26) A company has $510,000 in Average common stockholders' equity, Net income of $312,000, and Preferred dividends paid of $15,000. What is the rate of return on common stockholders' equity?
A) 58.2%
B) 61.2%
C) 59.3%
D) 62.0%
27) Which of the following signifies that a company may be unable to pay its current liabilities if they suddenly come due?
A) Low current ratio
B) High current ratio
C) High earnings per share
D) Low gross profit percentage
28) Which of the following ratios is used to determine how quickly and easily a company is able to sell its inventory?
A) Current ratio
B) Inventory turnover
C) Price/earnings ratio
D) Return on net sales
29) The price/earnings ratio indicates the:
A) dividend yield of the company.
B) market price of $1 of earnings.
C) percentage of common stock financed by debt.
D) ease of selling inventory.
30) Which of the following ratios is a measure of a company's ability to pay all current liabilities if they come due immediately?
A) The inventory turnover ratio
B) The times-interest-earned ratio
C) The acid-test ratio
D) The debt ratio
31) Which of the following items is a measure of a company's ability to collect receivables?
A) The inventory turnover ratio
B) The current ratio
C) The day's sales in receivables
D) The acid-test ratio
32) Which of the following ratios is a measure of a company's ability to pay liabilities with current assets?
A) The inventory turnover ratio
B) The day's sales in receivables
C) The current ratio
D) The price/earnings ratio
33) A company has 6,000 shares of common stock outstanding and no preferred stock. The total common stockholders' equity is $1,500,000. The book value per share of common stock is:
A) $.004.
B) $2.50.
C) $4.00.
D) $250.00.
34) A corporation has 2,000 shares of $50 par, 10% preferred stock, and 6,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The net income for the year is $250,000. The earnings per share of common stock would be:
A) $10.83.
B) $31.25.
C) $40.00.
D) $41.67.
35) The net income for the year ended was $300,000. The company has no preferred stock. Common stockholders' equity was $1,400,000 at the beginning of the year and $1,600,000 at the end of the year. The return on common stockholders' equity would be:
A) 18.75%.
B) 20.00%.
C) 21.43%.
D) 87.50%.