Southwest State Bank’s lower Expense Ratio is a result of lower interest expense and non-interest expense. The first factor on better controlling expense is interest expense. The total interest expense of Southwest State Bank is 0.24% lower versus peers, which include the interest on CD’s over $100M (0.83% less), Total deposits (1.14% less) and so on. But the most important parts are the source of funds from Money market deposit accounts and Time deposits under $100M. Money market deposit accounts which need to pay only a little interest to our depositors are 20.40% higher than peers, but Time deposits which need pay a lot interest are 14.84% lower than our peers.
I would make an investment in the company’s 5% convertible bonds. Sepracor’s ROA and ROE is above the average and showing that it is profitable; however, the company’s debt to asset ratio is above 1, which means that most of its assets are financed through debt instead of equity. Sepracor would be in trouble if its creditors were to start demanding repayment. C.) To make valid comparisons between Sepracor and Bayer, you would have to compare the rules for fair value under the U.S GAAP and iGAAP. Under IFRS, convertible bonds are separately recorded as liabilities and stockholder’s equities.
Verizon Communications averages fairly close to the industry average in most areas of financial ratios. The biggest discrepancy is in its debt to equity ratio. Debt to equity ratio indicates the feasibility that a company will be able to pay off its’ debts in “the event of a liquidation” (investinganswers.com, 2014). According to investinganswers.com, “a high debt to equity ratio indicates that a company may not be able to generate enough cash to satisfy its debt obligations” (2014). With a debt to equity ratio as above average as Verizon Communications’, the probability that the company will be able to pay off its’ debts if a liquidation was to occur is unlikely.
$10.05 o If the firm borrows $40 of the $100 at an interest rate of 10%, what are the firm's net earnings? $7.37 No financial leverage With financial leverage Sales $200 $1,600 Expenses $185 $185 EBIT 15 15 Interest 0 $4 EBT 15 11 Taxes 4.95 3.63 Net earnings $10.05 $7.37 o What is the return on the owners' investment in each case? Why do the returns differ? Return on equity: $10.05/$100 =10.05% $7.37/$40 = 18.425% The return for b is higher due to the financial leverage use being successful. The reduction of taxes with the financial leverage resulted in a reduction in taxes from the interest expense.
Another argument in favour of hedging is that the company is able to focus on their core business instead of focusing on the market movements of the underlying asset. In our case the interest rate plunged and the future was not favourable. On the contrary, if the interest rate had increased, the upside risk would have been limited. 2. Uncertainty and protection The first mortgage loans generate interest earnings which are not much affected by interest rate fluctuations.
In other words, the return on equity ratio shows how much profit each dollar of common stockholders' equity generates. Based on Nike, Inc.’s ROA of 14.4%, it can be determined that Nike, Inc. is may be more efficient in managing the utilization of its asset base versus Under Armour, whose ROA is 11.1%. The higher the ratio the better profit gain the company produces. Financial Leverage Percentage | 2012 | Under Armour | 4.7% | Nike, Inc. | 7% | The financial leverage percentage measures the advantage or disadvantage that occurs when a company’s return on equity differs from its return on assets. Under Armour’s financial leverage ratio (4.7%) is lower because it utilizes less debt in its capital structure and it is not earning as high on its assets, compared to Nike, Inc. (7%).
57). To figure out the contribution ratio one must divide the largest revenue source by the total revenues (Martin, 2001, p. 57). Valley of the Sun United Way’s largest funding source is from grants totaling 30,903,947 and the total revenue in 2012 was 63,588,104 (Ernst & Young, 2012, p. 4). The ratio is calculated at .48 which is still on the safe side. An agency should not be .5 or higher because then they would be too dependent on one source (Martin, 2001, p.
This project will need $3.4 million less than the P04 project and the only component in the investment, which will be more, compared to P04 is the building cost (378 K$). Cannibalization of other store’s sales As the nearest target store closest to the project is 80 miles away, no cannibalization of sales is expected. And this store will generate a sale of $30.5 million in 5 years, which will be almost 2.7 million dollars above expected sales from P04. This store is assumed to take it’s a maximum market share from Walmart in 2008. Store Sensitivities Even if this store has 18.1% lower sales than the forecasted level by R&P, it can achieve the accepted NPV of prototype, besides, construction cost can increase to near $10 million and still the project can achieve the expected NPV of the P04.
Yes, the penny is only worth one cent. But if someone were to save those pennies, the amount of money that would come out of it would be surprising. Source B confirms that saving pennies will eventually save you a lot in the long run. Saving 90 a day for 38 years will give you $13,084.59. A lot of people seem to assume that pennies are the only coin that gets lost so often and is going un-used.
Q1) Which of the following statements is CORRECT, holding other things constant? (a) Firms whose assets are relatively liquid tend to have relatively low bankruptcy costs, hence they tend to use relatively little debt. (b) An increase in the personal tax rate is likely to increase the debt ratio of the average corporation. (c) If changes in the bankruptcy code make bankruptcy less costly to corporations, then this would likely reduce the debt ratio of the average corporation. (d) An increase in the company's degree of operating leverage is likely to encourage a company to use more debt in its capital structure.