Lennox Internationals 2017 Form 10-K reported the following items: 2017 sales were $3,839.6 million. 2017
Question:
Lennox International’s 2017 Form 10-K reported the following items:
• 2017 sales were $3,839.6 million.
• 2017 net income was $305.7 million.
• 2017 interest expense was $30.6 million. (Assume the marginal tax rate related to interest expense was 40%.)
• Total assets were $1,760.3 million at December 31, 2016, and $1,891.5 million at December 31, 2017.
• Current assets were $1,005.9 million at December 31, 2016, and $1,137.3 million at December 31, 2017.
• In 2017, income tax expense was $31.8 million higher due to the one-time effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Required:
1. Calculate ROA and current and long-term turnover ratios for 2017.
2. Calculate ROA and current and long-term turnover ratios for 2017, adjusted to eliminate the one-time effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on net income.
3. Which of the above approaches provides a better comparison to the results from the previous years and why?
Step by Step Answer:
Financial Reporting And Analysis
ISBN: 9781260247848
8th Edition
Authors: Lawrence Revsine, Daniel Collins, Bruce Johnson, Fred Mittelstaedt, Leonard Soffer