Exercise 14-10 Financial Ratios for Assessing Market Performance [LO14-6]

The financial statements for Castile Products, Inc., are given below:

Castile Products, Inc. Balance Sheet December 31
Assets
Current assets:
Cash	$	6,500
Accounts receivable, net		35,000
Merchandise inventory		70,000
Prepaid expenses		3,500
Total current assets		115,000
Property and equipment, net		185,000
Total assets	$	300,000
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Current liabilities	$	50,000
Bonds payable, 10%		80,000
Total liabilities		130,000
Stockholders equity:
Common stock, $5 per value		30,000
Retained earnings		140,000
Total stockholders equity		170,000
Total liabilities and stockholders equity	$	300,000

Castile Products, Inc. Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31
Sales	$	420,000
Cost of goods sold		292,500
Gross margin		127,500
Selling and administrative expenses		89,500
Net operating income		38,000
Interest expense		8,000
Net income before taxes		30,000
Income taxes (30%)		9,000
Net income	$	21,000

Account balances at the beginning of the year were: accounts receivable, $25,000; and inventory, $60,000. All sales were on account.

Assume that Castile Products, Inc., paid dividends of $2.10 per share during the year. Also assume that the companys common stock had a market price of $42 at the end of the year and there was no change in the number of outstanding shares of common stock during the year.

Required:

Compute financial ratios as follows:

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

2. Dividend payout ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your percentage final answer to nearest whole number (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12).)

3. Dividend yield ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your percentage final answer to nearest whole number (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12).)

4. Price-earnings ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your answer to nearest whole number.)

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