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Georgia Electric reported the following income statement and balance sheet for t

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Question

Georgia Electric reported the following income statement and balance sheet for the previous year:

$   100,000

1,000,000

     500,000

$1,600,000

$4,000,000

  4,400,000

  2,000,000

$6,000,000

$6,000,000

$3,000,000

  1,600,000

$1,400,000

     400,000

$1,000,000

     400,000

$   600,000

The company's interest cost is 10%, so the company's interest expense each year is 10% of its total debt.While the company's financial performance is quite strong, its CFO is always looking for ways to improve. The CFO has noticed that the company's inventory turnover ratio is considerably weaker than the industry average, which is 6.0. As an exercise, the CFO asks what would the company's ROE have been last year if the following had occurred:

Under this scenario, what would have been the company's ROE last year?

27.0%

29.5%

30.3%

31.5%

33.0%

Balance Sheet: Cash

$   100,000

Inventories

1,000,000

Accounts receivable

     500,000

Current assets

$1,600,000

Total debt

$4,000,000

Net fixed assets

  4,400,000

Total equity

  2,000,000

Total assets

$6,000,000

Total claims

$6,000,000

Income Statement: Sales

$3,000,000

Operating costs

  1,600,000

Operating income (EBIT)

$1,400,000

Interest

     400,000

Taxable income (EBT)

$1,000,000

Taxes (40%)

     400,000

Net income

$   600,000

Explanation / Answer

ROE =Net income /Sharehplders equity

        = 600,000 / 2,000,000

        = .30 or 30%

correct option is "C" - 30.3% [approx to 30% ]

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