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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of issuing preferred stock versus bonds.
What is the difference between horizontal and vertical analysis of financial statements?
How would you respond to a horizontal analysis that showed an expense increasing by over 70%?
Is it possible to have a high inventory turnover and a high number of days' sales in inventory? Discuss.
Why is the rate earned on stockholders' equity by a thriving business ordinarily higher than the rate earned on total assets?
What were the earnings per share in the preceding year, adjusted for comparison with the latest year?
Illustrate the effects on the accounts and financial statements of recording the contingent liability of $365,000,000.
Why would the dividend yield differ significantly from the rate earned on common stockholders' equity?
Determine the number of times the bond interest charges are earned during the year for both years.
Assume that the ratio of net sales to assets for each company represents that company's respective industry segment.
Determine the rate earned on total assets, the rate earned on stockholders' equity, and the rate earned on common stockholders' equity for the years 2011-12.
Income before income tax was $3,400,000, and income taxes were $1,000,000 for the current year.
The net income was $1,300,000, and the declared dividends on the common stock were $460,000 for the current year.
Determine the per-share figures for common stock for income before extraordinary items and net income.
What factors would you present for Bree's consideration in the selection of a depreciation method?
Steve, as you know, the auditors are coming in to audit our year-end financial statements pretty soon. Do you see any problems on the horizon?
A corporation has issued 25,000 shares of $100 par common stock and holds 3,000 of these shares as treasury stock.
When should the liability associated with a product warranty be recorded? Discuss.
Identify the two distinct obligations incurred by a corporation when issuing bonds.
Was the amount of cash received from the sale of the bonds more or less than $40,000,000?
Do the par designations provide any indication as to which stock is preferable as an investment?
When a corporation issues stock at a premium, is the premium income? Explain.
Although net income for the current year is sufficient to pay the preferred dividend of $150,000 each quarter and a common dividend of $40,000 each quarter.
What is the effect of the stock dividend on the stockholder's proportionate interest (equity) in the corporation?
Prepare the Current Liabilities section of the balance sheet for Carabiner Co. on March 31, 2013.