21PGA

Question

Consider the following condensed financial statements of Forever Free, Inc. The company’s target rate of return is 40%.

Forever Free, Inc

Income Statement

For the year ended December 31, 2018

 

 

Net Sales revenue

\( 3,500,000

Cost of Goods Sold

      2,200,000

Gross Profit

      1,300,000

Operating Expenses

         950,000

Operating Income

         350,000

Other income and (expenses)

 

Interest Expense

         (27,000)

Income before income tax expense

         323,000

Income tax expense

         113,050

Net Income

\)       209,950

 

Forever Free, Inc

Income Statement

For the year ended December 31, 2018

 

2018

2017

Assets

Cash

\(      64,000

\)      52,000

Accounts Receivable

        49,200

        17,800

Supplies

          1,000

          400

Property, Plant, and Equipment, net

      331,800

      229,800

Patents, net

      135,000

      119,000

Total Assets

\( 581,000

\) 419,000

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Accounts Payable

\(      17,000

\)      19,000

Short-term Notes Payable

      136,000

        42,000

Long-term Notes Payable

      184,000

      114,500

Common Stock, no Par

      232,000

      242,000

Retained Earnings

        12,000

          1,500

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

\( 581,000

\) 419,000

 

Requirements

1. Calculate the company’s ROI. Round all of your answers to four decimal places.

2. Calculate the company’s profit margin ratio. Interpret your results.

3. Calculate the company’s asset turnover ratio. Interpret your results.

4. Use the expanded ROI formula to confirm your results from Requirement 1. Interpret your results.

5. Calculate the company’s RI. Interpret your results.

Step-by-Step Solution

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Answer

1. 70%

2. 10%

3. 7 times

4. 70%

5. $150,000

1Computation of ROI

Avregae Total Assets(2018)=Total Assets in 2018+Total Assets in 20172=$581,000+$419,0002=$1,000,0002=$500,000

ROI in 2018=Operating Income(2018)Average Total Assets(2018)=$350,000$500,000=0.7or70%

2Computation of profit margin ratio

Profit Margin Ratio(2018)=Operating IncomeNet Sales Revenue=$350,000$3,500,000=0.10 or 10%

Interpretation:- 

The profit margin ratio is an indicator of income generation against every single amount of sales. The computed profit margin of 10% shows that the company is able to generate $0.1 of operating income from $1 of sales.


3Computation of Asset Turnover Ratio

Asset Turnover Ratio(2018)=Net Sales revenue(2018)Average Total Assets(2018)=$3,500,000$500,000=7times

Interpretation:-

The asset turnover ratio is the benchmark of the efficiency of the company’s assets in generating sales. In the given case, 7 times of asset turnover ratio indicates the company is able to generate $7 of sales for every $1 of average asset value.

4Interpretation of ROI using expanded formula

The expanded ROI formula uses the profit margin ratio and asset turnover ratio to compute the ROI. Thus ROI is evaluated against the profit margin earned and sales generation capacity from average assets.

 

In the given case,

Return on Investment=Profit Margin Ratio×Asset Turnover Ratio=10%×7=0.7or70%

Interpretation:- 

From the above results, it can be seen that profit generation capacity is only 10% but the company has been able to generate 7 times of sales from the average asset value. Because of this, the return of assets of the company turns out to be 70% indicating the company is able to utilize its assets efficiently to generate $0.7 of income from $1 of average asset value.

5Computation of residual income

Residual Income=Operating income-(Target rate of retrun×Average total assets)=$350,000-(40%×$500,000)=$350,000-$200,000=$150,000

Interpretation:-

The residual income is the measure of profitability that shows how efficiently the company has earned actual operating income against the minimum acceptable operating income.

In the given case, the residual income is positive and $150,000 in figures which indicates that the company has been able to earn around 50% more than the minimum acceptable criteria. 

Furthermore, the ROI of the company is 70% which confirms the difference between the required rate of return and residual income.