Calculating the dividend payout ratio


Response to the following :

Q 1. Recent financial statements for Madison Company follow:

Madison Company - Balance Sheet, June 30 :

Assets:

Current assets:

Cash                                        $ 24,000

Accounts receivable, net              260,000

Merchandise inventory                 380,000

Prepaid expenses                         8,000

Total current assets                    672,000

Plant and equipment, net            820,000

Total assets                         $ 1,492,000

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Liabilities:

Current liabilities                          $ 270,000

Bonds payable, 8%                      360,000

Total liabilities                              630,000

Stockholders' equity:

Common stock, $5 par value       $ 150,000

Retained earnings                         712,000

Total stockholders' equity               862,000

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,492,000

Madison Company  - Income Statement, For the Year Ended June 30 :

Sales                                                $ 2,290,000

Cost of goods sold                                1,170,000

Gross margin                                        1,120,000

Selling and administrative expenses         580,000

Net operating income                             540,000

Interest expense                                   28,800

Net income before taxes                        511,200

Income taxes                                     153,360

Net income                                       $ 357,840

Account balances at the beginning of the company's fiscal year were: accounts receivable, $190,000; and inventory, $280,000. All sales were on account.

Assume that Madison Company paid dividends of $3.35 per share during the year. Also assume that the company's common stock had a market price of $73.00 per share on June 30 and that there was no change in the number of outstanding shares of common stock during the fiscal year.

Required:

Compute the following:

1. Earnings per share. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. )

2. Dividend payout ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to 1 decimal place.)

3. Dividend yield ratio. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

4. Price-earnings ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to 1 decimal place.)

Q 2. Comparative financial statements for Heritage Antiquing Services for the fiscal year ending December 31 appear on the following page. The company did not issue any new common or preferred stock during the year. A total of 700 thousand shares of common stock were outstanding. The interest rate on the bond payable was 10%, the income tax rate was 40%, and the dividend per share of common stock was $0.75. The market value of the company's common stock at the end of the year was $21. All of the company's sales are on account.

Heritage Antiquing Services

Comparative Balance Sheet (dollars in thousands)

                                             This Year             Last Year

Assets

Current assets:

Cash                                       $ 1,100                 $ 1,350

Accounts receivable, net             10,600                 7,700

Inventory                                  12,100                11,400

Prepaid expenses                         780                     650

Total current assets                  24,580                21,100

Property and equipment:

Land                                         10,700              10,700

Buildings and equipment, net        45,844                40,767

Total property and equipment       56,544                51,467

Total assets                                $ 81,124              $ 72,567

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable                        $ 19,000              $ 18,400

Accrued payables                          1,080                     870

Notes payable, short term               160                      160

Total current liabilities                  20,240                 19,430

Long-term liabilities:

Bonds payable                              9,300                   9,300

Total liabilities                              29,540                   28,730

Stockholders' equity:

Preferred stock                            1,000                    1,000

Common stock                             700                        700

Additional paid-in capital               4,000                      4,000

Total paid-in capital                     5,700                    5,700

Retained earnings                       45,884                  38,137

Total stockholders' equity            51,584                    43,837

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 81,124        $ 72,567

Heritage Antiquing Services - Comparative Income Statement and Reconciliation

                                                                 (dollars in thousands)

                                                                  This Year               Last Year

Sales                                                            $ 74,000                 $ 66,000

Cost of goods sold                                         41,000                    34,000

Gross margin                                                 33,000                   32,000

Selling and administrative expenses:

Selling expenses                                               11,300                10,500

Administrative expenses                                    6,900                   6,900

Total selling and administrative expenses           18,200                17,400

Net operating income                                       14,800               14,600

Interest expense                                              930                      930

Net income before taxes                                 13,870              13,670

Income taxes                                                 5,548                  5,468

Net income                                                    8,322                   8,202

Dividends to preferred stockholders                  50                         380

Net income remaining for common stockholders   8,272               7,822

Dividends to common stockholders                     525                    525

Net income added to retained earnings                  7,747            7,297

Retained earnings, beginning of year                    38,137             30,840

Retained earnings, end of year                          $ 45,884            $ 38,137

Required:

Compute the following financial ratios for common stockholders for this year:

1. Gross margin percentage. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

2. Earnings per share of common stock. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. )

3. Price-earnings ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to 1 decimal place.)

4. Dividend payout ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

5. Dividend yield ratio. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

6. Return on total assets. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

7. Return on common stockholders' equity. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

8. Book value per share. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. )

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