Chapter 14 – Financial Statement Analysis
5. This transaction would increase the current ratio. The transaction reduces both current
assets and current liabilities by the same amount, but the reduction has a larger
6. c. Inventory increases due to a new (internally developed) product line.
7. c. Interest paid to bondholders.
8.
a. Lower bad debt expense will result in higher operating income.
b. Lower bad debt expense will have no effect on operating cash flow until Galaxy
9. a. Certain GAAP rules can be exploited by companies in order to achieve specific
10. a.Off balance-sheet financing through the use of operating leases is acceptable when
11. a.A warning sign of accounting manipulation is abnormal inventory growth as
compared to sales growth. By overstating inventory, the cost of goods sold is lower,
leading to higher profitability.
12. ROE = Net Profit Margin Total Asset Turnover Leverage Ratio
=
Average Assets
Average Equity
= .055 2.0 2.2 = .
242 = 24.2%
13. Use Equation 14.1 to solve for operating ROA:
14. ROE = Tax Burden Interest Burden Margin Turnover Leverage
15.
Value of Common Stock 20,000 $20 = $ 400,000
Retained Earnings 5,000,000
Addition to Retained Earnings 70,000
Book Value $5,470,000
16.
a. Economic Value Added = (ROC – Cost of Capital) Total Assets
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