Ginofan
10-07-2009, 05:05 PM
I've got some accounting homework and I'm having issues with figuring out Return on Common Stockholders Equity.
The ratio given in my book is Return on Common Stockholder Equity = Net Income - Preferred Dividends divided by Average Common Stockholder Equity.
Problem 17-4A: Calculation of financial statement ratios L.O. P3
Selected year-end financial statements of Cadet Corporation follow. (All sales are on credit; selected balance sheet amounts at December 31, 2008, were inventory, $47,900; total assets, $199,400; common stock, $80,000; and retained earnings, $53,348.)
CADET CORPORATION
Income Statement
For Year Ended December 31, 2009
Sales: $456,600
Cost of goods sold: $297,650
Gross profit: $158,950
Operating expenses: $99,600
Interest expense: $4,800
Income before taxes: $54,550
Income taxes: $21,975
Net income: $32,575
CADET CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2009
Assets
Cash: $20,000
Short-term investments: $8,000
Accounts receivable, net: $34,000
Notes receivable (trade)*: $7,000
Merchandise inventory: $36,150
Prepaid expenses: $2,800
Plant assets, net: $147,300
Total assets: $255,250
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable: $20,500
Accrued wages payable: $2,800
Income taxes payable: $3,800
Long-term note payable, secured
by mortgage on plant assets:$71,400
Common stock: $80,000
Retained earnings: $76,750
Total liabilities and equity: $255,250
* These are short-term notes receivable arising from customer (trade) sales.
So given all of that what I did was:
$32,575 - $0 divided by $80,000 = 40.7%
But when I input that answer into the online homework manager it says it's incorrect.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
The ratio given in my book is Return on Common Stockholder Equity = Net Income - Preferred Dividends divided by Average Common Stockholder Equity.
Problem 17-4A: Calculation of financial statement ratios L.O. P3
Selected year-end financial statements of Cadet Corporation follow. (All sales are on credit; selected balance sheet amounts at December 31, 2008, were inventory, $47,900; total assets, $199,400; common stock, $80,000; and retained earnings, $53,348.)
CADET CORPORATION
Income Statement
For Year Ended December 31, 2009
Sales: $456,600
Cost of goods sold: $297,650
Gross profit: $158,950
Operating expenses: $99,600
Interest expense: $4,800
Income before taxes: $54,550
Income taxes: $21,975
Net income: $32,575
CADET CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2009
Assets
Cash: $20,000
Short-term investments: $8,000
Accounts receivable, net: $34,000
Notes receivable (trade)*: $7,000
Merchandise inventory: $36,150
Prepaid expenses: $2,800
Plant assets, net: $147,300
Total assets: $255,250
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable: $20,500
Accrued wages payable: $2,800
Income taxes payable: $3,800
Long-term note payable, secured
by mortgage on plant assets:$71,400
Common stock: $80,000
Retained earnings: $76,750
Total liabilities and equity: $255,250
* These are short-term notes receivable arising from customer (trade) sales.
So given all of that what I did was:
$32,575 - $0 divided by $80,000 = 40.7%
But when I input that answer into the online homework manager it says it's incorrect.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?