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Comparative financial statement data for Bedene Corporation and Groneman Corpora

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Question

Comparative financial statement data for Bedene Corporation and Groneman Corporation, two competitors, appear below. All balance sheet data are as of December 31, 2010.

Bedene Corporation Groneman Corporation
2010 2010
Net sales $1,900,000 $620,000
Cost of goods sold 1,175,000 340,000
Operating expenses 303,000 98,000
Interest expense 9,000 3,800
Income tax expense 85,000 36,000
Current assets 407,200 190,336
Plant assets (net) 532,000 139,728
Current liabilities 66,325 40,348
Long-term liabilities 108,500 29,620
Cash from operating activities 138,000 36,000
Capital expenditures 90,000 20,000
Dividends paid 36,000 15,000
Average number of shares outstanding 100,000 50,000

(a) Determine the relative profitability of the companies by computing the net income and earnings per share for each company for 2010. (Round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 17.54.)


Bedene Corporation Groneman Corporation
Net Income
Earnings per Share

Who is more profitable?

bedene

(b) Determine the relative liquidity of the companies by computing working capital and the current ratios for each company for 2010. (Round current ratios to 1 decimal place, e.g. 2.5.)


Bedene Corporation Groneman Corporation
Working Capital $ 340875 $149988
Current Ratios 6.14 : 1 4.72 : 1

Who is more liquid?

Bedene

(c) Determine the relative solvency of the companies by computing the debt to total assets ratio and the free cash flow for each company for 2010. (Round debt to total assets ratio to 1 decimal place, e.g. 15.5.)


Bedene Corporation Groneman Corporation
Debt to total assets ratio % %
Free cash flow $ $

Who is more solvent?

Bedene

Explanation / Answer

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Duran corporation

        Keepers     Corporation

Net sales

$1,900,000

$620,000

Less: cost of goods sold

1,175,000

340,000

Gross margin

725,000

280,000

Less: Operating expenses

303,000

98,000

Net operating income

422,000

182,000

Less: Interest expenses

9,000

3,800

Less: income tax expenses

85,000

36,000

Net income

328,000

142,200

Net income % of sales

17.26%

22.93%

Earning per share

Net income/Average number of shares

Net income

328,000

142,200

Average number of shares outstanding

100,000

50,000

Earning per share

3.28

2.84

Net Income if compared as % to sales Kiepert Company’s performance of 22.93% is better than Bedene Company performance of 17.26%. However Earnings per share of Bedene company is 3.28 which is more than Kiepert company’s of 2.84 .

                        Bedene is more profitable.

(b)

Current assets

407,200

190,336

Current liabilities

66,325

40,348

Working capital

Current assets-current liabilities

$340,875

$149,988

Current ratio

Current assets/Current liabilities

6.13:1

4.71:1

Benede Company is more liquidit as their current ratio is 6.13:1, which is more than Kiepert Company’s current ratio of 5.64:1

(c)

Debt to total assets

Total debt

174,825

69,968

Total assets

942,200

330,064

Debt to total assets

Total debt/Total assets

0.19:1

0.21:1

Free cash flow:

Cash from operating activities

138,000

36,000

Less: capital expenditure

90,000

20,000

Less: dividends

36,000

15,000

Free cash flow:

12,000

1,000

Relative solvency of Benede Company is better than Kiepert Company. The debt to total assets ratio is0.19.1only, which indicates that the company has more of its own funds.

Further, Free cash flow is also better in case of Benede company, which is almost 9% of cash from operating activities, than Kiepert company, which gas only      2.77 %. Hence the Benede Company’s free cash flow is 3 times more.                   

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Duran corporation

        Keepers     Corporation

Net sales

$1,900,000

$620,000

Less: cost of goods sold

1,175,000

340,000

Gross margin

725,000

280,000

Less: Operating expenses

303,000

98,000

Net operating income

422,000

182,000

Less: Interest expenses

9,000

3,800

Less: income tax expenses

85,000

36,000

Net income

328,000

142,200

Net income % of sales

17.26%

22.93%

Earning per share

Net income/Average number of shares

Net income

328,000

142,200

Average number of shares outstanding

100,000

50,000

Earning per share

3.28

2.84

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