Spahn Company manufactures backpacks. During 2025, Spahn issued bonds at \(10 \%\) interest and used the cash proceeds to purchase treasury stock. The following financial information is available for Spahn Company for the years 2025 and 2024.

Instructions

a. Use the information above to calculate the following ratios for both years: (1) return on assets, (2) return on common stockholders' equity, (3) payout ratio, (4) debt to assets ratio, and (5) times interest earned.

b. Referring to your findings in part (a), discuss the changes in the company's profitability from 2024 to 2025.

c. Referring to your findings in part (a), discuss the changes in the company's solvency from 2024 to 2025 .

d. Based on your findings in (b), was the decision to issue debt to purchase common stock a wise one?

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Sales revenue Net income Interest expense Tax expense Dividends paid on common stock Dividends paid on preferred stock Total assets (year-end) Average total assets Total liabilities (year-end) Avg. total common stockholders' equity 2025 $ 9,000,000 2,240,000 500,000 670,000 890,000 300,000 14,500,000 15,687,500 6,000,000 9,400,000 2024 $ 9,000,000 2,500,000 140,000 750,000 1,026,000 300,000 16,875,000 17,763,000 3,000,000 14,100,000