Selected current year-end financial statements of Cabot Corporation follow. (All sales were on credit; selected balance sheet amounts at December 31 of the prior year were inventory, $48,900; total assets, $189,400; common stock, $90,000; and retained earnings, $33,748.)   CABOT CORPORATION Income Statement For Current Year Ended December 31 Sales $ 448,600   Cost of goods sold   297,250   Gross profit   151,350   Operating expenses   98,600   Interest expense   4,100   Income before taxes   48,650   Income tax expense   19,598   Net income $ 29,052         CABOT CORPORATION Balance Sheet December 31 Assets       Liabilities and Equity       Cash $ 10,000   Accounts payable $ 17,500   Short-term investments   8,400   Accrued wages payable   3,200   Accounts receivable, net   33,700   Income taxes payable   3,300   Merchandise inventory   32,150   Long-term note payable, secured by mortgage on plant assets   63,400   Prepaid expenses   2,650   Common stock   90,000   Plant assets, net   153,300   Retained earnings   62,800   Total assets $ 240,200   Total liabilities and equity $ 240,200       Required: Compute the following: (1) current ratio, (2) acid-test ratio, (3) days' sales uncollected

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Selected current year-end financial statements of Cabot Corporation follow. (All sales were on credit; selected balance sheet amounts at December 31 of the prior year were inventory, $48,900; total assets, $189,400; common stock, $90,000; and retained earnings, $33,748.)
 

CABOT CORPORATION
Income Statement
For Current Year Ended December 31
Sales $ 448,600  
Cost of goods sold   297,250  
Gross profit   151,350  
Operating expenses   98,600  
Interest expense   4,100  
Income before taxes   48,650  
Income tax expense   19,598  
Net income $ 29,052  
 

   

CABOT CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
December 31
Assets       Liabilities and Equity      
Cash $ 10,000   Accounts payable $ 17,500  
Short-term investments   8,400   Accrued wages payable   3,200  
Accounts receivable, net   33,700   Income taxes payable   3,300  
Merchandise inventory   32,150   Long-term note payable, secured
by mortgage on plant assets
  63,400  
Prepaid expenses   2,650   Common stock   90,000  
Plant assets, net   153,300   Retained earnings   62,800  
Total assets $ 240,200   Total liabilities and equity $ 240,200  
 

 
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Compute the following: (1) current ratio, (2) acid-test ratio, (3) days' sales uncollected, (4) inventory turnover, (5) days' sales in inventory, (6) debt-to-equity ratio, (7) times interest earned, (8) profit margin ratio, (9) total asset turnover, (10) return on total assets, and (11) return on common stockholders' equity. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

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