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Chapter 1, Problem 1.1CTDC
Let’s examine a case using Greg’s Tunes and Sal’s Silly Songs. It is now the end of the first year of operations, and the stockholders want to know how well each business came out at the end of the year. Neither business kept complete accounting records, and no dividends were paid. The businesses throw together the following data at year-end:
| Sal’s Silly Songs: | |
| Total assets | $23.000 |
| Common Stock | 8,000 |
| Total revenues | 35,000 |
| Total expenses | 22,000 |
| Greg’s Tunes: | |
| Totalliabilit1es | $ 10,000 |
| Common Stock | 6,000 |
| Total expenses | 44,000 |
| Net income | 9,000 |
To gain information for evaluating the businesses, the stockholders ask you several questions. For each answer, you must show your work to convince the stockholders that you know what you are talking about.
Requirements
- 1. Which business has more assets?
- 2. Which business owes more to creditors?
- 3. Which business has more stockholders’ equity at the end of the year?
- 4. Which business brought in more revenue?
- 5. Which business is more profitable?
- 6. Which of the foregoing questions do you think is most important for evaluating these two businesses? Why?
- 7. Which business looks better from a financial standpoint?
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Please help me solve numbers 1,2,3 and 4 on the screen shot. And below are the financial statements. Thank you
Comparative financial statements for Weller Corporation, a merchandising company, for the year ending December 31 appear below. The company did not issue any new common stock during the year. A total of 960,000 shares of common stock were outstanding. The interest rate on the bonds, which were sold at their face value, was 12%. The income tax rate was 40% and the dividend per share of common stock was $0.40 this year. The market value of the company’s common stock at the end of the year was $26. All of the company’s sales are on account.
Weller CorporationComparative Balance Sheet(dollars in thousands)
This Year
Last Year
Assets
Current assets:
Cash
$
2,036
$
3,020
Accounts receivable, net
16,000
9,050
Inventory
10,500
8,840
Prepaid expenses
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2,420…
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