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Changes in Various Ratios Presented below is selected information for Brimmer Company: 2013 2012 Sales revenue...

Changes in Various Ratios
Presented below is selected information for Brimmer Company:

2013 2012
Sales revenue $913,000 $840,000
Cost of goods sold 578,000 542,000
Interest expense 23,000 20,000
Income tax expense 30,000 24,000
Net income 64,000 52,000
Cash flow from operating activities 68,000 55,000
Capital expenditures 45,000 45,000
Accounts receivable (net), December 31 129,000 120,000
Inventory, December 31 199,000 160,000
Stockholders' equity, December 31 453,000 400,000
Total assets, December 31 733,000 660,000


Required
Calculate the following ratios for 2013. The 2012 results are given for comparative purposes.

Round answers to one decimal place. Use 365 days in a year.

2012 2013
1. Gross profit percentage 35.5% %
2. Return on assets 8.3% %
3. Return on sales 6.2% %
4. Return on common stockholders' equity
(no preferred stock was outstanding) 13.9% %
5. Accounts receivable turnover 8.0
6. Average collection period 45.6 days days
7. Inventory turnover 3.6
8. Times-interest-earned ratio 4.8
9. Operating-cash-flow-to-capital-expenditures ratio 1.2

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