Exercise 13-11 Profitability analysis LO P3

Simon Companys year-end balance sheets follow.

At December 31	2017			2016			2015
Assets
Cash	$	31,000		$	34,200		$	37,500
Accounts receivable, net		89,100			62,700			51,600
Merchandise inventory		42,392			83,300			59,500
Prepaid expenses		11,004			9,960			4,192
Plant assets, net		411,504			274,840			217,208
Total assets	$	585,000		$	465,000		$	370,000
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable	$	148,578		$	76,227		$	48,352
Long-term notes payable secured by mortgages on plant assets		108,880			105,880			83,405
Common stock, $10 par value		162,500			162,500			162,500
Retained earnings		165,042			120,393			75,743
Total liabilities and equity	$	585,000		$	465,000		$	370,000

The companys income statements for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, follow.

For Year Ended December 31	2017						2016
Sales				$	760,500					$	553,350
Cost of goods sold	$	463,905					$	359,678
Other operating expenses		235,755						139,998
Interest expense		12,929						12,727
Income taxes		9,887						8,300
Total costs and expenses					722,476						520,703
Net income				$	38,024					$	32,647
Earnings per share				$	2.34					$	2.01

Additional information about the company follows.

Common stock market price, December 31, 2017	$	33.00
Common stock market price, December 31, 2016		31.00
Annual cash dividends per share in 2017		0.32
Annual cash dividends per share in 2016		0.16

To help evaluate the company's profitability, compute the following ratios for 2017 and 2016: 1. Return on common stockholders' equity. 2. Price-earnings ratio on December 31. 3. Dividend yield.

Compute the return on common stockholders' equity for each year.

Require 1

Return On Common Stockholders Equity
	Choose Numerator:			/	Choose Denominator:	=	Return On Common Stockholders Equity
				/		=	Return on common stockholders equity
2017				/		=		%
2016				/		=		%

• Required 2

Compute the price-earnings ratio for each year. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Price-Earnings Ratio
	Choose Numerator:	/	Choose Denominator:	=	Price-Earnings Ratio
		/		=	Price-earnings ratio
2017		/		=
2016		/		=

Require 3.

Compute the dividend yield for each year. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Dividend Yield
	Choose Numerator:	/	Choose Denominator:	=	Dividend Yield
		/		=	Dividend yield
2017		/		=		%
2016		/		=		%