Lydex Company Comparative Balance Sheet
	This Year		Last Year
Assets
Current assets:
Cash	$	870,000	$	1,110,000
Marketable securities		0		300,000
Accounts receivable, net		2,340,000		1,440,000
Inventory		3,510,000		2,100,000
Prepaid expenses		240,000		180,000
Total current assets		6,960,000		5,130,000
Plant and equipment, net		9,340,000		8,960,000
Total assets	$	16,300,000	$	14,090,000
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Current liabilities	$	3,920,000	$	2,800,000
Note payable, 10%		3,600,000		3,000,000
Total liabilities		7,520,000		5,800,000
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $70 par value		7,000,000		7,000,000
Retained earnings		1,780,000		1,290,000
Total stockholders' equity		8,780,000		8,290,000
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	16,300,000	$	14,090,000

Lydex Company Comparative Income Statement and Reconciliation
	This Year		Last Year
Sales (all on account)	$	15,770,000	$	12,680,000
Cost of goods sold		12,616,000		9,510,000
Gross margin		3,154,000		3,170,000
Selling and administrative expenses		1,594,000		1,568,000
Net operating income		1,560,000		1,602,000
Interest expense		360,000		300,000
Net income before taxes		1,200,000		1,302,000
Income taxes (30%)		360,000		390,600
Net income		840,000		911,400
Common dividends		350,000		455,700
Net income retained		490,000		455,700
Beginning retained earnings		1,290,000		834,300
Ending retained earnings	$	1,780,000	$	1,290,000

To begin your assignment you gather the following financial data and ratios that are typical of companies in Lydex Companys industry:

Current ratio	2.3
Acid-test ratio	1.0
Average collection period	30	days
Average sale period	60	days
Return on assets	8.3	%
Debt-to-equity ratio	0.7
Times interest earned ratio	5.9
Price-earnings ratio	10

Assume that Lydexs stock price at the end of this year is $76 per share and that at the end of last year it was $44. For both this year and last year, compute:

a. The earnings per share. b. The dividend yield ratio. c. The dividend payout ratio. d. The price-earnings ratio. e. The book value per share of common stock.

this year and last year, compute: a. Working capital. b. The current ratio.c. The acid-test ratio. d. The average collection period. (The accounts receivable at the beginning of last year totaled $1,580,000.) (Use 365 days in a year.) e. The average sale period. (The inventory at the beginning of last year totaled $1,940,000.) f. The operating cycle. ( g. The total asset turnover. (The total assets at the beginning of last year totaled $12,980,000.) (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)