ROE Profit Margin Total Asset Turnover Equity Multiplier

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Kristen Brown

Financial Management (MMHA - 6160 - 14)


Professor Laura Forbes
May 20, 2014

Problem 17.4: Consider the following financial statements from BestCare HMO, a not for profit
managed care plan:
A. Perform a Du Pont analysis on BestCare. Assume that the industry average ratios are
as follows:
Total Margin 3.8%
Total Asset Turnover 2.1
Equity Multiplier 3.2
Return on Equity (ROE) 25.5%

Answer: The Du Pont analysis would be done with the following formula.
ROE = Profit Margin* Total Asset Turnover* Equity Multiplier
Net Income/Total Equity = Net Income/Total Revenue * Total Revenue/Total Assets* Total
Assets/ Total Equity
(1218/28613)= 4.2%
(28613/9869)= 2.89
(9869/2118) = 4.85
4.2% * 2.89% * 4.85=.575
B. Calculate and interpret the following ratios for BestCare:

Return on assets (ROA) 8.0%
Current Ratio 1.3
Days cash on hand 41 days
Average collection period 7 days
Debt ratio 69%
Debt-to-equity ratio 2.2
Times interest earned (TIE) ratio 2.8
Fixed asset turnover ratio 5.2

Answer:
Return on Assets (ROA) 1218/9869 = 12.3%
Current Ratio 3947/3456 = 1.14
Days Cash on Hand 2337(27395/365) = 36.46
Debt to Equity 4295/2118 = 2.03
Times Interest Earned (TIE) Ratio 2118/385 = 5.5
Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio 28613/5924 = 4.83
Average Collection Period 821 (28613/365) =6.38

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