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Question 21

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Benson Company received cash of $1,000,000 from issuing common stock at par value. As a result of this transaction, the company's debt to equity ratio will:

A) Decrease.
B) Increase.
C) Remain the same.
D) Cannot be determined.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Knoell Company paid its sales employees $15,000 in sales commissions. What impact will this transaction have on the firm's working capital?

A) No impact
B) Increase it
C) Decrease it
D) Not enough information is provided to answer the question.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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On December 31, Year 1, Allen Company's total current assets were $600,000 and its total current liabilities were $380,000. On January 1, Year 2, Allen paid $20,000 on accounts payable. Required:Compute Allen's working capital before and after paying the account payable.Compute Allen's current ratio before and after paying the account payable. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

Short-term creditors are usually most interested in assessing:

The Miller Company reported gross sales of $850,000, sales returns and allowances of $15,000, and sales discounts of $5,000. The company has average total assets of $500,000, of which $250,000 is property, plant, and equipment. What is the company's asset turnover ratio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Earnings before interest and taxes divided by interest expense is the formula for which of these analytical measures?

The Abel Company provided the following information from its financial records: $\begin{array}{lclc}\text { Net income } & \$ 285,000 & \text { Common shares outstanding } &440,000 \\&&1 / 1 \\ \text { Common stock dividends }&\$ 27,000 & \text { Common shares outstanding } &505,000 \\&&12 / 31\\ \text { Preferred stock } & \$ 28,500 & \text { Preferred shares }&27,000 \\\text { dividends } & & \begin{array}{l}\text { outstanding 1/1 }&\end{array} \\\text { Sales } & \$ 970,000 & \text { Preferred shares }& 23,000 \\& & \begin{array}{l}\text { outstanding 12/31 } \\\end{array} \end{array}$ What is the amount of the company's earnings per share?

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the quick ratio?

Describe the differences among liquidity ratios, solvency ratios, and profitability ratios. Identify examples of each type of ratio as well.

Which of the following statements is generally incorrect from an investor's perspective?

Which of the following statements regarding horizontal analysis is incorrect?

The drawback of studying absolute amounts reported in financial statements is the problem of differing materiality levels.

Which ratio compares the earnings per share of a company to the market price for a share of the company's stock?

Which of the following statements is correct?

The Miller Company reported gross sales of $850,000, sales returns and allowances of $5,000 and sales discounts of $5,000. The company has average total assets of $500,000, of which $250,000 is property, plant, and equipment. What is the company's asset turnover ratio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

The Crestar Company reported net income of $112,000 on 20,000 average outstanding common shares. Preferred dividends total $12,000. On the most recent trading day, the preferred shares sold at $50 and the common shares sold at $95. What is this company's current price-earnings ratio?

Indicate whether each of the following statements about financial statement analysis is true or false. Having too little inventory can hurt a company's profitability because of lost sales. ______ Having too much inventory can hurt a company's profitability because of excess costs. ______ Generally, a lower inventory turnover indicates that merchandise is being handled more efficiently. ______ Average days to sell inventory is the number of times, on average, that inventory is replaced during the year. ______ Values for the inventory turnover ratio vary widely among different industries. ______

The following information applies to Markham Company: $\begin{array}{lr}\text { Assets }\\\text { Cash } & \$ 6,000 \\\text { Accounts receivable } & 13,000 \\\text { Inventory } & 16,000 \\\text { Plant and equipment, net } & 21,000 \\\text { Land } & \underline{ 19,000 }\\\text { Total assets } &\underline{ \$ 75,000}\\\text { Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity }\\\text { Accounts payable } & \$5,000 \\\text { Salaries payable } &10,000 \\\text { Bonds payable (Due 2020) } & 12,000 \\\text { Capital stock, no par } & 23,000 \\\text { Retained earnings } &\underline{ 25,000} \\\text { Total liabilities and stockholders' equity }& \$75,000\end{array}$ Additional information: Net credit sales equal $220,000 and beginning accounts receivable were $11,000. Required: Compute Markham's: Quick ratioCurrent ratioWorking capitalAccounts receivable turnoverAverage days to collect receivables Round your answers to two decimal places.

The study of an individual item or account over several periods in the same financial year or over many years is known as:

Jenkins Company's current ratio is higher than the average for its industry, while its quick ratio is below the industry average. One possible interpretation for these results is that Jenkins carries less inventory than most companies in its industry.