Use the information provided below to answer the following questions: Is the company solvent? Motivate your answer. Calculate the earnings per share (expressed to the nearest cent). Comment on the financial result of the company. Provide an interpretation of the extract of the cash flow statement. From the information provided in all three financial statements, is the company likely to experience financial problems in the future? Motivate your answer by referring to each statement. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 INFORMATION (3 marks) (3 marks) (2 marks) (6 marks) (6 marks) The following information extracted from the accounting records of Supreme Limited, a company with an issued share capital of 500 000 ordinary shares: Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 31 December 2021 Sales (all credit) Cost of sales Gross profit Operating expenses Operating profit Interest expense Profit before tax Company tax Profit after tax R 5 800 000 (3 700 000) 2 100 000 (1 200 000) 900 000 (60 000) 840 000 (235 200) 604 800 Statement of Financial Position as at 31 December 2021 Assets Non-current assets Inventories Accounts receivable Cash Equity and liabilities Equity Long-term loan Accounts payable Extract of Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31 December 2021 Cash flows from operating activities Cash flows from investing activities Additions to plant and equipment Cash flows from financing activities Increase in long-term borrowings Additional information Inventories on 31 December 2020 amounted to R390 000. R 1 100 000 510 000 340 000 200 000 2 150 000 1 400 000 500 000 250 000 2 150 000 R 400 000 (700 000) (700 000) 350 000 350 000 QUESTION 2 Answer the questions from the information provided in QUESTION 1. Calculate the ratios of Supreme Limited for 2021 (expressed to two decimal places) that reflect each of the following: 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5 The percentage of profit on sales that the company produced from its operations prior to considering interest and taxes. A measure of the company's ability to pay its short-term obligations within one year. A measure of the number of times the company has sold and replaced the inventory during the financial period. An indication of the profitability of the company in relation to its total assets. The efficiency with which the company used its net assets to produce sales. Comment briefly but meaningfully on the following ratios of Supreme Limited (comparative figures are provided in brackets): Earnings retention (2021: 30%; 2020: 45%) Gross margin (2021: 36.21%; 2020: 44.86%) Creditor payment period (2021: 24.66 days; 2020: 59.56 days) Acid test ratio (2021: 2.16:1; 2020: 1.75:1) Debt to equity (2021: 35.71% ; 2020: 22.56%) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks)