Exercise 15-10 Financial Ratios for Assessing Market Performance [LO15-6]

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

Castile Products, Inc. Balance Sheet December 31
Assets
Current assets:
Cash				$	20,000
Accounts receivable, net					190,000
Merchandise inventory					360,000
Prepaid expenses					12,000
Total current assets					582,000
Property and equipment, net					820,000
Total assets				$	1,402,000
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Current liabilities				$	270,000
Bonds payable, 11%					340,000
Total liabilities					610,000
Stockholders equity:
Common stock, $5 par value				$	100,000
Retained earnings					692,000
Total stockholders equity					792,000
Total liabilities and equity				$	1,402,000

Castile Products, Inc. Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31
Sales	$	2,280,000
Cost of goods sold		1,160,000
Gross margin		1,120,000
Selling and administrative expenses		590,000
Net operating income		530,000
Interest expense		37,400
Net income before taxes		492,600
Income taxes (30%)		147,780
Net income	$	344,820

Account balances at the beginning of the year were: accounts receivable, $200,000; and inventory, $320,000. All sales were on account.

Assume that Castile Products, Inc., paid dividends of $3.35 per share during the year. Also assume that the companys common stock had a market price of $54 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 final percentage answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%).)

3.	Dividend yield ratio. (Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%).)

4.	Price-earnings ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to 1 decimal place.)

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