ACC 344 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: United States Treasury Security, Money Market Fund, Deferral

Sherwood, Inc., the parent company of Tasty snack foods andSuper beverages, had the following current assets and currentliabilities at the end of two recent years:

a. Determine the (1) current ratio and (2)quick ratio for both years. Round to one decimal place.

b. The solvency of Sherwood has__increase ordecrease____ some over this time period. Both the current and quickratios have_increase or decrease_____ . Sherwood is a_strong orweak____ company with__ample or insufficient____ resources formeeting short-term obligations. Its solvency as measured by thecurrent and quick ratios has__improved or detoriated____ duringthis period.

EXERCISE 15-2 Financial Ratios for Assessing Liquidity (L015-2] Comparative financial statements for Weller Corporation, a merchandising company, for the fiscal year ending December 31 appear below. The company did not issue any new common stock dur ing the year. A total of 800,000 shares of common stock were outstanding. The interest rate on the bond payable was 12%, the income tax rate was 40%, and the dividend per share of common stock was $0.40. The market value of the company's common stock at the end of the year was $18. All of the company's sales are on account. Weller Corporation Comparative Balance Sheet (dollars in thousands) This Year Last Year Assets Current assets: Cash................... Accounts receivable, net ......... Inventory ..................... Prepaid expenses .............. Total current assets ............... Property and equipment: Land ............ Buildings and equipment, net ........ Total property and equipment. Total assets ........ $ 1,280 12,300 9,700 1,800 25,080 $ 1,560 9,100 8,200 2,100 20,960 6,000 19,200 25,200 $50,280 6,000 19,000 25,000 $45,960 .... $ 9,500 600 300 10,400 $ 8,300 700 300 9,300 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Current liabilities: Accounts payable.. Accrued liabilities .......... Notes payable, short term ........ Total current liabilities ......... Long-term liabilities: Bonds payable ............ Total liabilities .............................. Stockholders' equity: Common stock ... Additional paid-in capital ...... Total paid-in capital ............... Retained earnings ........ . Total stockholders' equity .. Total liabilities and stockholders' equity .......... 5,000 15,400 5,000 14,300 800 4,200 800 4,200 5,000 29,880 34,880 $50,280 5,000 26,660 31,660 $45,960 Weller Corporation Comparative Income Statement and Reconciliation (dollars in thousands) This Year Last Year Sales ...... $79,000 $74,000 Cost of goods sold .................... 52,000 48,000 Gross margin .......................... 27,000 26,000 Selling and administrative expenses: Selling expenses 8,500 8.000 Administrative expenses .... 12,000 11,000 Total selling and administrative expenses .... 20,500 19,000 rating income.................... 6,500 Interest expense ........................ 600 600 Net income before taxes ................. 5,900 6,400 Income taxes .......................... 2,360 2,560 Net income ............ .......... 3,540 3,840 Dividends to common stockholders ......... 320 Net income added to retained earings...... 3,220 3,240 Beginning retained earnings 26,660 23,420 Ending retained earnings ................. $29,880 $26,660 7,000 320 EXERCISE 15-5 Financial Ratios for Assessing Profitability [LO15-5] Refer to the data in Exercise 15-2 for Weller Corporation. Required: Compute the following financial data for this year: 1. Gross margin percentage. 2. Net profit margin percentage. 3. Return on total assets. 4. Return on equity.

Listed below are several terms and phrases associated with current liabilities. Mach each List A to B

List A

1, Cash, current investments, and A/R all divided by current liabilities.

2, Payment is probable and can be reasonably estimated.

3, Gift cards

4, Long-term debt maturing within one year

5, Social Security and Medicare

6, Interest expense is recorded in the period interest is incurred rather than in the period interest is paid.

7, payment is reasonably possible and can be reasonably estimated.

8, Incurred on a notes payable.

9, Unsecured notes sold in minimum denominations of $25,000 with up to 270 days.

10, Classifying liabilities as either current or long-term helps inverstors and creditors assets this.

List B

a, Recoding a contingentliability

b, disclosure of a contingent liability

c, Interest expense

d, FICA

e, Commercial paper

f, The riskiness of a business's obligations

g, Current portion of Long-term debt

h, Unearned revenue

i, Acid=test ratio

j, Accual Accounting