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Profitability ratios help in the analysis of the combined impact of liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, and debt management ratios on the operating performance of a firm. Your boss has asked you to calculate the profitability ratios of Randall and Arts Inc. and make comments on its second-year performance as compared with its first-year performance. The following shows Randall and Arts Inc.'s income statement for the last two years. The company had assets of $10 , 575 million in the first year and $16 , 916 million in the second year. Common equity was equal to $5 , 625 million in the first year, and the company distributed 100% of its earnings out as dividends during the first and the second years. In addition, the firm did not issue new stock during either year. Randall and Arts Inc. Income Statement For the Year Ending on December 31 (Millions of dollars) Calculate the profitability ratios of Randall and Arts Inc. in the following table. Convert all calculations to a percentage rounded to two decimal places. Decision makers and analysts look deeply into profitability ratios to identify trends in a company's profitability. Profitability ratios give insights into both the survivability of a company and the benefits that shareholders receive. Identify which of the following statements are true about profitability ratios. Check all that apply. A higher operating margin than the industry average indicates either lower operating costs, higher product pricing, or both. If a company's operating margin increases but its profit margin decreases, it could mean that the company paid more in interest or taxes. An increase in the return on assets ratio implies an increase in the assets a firm owns. If a company issues new common shares but its net income does not increase, return on common equity will increase.
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1. Please answer all questions. Will upvote!
Profitability ratios help in the analysis of the combined impact of liquidity ratios, asset
management ratios, and debt management ratios on the operating performance of a firm. Your
boss has asked you to calculate the profitability ratios of Randall and Arts Inc. and make
comments on its second-year performance as compared with its first-year performance. The
following shows Randall and Arts Inc.'s income statement for the last two years. The company
had assets of $10 , 575 million in the first year and $16 , 916 million in the second year.
Common equity was equal to $5 , 625 million in the first year, and the company distributed
100% of its earnings out as dividends during the first and the second years. In addition, the firm
did not issue new stock during either year. Randall and Arts Inc. Income Statement For the Year
Ending on December 31 (Millions of dollars) Calculate the profitability ratios of Randall and
Arts Inc. in the following table. Convert all calculations to a percentage rounded to two decimal
places. Decision makers and analysts look deeply into profitability ratios to identify trends in a
company's profitability. Profitability ratios give insights into both the survivability of a company
and the benefits that shareholders receive. Identify which of the following statements are true
about profitability ratios. Check all that apply. A higher operating margin than the industry
average indicates either lower operating costs, higher product pricing, or both. If a company's
operating margin increases but its profit margin decreases, it could mean that the company paid
more in interest or taxes. An increase in the return on assets ratio implies an increase in the assets
a firm owns. If a company issues new common shares but its net income does not increase,
return on common equity will increase.
