Survey Masters LLC Case-Study Question 1: Exhibit 2A, shows the projects categorized on their size. The first category is the largest 20 projects and second category is the smallest 100 projects. While the total revenue collected by the smallest 100 projects is greater than that of the largest 20 projects, and the salaries and overhead allocated are the same, resulting in the 100 smallest projects ends up being more profitable. Exhibit 2B the projects are instead divided in half. The largest 60 projects earn higher revenue, however, they produce more salaries expenses and overhead allocated.
Moving to a 10 oz. aerosol can and using suggest retail price of $4.25 bringing the price per ounce to $.43 making it much more competitively priced with in the market. (See appendix C for average and high/low shaving product pricing). 3. Cost of Goods Sold for the 10oz.Soft and Silky shaving gel ($.29) is significantly less than its competitors Gillette and S.C. Johnson (See Appendix C-Pricing) 4.
2. Income Descriptive Statistics: Income ($1000) Variable N N* Mean SE Mean StDev Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Income ($1000) 50 0 43.74 2.07 14.64 21.00 30.00 43.00 55.00 Variable Maximum Income ($1000) 67.00 With the data provided we can see that the highest income coming is $67,000 and the lowest at $21,000, making the range of the customer’s income $46,000. The average income is $43,740. The median income is $43,000, due to the median being less than the average this makes the distribution skewed to the right. This provides us data saying that more of AJ DAVIS’s customers have a lower income then the rest.
This new specific purpose design with higher torque will also cost much more to manufacture, approx $665 per motor. It will be priced at $1045, leaving a smaller margin than any other motor DMC manufactures. 2. Assuming same retail price, customer would pay $1,045 plus usage costs of 60*$125 = $7,500 so grand total of $8,545 over 5 years. Persuade Bridges that test results are weighted too heavily on starting torque: 1.
3. Criteria: (1) Risk, (2) Return, (3) Marketing strategy 4. Analysis: Risk: Both stocks, California REIT and Brown Group have almost double the variability of the Vanguard Index (Exhibit 1), which make them riskier than the Vanguard. Also, standard deviation of California REIT is higher than the standard deviation of Brown Group, which indicates that California REIT stock is riskier than Brown. However, the standard deviation of a portfolio composed of 99% invested in Vanguard and 1% in California REIT is lower than the standard deviation of a portfolio composed of 99% invested in Vanguard and 1% in Brown (Exhibit 2).
However, the company must be careful because a too big of a ratio can eventually lead to bankruptcy (Investopedia). The inventory turnover ratio for Nestlé is lower than Hershey’s because Nestlé either has lower sales or excess inventory. The total asset turnover for Hershey’s is also higher; this means that it is more efficient in using its assets in generating sales. As a result of a higher total asset turnover, the gross profit margin is lower than Nestlé’s (Investopedia). The return on assets and return on equity ratios are also better for Hershey’s because the company is making more money on less investment then Nestlé.
Wealth inequality in the United States (also known as the wealth gap[1]) refers to the unequal distribution of assets among residents of the United States. Wealth includes the values of homes, automobiles, personal valuables, businesses, savings, and investments. [2] Just prior to President Obama's 2014 State of the Union Address, media[3] reported that the top wealthiest 1% possess 40% of the nation’s wealth; the bottom 80% own 7%; similarly, but later, the media reported, the "richest 1 percent in the United States now own more wealth than the bottom 90 percent". [4] The gap between the top 10% and the middle class is over 1,000%; that increases another 1000% for the top 1%. The average employee "needs to work more than a month to earn what the CEO earns in one hour.
Compute the payback period for a project with the following cash flows, if the company's discount rate is 12%. Initial outlay = $450 Cash flows: Year 1 = $325 Year 2 = $65 Year 3 = $100 • 3.17 years • 2.6 years • 2.88 years • 3.43 years Want help? Click to download FIN 370 7. Which of the following best describes why cash flows are utilized rather than accounting profits when evaluating capital projects? • Cash flows have a greater present value than accounting profits.
The liquidation value of the company is estimated at $18.277 million dollars; almost double that of its estimated value. Many of the values of the company are greatly influenced by the market to book ratio of its equity. Although the book value of equity is listed at $1 million, the market value is thought to be much higher, at $2.62 million. This estimate is greatly influenced by the market to book ratio of equity of competitors. 2.
The second generation earned 6.3 percent more than American-born workers in 2000, compared to nearly 15 percent more in 1970 and almost 18 percent more in 1940. Some of the difference in immigrant's earnings reflects the dramatic change in the economic and ethnic