Chapter 3 Answers
Chapter 3 Answers
Chapter 3 Answers
7. If jPhone, Inc., has an equity multiplier of 1.35, total asset turnover of 1.64, and a profit margin of 7
percent, what is its ROE?
With the information given, we must use the Du Pont identity to calculate return on equity. Doing so, we
find:
8. Jimmy Cricket Removal has a profit margin of 8 percent, total asset turnover of 1.16, and ROE of
14.30 percent. What is the firm’s debt-equity ratio?
We can use the Du Pont identity and solve for the equity multiplier. With the equity multiplier we can
find the debt-equity ratio. Doing so we find:
17. Suppose that the Bethesda Mining Company has sales of $2,156,873 and net income of $109,381 for
the year ending December 31, 2010. Calculate the Du Pont Identity.
Other information obtained from the balance sheet is that total assets were $900,828. Total debt was
$527,939. And total equity was $372,879.
18. The Delson Company had a ROA of 9 percent, an 8 percent profit margin, and a ROE of 14 percent.
What is the company’s total asset turnover? What is the equity multiplier?
Now, solve the ROE equation to find the equity multiplier which is:
22. Kaleb’s Karate Supply had a profit margin of 10%, sales of $21 million, and total assets of $9.5
million. What was total asset turnover? If management set a goal of increasing total asset turnover to 2.75
times, what would the new sales figure need to be, assuming no increase in total assets?
If the target total asset turnover is 2.75 times, we can use the total asset turnover equation to solve
for the necessary sales level. The new sales level will be:
Challenge question: Y3K, Inc., has sales of $7,385, total assets of $3,480, and a debt-equity ratio of .25. If
its return on equity is 16 percent, what is it net income?
Net Income=$445.44