Question: Complete the empty frames in the following table and show your work (identify calculations by letter) Sapling Preston EBIT (Earnings before interest and taxes) 300,000

Complete the empty frames in the following table and show your work  (identify calculations by letter)


Sapling

Preston

EBIT (Earnings before interest and taxes)

300,000

190,000

Interest expense

A

15,000

Net income

200,000

J

Dividend payout ratio

35%

K

Retention ratio

B

60%

Dividends declared during the year

C

40,000

Sales

3,000,000

L

Average assets during the year

D

1,500,000

Average debt during the year

700,000

M

Average shareholders' equity during the year

1,800,000

N

Asset turnover ratio

E

1.3333

Debt ratio 

F

0.3333=1/3

Return on sales

G

0.095

Return on assets

0.12

O

Return on equity

H

0.10

Market price per share, beginning of year

20

P

Market price per share, end of year

15

20

Total shareholder return

I

0.1556

Number of shares outstanding

150,000

50,000

Times interest earned

30

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