Exam 14: Financial Statement Analysis Available Online in Connect

Abel Company provided the following information from its financial records: What is the company's earnings per share?

Lilly Corporation has working capital of $620,000, and Harmon Corporation has working capital of $840,000. Which of the following statements is not true?

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the quick ratio?

The return on investment measure is also referred to as:

Comparative income statements for Chicago Company are provided below: Required:Perform a horizontal analysis of Chicago Company's income statement by computing horizontal percentages for each item. Round your answer to one decimal place (i.e. 22.5%).

The following balance sheet information is provided for Santana Company for Year 2: What is the company's debt to equity ratio?

The Poole Company reported the following income for Year 2: What is the company's net margin?

The following balance sheet information is provided for Greene Company for Year 2: What is the company's quick (acid-test)ratio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Indicate whether each of the following statements about financial statement analysis is true or false.________ a)The reason behind a financial statement ratio or percentage analysis result is usually self-evident and does not require further study or analysis.________ b)In horizontal percentage analysis, an item from the financial statements is expressed as a percentage of the same item from a previous year's financial statements.________ c)Horizontal analysis for several years can be done by choosing one year as a base year and calculating increases or decreases in relation to that year.________ d)One form of horizontal analysis is the preparation of common size financial statements.________ e)Vertical analysis compares two or more financial statement items within the same time period.

Selected financial information for Martin Company for Year 2 follows: Required:How many times did Martin's merchandise inventory turnover during Year 2? Round your answer to one decimal place.

Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false.________ a)Some forms of financial statement analysis involve identifying changes in the same item for the same company over a period of time.________ b)Some forms of financial statement analysis involve comparing operations of different companies in the same industry.________ c)Vertical analysis is also called trend analysis.________ d)Vertical analysis refers to studying the behavior of individual financial statement items over several periods.________ e)Horizontal analysis could be done using changes in the absolute dollar amount of an item or trends in percentages.

The drawback of studying absolute amounts reported in financial statements is the problem of differing materiality levels.

The following income statement was prepared by Case Company for Year 2: Required:Perform vertical analysis for Case Company's Year 2 income statement.

The following information is from the financial records of Newton Company for Year 2: Required:Calculate the number of times interest is earned for Newton in Year 2. Round your answer to one decimal place.

Gamma Company and Chi Company are similar and similar-sized companies operating in the same industry. At the end of the most recent year, Gamma's price-earnings ratio was 22.0, and Chi's price-earnings ratio was 14.2. What conclusion would you draw based on the difference in price-earnings ratios for the two companies?

Which of the following statements regarding the quick ratio is not true?

The following balance sheet information is provided for Apex Company for Year 2: What is the company's working capital?

The current ratio is one of the most common measures of solvency.

For Perez Corporation, return on equity is substantially higher than return on investment. What does that tell you about the company?

Assume that you are considering purchasing some of a company's long-term bonds as an investment. Which of the company's financial statement ratios would you probably be most interested in?