Six Measures of Solvency or ProfitabilityThe balance sheet for Bearing Industries Inc. at the end of the current fiscal year indicated the following:
| Bonds payable, 6% (issued in 2006, due in 2026) |
$1,600,000 |
| Preferred $5 stock, $100 par |
372,000 |
| Common stock, $7 par |
878,850 |
Income before income tax was $316,800, and income taxes were $47,100, for the current year. Cash dividends paid on common stock during the current year totaled $87,885. The common stock was selling for $20 per share at the end of the year. Determine each of the following. Round answers to one decimal place, except for dollar amounts which should be rounded to the nearest whole cent. Use the rounded answers for subsequent requirements, if required.
a. Number of times bond interest charges are earned times
b. Number of times preferred dividends are earned times
c. Earnings per share on common stock
d. Price-earnings ratio
e. Dividends per share of common stock
f. Dividend yield