Inventory and prepaid expenses account for $30,000 of the current year’s current assets.
Average inventory for the current year is $36,250.
Average net accounts receivable for the current year is $45,000.
There are 35,000 shares of common stock outstanding.
Total dividends paid during the current year were $17,000.
The market price per share of common stock is $20.
What is the debt ratio for the current year?
A) 1.98
B) .53
C) 2.43%
D) .44
4) Mr. Lite is an entrepreneur that builds and manages organic vegetables in the United
States. Mr. Lite recently developed a sustainability strategy to build a large greenhouse
and warehouse in a recessed area in North Carolina. The greenhouse is expected to
produce organic vegetables and Mr. Lite can sell the organic vegetables to the state to
feed homeless people at the local community centers in the state. This project is
expected to generate a minimum of 100 full-time employees. The cost to build the new
greenhouse is $10,000,000 and the food that is produced at the greenhouse is expected
to generate $1,500,000 in payments from the state.
Compute the payback period, in years. Should Mr. Lite build the new greenhouse? Is
the strategy to build the new greenhouse an effective sustainability strategy? Why or
why not?