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Assume the following data for Cable Corporation and Multi-Media Inc. a-1. Comput

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Question

Assume the following data for Cable Corporation and Multi-Media Inc.   
  


a-1. Compute return on stockholders’ equity for both firms. (Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
  


a-2. Which firm has the higher return?
  



b. Compute the following additional ratios for both firms. (Input your Net income/Sales, Net income/Total assets and Debt/Total asset answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Round your Sales/Total assets answers to 2 decimal places.)
  

Cable
Corporation Multi-Media Inc. Net income $ 32,400 $ 127,000 Sales 377,000 2,830,000 Total assets 408,000 925,000 Total debt 195,000 547,000 Stockholders' equity 213,000 378,000

Explanation / Answer

a-1.

Return on stockholder’s equity = Net income / Shareholder’s equity

Return on Stockholder's equity

Cable Corporation  

15.21%

Multi-Media Inc.

33.60%

a-2.

Multi-Media Inc. has higher returns than Cable corporation

b.

Cable Corporation

Net income/Sales

8.59%

Net income/Total assets

  

7.94%

Sales/Total assets

0.92 times

Debt/Total assets

47.79%

Multi-Media Inc

Net income/Sales

4.49%

Net income/Total assets

  

13.73%

Sales/Total assets

3.06 times

Debt/Total assets

59.14%

Return on Stockholder's equity

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