Jakarta Corporation decided to issue common stock and used the $120,000 proceeds to retire all of its outstanding bonds on January 1, 2021. The following information is available for the company for 2020 and 2021.   2021 2020 Net income $120,000 $100,000 Average stockholders' equity 1,000,000 800,000 Total assets 1,200,000 1,200,000 Current liabilities 100,000 100,000 Total liabilities 360,000 480,000 Instructions (1) Compute the return on common stockholders' equity for both years. (2) Explain how it is possible that net income increased, but the return on common stockholders' equity decreased. (3) Compute the debt to assets ratio for both years, and comment on the implications of this change in the company's solvency.

Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
3rd Edition
ISBN:9781337788281
Author:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Chapter16: Retained Earnings And Earnings Per Share
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 18E: Monona Company reported net income of 29,975 for 2019. During all of 2019, Monona had 1,000 shares...
icon
Related questions
Question

Jakarta Corporation decided to issue common stock and used the $120,000 proceeds to retire all of its outstanding bonds on January 1, 2021. The following information is available for the company for 2020 and 2021.

  2021 2020
Net income $120,000 $100,000
Average stockholders' equity 1,000,000 800,000
Total assets 1,200,000 1,200,000
Current liabilities 100,000 100,000
Total liabilities 360,000 480,000

Instructions
(1) Compute the return on common stockholders' equity for both years.
(2) Explain how it is possible that net income increased, but the return on common stockholders' equity decreased.
(3) Compute the debt to assets ratio for both years, and comment on the implications of this change in the company's solvency.

Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Depletions and Amortizations
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337788281
Author:
James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher:
Cengage Learning