
Questions:
1. Using the financial statements provided above, calculate each of the ratios listed in the industry table for S&S Air (all 14 of them).
2. Mark and Todd agree a ratio analysis can provide a measure of the company's performance. They have chosen Boeing as an aspirant (comparison) company. Would you choose Boeing as an aspirant company? Why or why not? There are other aircraft manufacturers S&S Air could use as aspirant companies. Discuss whether it is appropriate to use any of the following companies: Bombadier, Embraer, Cirrus Aircraft Corporation, and Cessna Aircraft Company.
3. Compare the performance of S&S Air to the industry, using the 14 ratios you calculated in part 1 and the industry table provided. For each ratio, comment on whether it would be viewed as positive or negative (favorable or unfavorable) to the industry and why.
1) Using the financial statements provided above, calculate each of the ratios listed in the industry table for S&S Air | ||
Current ratio = Total Current Assets/ Total Current Liabilities | 0.74 | times |
Quick ratio = (Total Current Assets - Inventory)/ Total Current Liabilities | 0.39 | times |
Cash ratio = Cash / Total Current Liabilities | 0.1496 | times |
Total asset turnover = Net income/ total Assets | 2.014 | times |
Inventory days = Inventory x 365 days/ COGS | 13.35 | days |
Receivables days = Accounts Receivables x 365 days /sales | 6.65 | days |
Total debt ratio = Total Liabilities / Total Assets | 0.428 | :1 |
Debt-equity ratio = Total Liabilities / Total Equity | 0.748 | :1 |
Equity multiplier = Debt-equity ratio + 1 | 1.748 |
times |
Times interest earned = EBIT/Interest | 6.365 | times |
Cash coverage ratio = (EBIT+ dep.)/Interest | 9.227 | times |
Profit margin = Net Income/ Sales | 5.04% | |
Return on assets = Net Income/ Total Assets | 10.16% | |
Return on equity = Net Income/ Total Equity | 17.75% | |