Financial Ratios

Answer each of the following independent questions:

a. The return on equity for the Hammond Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1999, is 9%. The owners’ equity balances on December 31, 1998 and 1999 were $180,000 and $200,000, respectively. What is the net income for 1999?

b. The Beachfront Resort Company had the following income statement information:

Sales revenue

$500,000

Gross profit percentage

30%

Net income percentage

5%

What is the cost of goods sold? What is the total operating and other expenses?

c. The return on assets for the Wicker Chair Company is 12%. The average total assets is $230,000 and net income is $20,100. What is interest expense, net of tax? What is gross interest expense if the income tax rate is 25%?