Compute the ratios

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Problem

Given the financial statements for Jones Corporation and Smith Corporation:

JONES CORPORATION

Current Assets

Liabilities

  Cash

$

29,700  

  Accounts payable

$

166,000  

  Accounts receivable

 

88,500  

  Bonds payable (long term)

 

82,100  

  Inventory

 

51,300  

 

 

 

Long-Term Assets

  Stockholders' Equity

  Fixed assets

$

542,000  

  Common stock

$

150,000  

     Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

(154,700) 

  Paid-in capital

 

70,000  

     Net fixed assets*

 

387,300  

  Retained earnings

 

88,700  

 



 



       Total assets

$

556,800  

       Total liabilities and equity

$

556,800  

 





 







 

  Sales (on credit)

$

1,914,000  

  Cost of goods sold

 

771,000  

 



  Gross profit

 

1,143,000  

     Selling and administrative expense

 

325,000  

     Less: Depreciation expense

 

59,600  

 



  Operating profit

 

758,400  

  Interest expense

 

9,200  

 



  Earnings before taxes

 

749,200  

  Tax expense

 

102,300  

 



  Net income

$

646,900  

 





 

*Use net fixed assets in computing fixed asset turnover.
†Includes $7,900 in lease payments.

SMITH CORPORATION

Current Assets

Liabilities

  Cash

$

39,800  

  Accounts payable

$

76,500  

  Marketable securities

 

12,200  

  Bonds payable (long term)

 

225,000  

  Accounts receivable

 

74,600  

 

 

 

  Inventory

 

77,700  

 

 

 

Long-Term Assets

Stockholders' Equity

  Fixed assets

$

509,000  

  Common stock

$

75,000  

     Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

(252,600) 

  Paid-in capital

 

30,000  

  Net fixed assets*

 

256,400  

  Retained earnings

 

54,200  

 



 



       Total assets

$

460,700  

       Total liabilities and equity

$

460,700  

 





 







*Use net fixed assets in computing fixed asset turnover.

SMITH CORPORATION

  Sales (on credit)

$

1,150,000  

  Cost of goods sold

 

687,000  

 



  Gross profit

 

463,000  

     Selling and administrative expense

 

281,000  

     Less: Depreciation expense

 

59,200  

 



  Operating profit

 

122,800  

  Interest expense

 

27,100  

 



  Earnings before taxes

 

95,700  

  Tax expense

 

54,200  

 



  Net income

$

41,500  

 







Includes $7,900 in lease payments.

(a-1) Compute the following ratios.

(a-2) To which one would you, as credit manager for a supplier, approve the extension of (short-term) trade credit?

(b) In which one would you buy stocks?

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