Exam 2: Reviewing Financial Statements

Statement of Retained Earnings Use the following information to find dividends paid to common stockholders during 2008.

A firm has operating income of $1,000, depreciation expense of $185 and its investment in operating capital is $400. The firm is 100% equity financed and has a 35% tax rate. What is the firm's operating cash flow?

Market Value versus Book Value Rupert's Rims balance sheet lists net fixed assets as $15 million. The fixed assets could currently be sold for $17 million. Rupert's current balance sheet shows current liabilities of $5 million and net working capital of $3 million. If all the current accounts were liquidated today, the company would receive $6 million cash after paying $5 million in liabilities. What is the book value of Rupert's assets today? What is the market value of these assets?

Which of the following statements is correct?

LLV Inc. originally forecasted the following financial data for next year: Sales = $1,000, Cost of goods sold = $710 and Interest expense = $95. The firm believes that COGS will always be 71% of sales. Due to pressure from shareholders, the firm wants to achieve a net income of $150. Assuming the interest expense will remain the same, how large must sales be to achieve this goal? Assume a 35% tax rate.

Ed's Tobacco Shop has total assets of $100 million. Fifty percent of these assets are financed with debt of which $37 million is current liabilities. The firm has no preferred stock but the balance in common stock and paid-in surplus is $32 million. Using this information what is the balance for long-term debt and retained earnings on Ed's Tobacco Shop's balance sheet?

Free Cash Flow You are considering an investment in Cruise, Inc. and want to evaluate the firm's free cash flow. From the income statement, you see that Cruise earned an EBIT of $202 million, paid taxes of $51 million, and its depreciation expense was $75 million. Cruise's gross fixed assets increased by $70 million from 2007 to 2008. The firm's current assets decreased by $10 million and spontaneous current liabilities increased by $6 million. What is Cruise's operating cash flow, investment in operating capital, and free cash flow for 2008, respectively, in millions?

Corporate Taxes Suppose that in addition to the $5.5 million of taxable income from operations, Emily's Flowers, Inc. received $500,000 of interest on state-issued bonds and $300,000 of dividends on common stock it owns in Amy's Iris Bulbs, Inc. Using the tax schedule in Table 2.3 what is Emily's Flowers' income tax liability? What are Emily's Flowers' average and marginal tax rates on total taxable income?

LG 5 2-21 Statement of Cash Flows Use the balance sheet and income statement below to construct a statement of cash flows for Betty's Bakery Corp.

Statement of Retained Earnings Jamaican Ice Cream Corp. started the year with a balance of retained earnings of $100 million. The company reported net income for the year of $45 million, paid dividends of $2 million to the preferred stock holders and $15 million to common stock holders. What is Jamaican Ice Cream's end of year balance in retained earnings?

Statement of Cash Flows Full Moon Productions Inc. has net cash flow from financing activities for the last year of $105 million. The company paid $15 million in dividends last year. During the year, the change in notes payable on the balance sheet was an increase of $40 million, and change in common and preferred stock was an increase of $50 million. The end of year balance for long-term debt was $50 million. What was their beginning of year balance for long-term debt?

Reed's Birdie Shot, Inc.'s 2010 income statement lists the following income and expenses: EBIT = $555,000, Interest expense = $178,000, and Taxes = $148,000. Reed's has no preferred stock outstanding and 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Calculate the 2010 earnings per share.

All of the following are cash flows from financing except a(n) _________.

Reed's Birdie Shot, Inc.'s 2011 income statement lists the following income and expenses: EBIT = $550,000, Interest expense = $43,000, and Net income = $300,000. Calculate the 2011 Taxes reported on the income statement.

Corporate Taxes Swimmy, Inc. had $400,000 in 2010 taxable income. Using the tax schedule from Table 2-3, what is the company's 2010 income taxes, average tax rate, and marginal tax rate, respectively?

Which of the following activities result in an increase in a firm's cash?

What are free cash flows for a firm? What does it mean when a firm's free cash flow is negative?

Income Statement You have been given the following information for Sherry's Sandwich Corp.: net sales = $300,000; Gross profit = $100,000; Addition to retained earnings = $30,000; Dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders = $8,500; Depreciation expense = $25,000. The firm's tax rate is 30 percent. What are the cost of goods sold and the interest expense for Sherry's Sandwich Corp.?

Income Statement You have been given the following information for Halle's Holiday Store Corp. for the year 2008: net sales = $50,000,000; Cost of goods sold = $35,000,000; Addition to retained earnings = $2,000,000; Dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders = $3,000,000; Interest expense = $3,000,000. The firm's tax rate is 30 percent. In 2009, net sales are expected to increase by $5 million, Cost of goods sold is expected to be 65 percent of net sales, Expensed depreciation is expected to be the same as in 2008, Interest expense is expected to be $2,500,000, The tax rate is expected to be 30 percent of EBT, and Dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders will not change. What is the addition to retained earnings expected in 2009?

Free Cash Flow The 2010 income statement for Paige's Purses shows that depreciation expense is $10 million, EBIT is $25 million, EBT is $15 million, and the tax rate is 30 percent. At the beginning of the year, the balance of gross fixed assets was $80 million and net operating working capital was $30 million. At the end of the year gross fixed assets was $100 million. Paige's free cash flow for the year was $20 million. What is their end of year balance for net operating working capital?