Refer to Simon Company's financial information in Exercises 13-6 and 13-8. Additional information about the company follows. To help evaluate the company's profitability, compute and interpret the following ratios for 2015 and 2014:
(1) Return on common stockholders' equity-percent rounded to one decimal,
(2) Price-earnings ratio on December 31-rounded to one decimal, and
(3) Dividend yield-percent rounded to one decimal.
Common stock market price, December 31, 2015 . . . . . . . . . $30.00
Common stock market price, December 31, 2014 . . . . . . . . . . 28.00
Annual cash dividends per share in 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.29
Annual cash dividends per share in 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.24
In Exercises 13-6

In Exercises 13-8

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At December 31 2015 2014 2013 Assets $ 31,800 35,625 $ 37,800 62,500 50,200 82,500 54,000 5,000 278,500 255,000 230.500 $523,000 $445,000 $377,500 Accounts recelvable, net Merchandise Inventory Prepald expenses Plant assets, net Total assets 89,500 1 12,500 10,700 9,375 Liabilities and Equity Accounts payable Long-term notes payable secured by $129,900 75,250 51,250 mortgages on plant assets Common stock, $10 par value Retalned earnings Total llablitles and equity 83,500 63,500 163,500 63,500 79,250 $523,000 $445,000 $377,500 98,500 101,500 131,100 104,750 For Year Ended December 3 2015 2014 Sales Cost of goods sold Other operating expenses Interest expense Income taxes Total costs and expenses Net income Earnings per share $673,500 $532,000 $411,225 209,550 12,100 9,525 $345,500 134,980 13,300 8,845 642,400 31,100 $1.90 502,625 $_3 $29.375 $ 180