Muscarella Inc

Multiple Choice

Muscarella Inc.has the following balance sheet and income statement data:
Cash
$ 14,000
Accounts payable
$ 42,000
Receivables
70,000
Other current liabilities
28,000
Inventories
210,000
Total CL
$ 70,000
Total CA
$294,000
Long-term debt
70,000
Net fixed assets
126,000
Common equity
280,000
Total assets
$420,000
Total liab.and equity
$420,000
Sales
$280,000
Net income
$ 21,000
The new CFO thinks that inventories are excessive and could be lowered sufficiently to cause the current ratio to equal the industry average,2.70,without affecting either sales or net income.Assuming that inventories are sold off and not replaced to get the current ratio to the target level,and that the funds generated are used to buy back common stock at book value,by how much would the ROE change?

A) 4.28%
B) 4.50%
C) 4.73%
D) 4.96%
E) 5.21%