Ford Motor Company is the second largest automobile and truck manufacturer in the United States. In addition
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The following information is available for three recent years (in millions of dollars except per-share amounts):
1. Calculate the following ratios for each year:
a. Rate earned on total assets
b. Rate earned on stockholders equity
c. Earnings per share
d. Dividend yield
e. Price-earnings ratio
2. What is the ratio of average liabilities to average stockholders equity for 2001?
3. Why does Ford have so much leverage?
4. Explain the direction of the dividend yield and price-earnings ratio in light of Fords profitabilitytrend.
Dividend yield refers to a stock's annual dividend payments to shareholders, expressed as a percentage of the stock's current price. The dividend per share that a company pays divided by the share price. This is reported on the financial statements...
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ISBN: 978-0324188004
21st Edition
Authors: Carl s. warren, James m. reeve, Philip e. fess
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