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3 The balance sheet in Table P2.4 summarizes the financial conditions for Flex I

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Question

3 The balance sheet in Table P2.4 summarizes the financial conditions for Flex Inc., an electronic outsourcing contractor, for fiscal-year 2009. Compute the various financial ratios and interpret the firm's financial health during fiscal-year 2009. Note that the balance sheet and the income statement entries in this problem are not complete. Only relevant entries are listed. Do not attempt to add individual entries to confirm either current assets or current liabilities. (a) Debt ratio (b) Times-interest-earned ratio (c) Current ratio (d) Quick (acid-test) ratio (e) Inventory turnover ratio (f) Day's sales outstanding (g) Total assets turnover (h) Profit margin on sales (i) Return on total assets () Return on common equity (k) Price-to-carnings ratio. Assume a stock price of USS100 per share. (1) Book value per share. Assume that 150,250,000 shares were outstanding.

Explanation / Answer

1 Debt Ratio                       0.31 2 Times interest Earned                     25.00 3 Current Ratio                       3.33 4 Quick Ratio                       2.54 5 Inventory Turnover                       7.50 6 Days in Inventory                     48.67 7 Total Asset turnover                       1.45 8 Profit Margin on sales                       0.10 9 Return on total sales                       0.10 10 Return on common equity                       0.51 11 Price-to-earning ratio                     83.33 12 Book value per share                       0.01 1 Total Debt /Total assets (1400000/4500000)                       0.31 2 Operating Profit before interest / Interest(1250000/50000)                           25 3 4000000/1200000                       3.33 4 4000000 -950000 /1200000                       2.54 5 Cost of Goods Sold / Avg Inventory(6000000/(950000+650000/2)                       7.50 6 365 / inventory Turn over                     48.67 7 Cost of goods sold / Average Total Assets(6000000/(4500000+3800000/2)                       1.45 8 Net Income / Sales            960000/10000000                       0.10 9 Net Income / Sales            960000/10000000                       0.10 10 Net Income / Common stock            960000/1900000                       0.51 11 MPS / EPS                     83.33 12 Asset -liability / no of shares      (4500000-1200000-1400000)/150250000                       0.01