Reference no: EM132348748

The annual sales for? Salco, Inc. were $4.57 million last year.

The? firm's end-of-year balance sheet was as? follows: Current assets $509,000 Liabilities $1,003,500

Next fixed assets $1,498,000 Owner's Equity $1,003,500

Total Assets $2,007,000 Total $2,007,000

Salco's income statement for the year was as? follows:

Sales $4,570,000

Less: Cost of goods sold (3,503,000)

Gross profit $1,067,000

Less: Operating expenses (506,000)

Net operating income $561,000

Less: Interest expense (91,000)

Earnings before taxes $470,000

Less: Taxes (35%) (164,500)

Net income $305,500

a. Calculate? Salco's total asset? turnover, operating profit? margin, and operating return on assets.

b. Salco plans to renovate one of its plants and the renovation will require an added investment in plant and equipment of $1.09 million. The firm will maintain its present debt ratio of 50 percent when financing the new investment and expects sales to remain constant. The operating profit margin will rise to 13.5 percent. What will be the new operating return on assets ratio? (i.e., net operating incomedivided by÷total ?assets) for Salco after the? plant's renovation?

c. Given that the plant renovation in part ?(b?) occurs and? Salco's interest expense rises by $45,000 per? year, what will be the return earned on the common? stockholders' investment? Compare this rate of return with that earned before the renovation. Based on this?comparison, did the renovation have a favorable effect on the profitability of the? firm?

a. Calculate? Salco's total asset? turnover, operating profit? margin, and operating return on assets.

The? company's total asset turnover is 2.28 times. ?(Round to two decimal? places.)

The? company's operating profit margin is

12.3?%. ?(Round to one decimal? place.)

The? company's operating return on assets is

28?%. ?(Round to one decimal? place.)

b. Salco plans to renovate one of its plants and the renovation will require an added investment in plant and equipment of $1.09 million. The firm will maintain its present debt ratio of 50 percent when financing the new investment and expects sales to remain constant. The operating profit margin will rise to 13.5 percent. What will be the new operating return on assets ratio? (i.e., net operating incomedivided by÷total ?assets) for Salco after the? plant's renovation?

The? company's new operating return on assets is 20?%. ?(Round to one decimal? place.)

c . Given that the plant renovation in part ?(b?) occurs and? Salco's interest expense rises by $45,000 per? year, what will be the return earned on the common? stockholders' investment?

The new return on? owners' equity is ?%. ?(Round to one decimal? place.)