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RCES KINGBIRD, INC. Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 2017 400,00

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Question

RCES KINGBIRD, INC. Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 2017 400,000 200,000 200,000 Study Expenses (including $10,000 interest and $20,000 income taxes)70,000 130,000 Sales revenue Cost of goods sold Gross proft Net income Additional information: 1. Common stock outstanding January 1, 2017, was 20,000 shares, and 35,000 shares were outstanding at December 31, 2017 2. The market price of Kingbird stock was $12 in 2017 3. Cash dividends of $19,000 were paid, $3,000 of which were to preferred stockholders Compute the following measures for 2017, (Round all answers to 2 decimal places, eg. 1.83 or 2.51%) (a) Earnings per share (b) Price-earnings ratio (e) Payout ratio (d) Times interest earned 3.63 3.3 times 12.51 % 16 times

Explanation / Answer

Computation of measures for 2017 (a) earnings per Share = Earnings available to Common stock / Number of common stocks   =($130,000-$3000)/35000 =$3.63 (b) Price earnings ratio = market price per Share /Earnings per share =$12/$3.63 =3.30 times © pay out ratio = Dividend paid to common stock holders /Earnings available to common stock holders   =$16000/$127000 =12.60% (d) Times interest earned = Earnings before Interest and taxes / interest expense =net profit + interest expesne+ tax taxes /Interest expenses =($130,000+$10,000+$20,000 ) /$10,000 =16 times