Markus Company’s common stock sold for $5.50 per share at the end of this year. The company paid a common stock dividend of $0.77 per share this year. It also provided the following data excerpts from this year’s financial statements:

	Ending Balance		Beginning Balance
Cash	$	54,500	$	47,200
Accounts receivable	$	100,000	$	71,200
Inventory	$	79,000	$	100,000
Current assets	$	233,500	$	218,400
Total assets	$	857,000	$	938,800
Current liabilities	$	91,500	$	100,500
Total liabilities	$	232,000	$	208,800
Common stock, $1 par value	$	171,000	$	171,000
Total stockholders’ equity	$	625,000	$	730,000
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	857,000	$	938,800

	This Year
Sales (all on account)	$	1,195,000
Cost of goods sold	$	693,100
Gross margin	$	501,900
Net operating income	$	338,250
Interest expense	$	16,500
Net income	$	225,225

4. What is the return on total assets (assuming a 30% tax rate)? (Round percentage answer to 1 decimal place. i.e., 0.123 should be considered as 12.3%)

5. What is the return on equity? (Round your answer to the nearest whole percentage place. i.e., 0.1234 should be considered as 12%.)

6. What is the book value per share at the end of this year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

7. What is the amount of working capital and the current ratio at the end of this year? (Round "Current ratio" to 2 decimal places.)

8. What is the acid-test ratio at the end of this year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

9. What is the accounts receivable turnover and the average collection period? (Use 365 days in a year. Round your intermediate and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

10. What is the inventory turnover and the average sale period? (Use 365 days in a year. Round your intermediate and final answers to 2 decimal places.

11. What is the company’s operating cycle? (Round your intermediate and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

12. What is the total asset turnover? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

13. What is the times interest earned ratio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal place.)

14. What is the debt-to-equity ratio at the end of this year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

15. What is the equity multiplier?

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Answer Solution 4 Return on total assets Net operating profit after taxAverage Total Assets 33825021... View the full answer