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Question: In response to complaints about high prices,

In response to complaints about high prices, a grocery chain runs the following advertising campaign: “If you pay your child $1.50 to go buy $50 worth of groceries, then your child makes twice as much on the trip as we do.” You’ve collected the following information from the grocery chain’s financial statements:

($ in millions)
Sales …………………………………………………………………………………………………… $680
Net income …………………………………………………………………………………………… 10.2
Total assets …………………………………………………………………………………………… 380
Total debt ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 270

Evaluate the grocery chain’s claim. What is the basis for the statement? Is this claim misleading? Why or why not?


























































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> Automobiles are often leased, and several terms are unique to auto leases. Suppose you are considering leasing a car. The price you and the dealer agree on for the car is $41,900. This is the base capitalized cost. Other costs added to the capitalized co

> Griffin’s Goat Farm, Inc., has sales of $796,000, costs of $327,000, depreciation expense of $42,000, interest expense of $34,000, and a tax rate of 21 percent. What is the net income for this firm?

> Consider the following abbreviated financial statements for Parrothead Enterprises:a. What is owners’ equity for 2017 and 2018?b. What is the change in net working capital for 2018?c. In 2018, Parrothead Enterprises purchased $2,496 in

> Cardinal Industries had the following operating results for 2018: Sales = $33,106; Cost of goods sold = $23,624; Depreciation expense = $5,877; Interest expense = $2,650; Dividends paid = $1,888. At the beginning of the year, net fixed assets were $19,82

> The most recent financial statements for Cardinal, Inc., are shown here:

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> During 2018, Raines Umbrella Corp. had sales of $705,000. Cost of goods sold, administrative and selling expenses, and depreciation expenses were $445,000, $95,000, and $140,000, respectively. In addition, the company had an interest expense of $70,000 a

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> Square Hammer Corp. shows the following information on its 2018 income statement: Sales = $305,000; Costs = $176,000; Other expenses = $8,900; Depreciation expense = $18,700; Interest expense = $12,900; Taxes = $23,345; Dividends = $19,500. In addition,

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> In the chapter, we discussed the two versions of the sustainable growth rate formula. Derive the formula ROE × b from the formula given in the chapter, where ROE is based on beginning of period equity. Also, derive the formula ROA × b from the internal g

> Based on the result in Problem 30, show that the internal and sustainable growth rates are as given in the chapter. Hint: For the internal growth rate, set EFN equal to zero and solve for g. Data from Problem 30: Define the following: Assu

> What is Tobin’s Q for Smolira Golf? What assumptions are you making about the book value of debt and the market value of debt? What about the book value of assets and the market value of assets? Are these assumptions realistic? Why or w

> The most recent financial statements for Kerch, Inc., are shown here (assuming no income taxes):

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