SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
(a) Condensed Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
Net sales
Cost of goods sold
Gross profit
Operating expenses
Income from operations
Other expenses and losses
Interest expense
Income before income taxes
Income tax expense
Net income
$1,549,035
1,080,490
468,545
302,275
166,270
8,980
157,290
54,500
$ 102,790
100.0%
69.8%
30.2%
19.5%
10.7%
.6%
10.1%
3.5%
6.6%
$339,038
241,000
98,038
79,000
19,038
2,252
16,786
6,650
$ 10,136
100.0%
71.1%
28.9%
23.3%
5.6%
.7%
4.9%
1.9%
3.0%
(b) Farris Company appears to be more profitable. It has higher relative
gross profit, income from operations, income before taxes, and net income.
Farris’s return on assets of 12.4%
$102, 790
$829, 848
a is higher than Ratzlaff’s
return on assets of 4.7%
$10,136
$214,172
b. Also, Farris’s return on common
stockholders’ equity of 15.6%
$102, 790
$660, 028
c is higher than Ratzlaff’s return
on stockholders’ equity of 6.6%
$10,136
$154,047
d.