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Working with Financial Statement

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A firm has sales of $2,190, net income of $174, net fixed assets of $1,600, and current assets of $720. The firm has $310 in inventory. What is the common-size statement value of inventory?

Correct answer(s):
    • 13.36 percent


A firm generated net income of $878. The depreciation expense was $47 and dividends were paid in the amount of $25. Accounts payables decreased by $13, accounts receivables increased by $22, inventory decreased by $14, and net fixed assets decreased by $8. There was no interest expense. What was the net cash flow from operating activity?

Correct answer(s):
    • $904

During the year, Kitchen Supply increased its accounts receivable by $130, decreased its inventory by $75, and decreased its accounts payable by $40. How did these three accounts affect the firm’s cash flows for the year?

Correct answer(s):
    • $95 use of cash

The most acceptable method of evaluating the financial statements of a firm is to compare the firm’s current:

Correct answer(s):
    • financial ratios to the firm's historical ratios.

It is easier to evaluate a firm using financial statements when the firm:

Correct answer(s):
    • uses the same accounting procedures as other firms in the industry.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Correct answer(s):
    • Financial statements are frequently used as the basis for performance evaluations.

A firm currently has $600 in debt for every $1,000 in equity. Assume the firm uses some of its cash to decrease its debt while maintaining its current equity and net income. Which one of the following will decrease as a result of this action?

Correct answer(s):
    • equity multiplier

Which one of the following accurately describes the three parts of the Du Point identity?

Correct answer(s):
    • equity multiplier, profit margin, and total asset turnover


Shareholders probably have the most interest in which one of the following sets of ratios?

Correct answer(s):
    • return on equity and price-earnings

The price-sales ratio is especially useful when analyzing firms that have which one of the following?

Correct answer(s):
    • negative earnings

Tobin’s Q relates the market value of a firm’s assets to which one of the following?

Correct answer(s):
    • today's cost to duplicate those assets

Al’s has a price-earnings ratio of 18.5. Ben’s also has a price-earnings ratio of 18.5. Which one of the following statements must be true if Al’s has a higher PEG ratio than Ben’s?

Correct answer(s):
    • Ben's is increasing its earnings at a faster rate than the Al's.

Which one of the following will decrease if a firm can decrease its operating costs, all else constant?

Correct answer(s):
    • price-earnings ratio

If a firm produces a twelve percent return on assets and also a twelve percent return on equity, then the firm:

Correct answer(s):
    • has an equity multiplier of 1.0.

Ratios that measure how efficiently a firm manages its assets and operations to generate net income are referred to as _____ ratios.

Correct answer(s):
    • profitability

Dee’s has a fixed asset turnover rate of 1.12 and a total asset turnover rate of 0.91. Sam’s has a fixed asset turnover rate of 1.15 and a total asset turnover rate of 0.88. Both companies have similar operations. Based on this information, Dee’s must be doing which one of the following?

Correct answer(s):
    • utilizing its total assets more efficiently than Sam's


The Corner Hardware has succeeded in increasing the amount of goods it sells while holding the amount of inventory on hand at a constant level. Assume that both the cost per unit and the selling price per unit also remained constant. This accomplishment will be reflected in the firm’s financial ratios in which one of the following ways?

Correct answer(s):
    • decrease in the day's sales in inventory

Jasper United had sales of $21,000 in 2008 and $24,000 in 2009. The firm’s current accounts remained constant. Given this information, which one of the following statements must be true?

Correct answer(s):
    • The net working capital turnover rate increased.

The cash coverage ratio directly measures the ability of a firm’s revenues to meet which one of its following obligations?

Correct answer(s):
    • payment of interest to a lender