Paul Sabin organized Sabin Electronics 10 years ago to produce and sell several electronic devices on which he had secured patents. Although the company has been fairly profitable, it is now experiencing a severe cash shortage. For this reason, it is requesting a $580,000 long-term loan from Gulfport State Bank, $140,000 of which will be used to bolster the Cash account and $440,000 of which will be used to modernize equipment. The companys financial statements for the two most recent years follow:

Sabin Electronics
Comparative Balance Sheet
	This Year	Last Year
Assets
Current assets:
Cash	$ 100,000	$ 230,000
Marketable securities	0	26,000
Accounts receivable, net	581,000	380,000
Inventory	1,025,000	675,000
Prepaid expenses	26,000	30,000
Total current assets	1,732,000	1,341,000
Plant and equipment, net	1,759,600	1,450,000
Total assets	$ 3,491,600	$ 2,791,000
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Current liabilities	$ 840,000	$ 510,000
Bonds payable, 12%	650,000	650,000
Total liabilities	1,490,000	1,160,000
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $15 par	770,000	770,000
Retained earnings	1,231,600	861,000
Total stockholders equity	2,001,600	1,631,000
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 3,491,600	$ 2,791,000

Sabin Electronics
Comparative Income Statement and Reconciliation
	This Year	Last Year
Sales	$ 5,400,000	$ 4,590,000
Cost of goods sold	3,955,000	3,530,000
Gross margin	1,445,000	1,060,000
Selling and administrative expenses	669,000	564,000
Net operating income	776,000	496,000
Interest expense	78,000	78,000
Net income before taxes	698,000	418,000
Income taxes (30%)	209,400	125,400
Net income	488,600	292,600
Common dividends	118,000	97,000
Net income retained	370,600	195,600
Beginning retained earnings	861,000	665,400
Ending retained earnings	$ 1,231,600	$ 861,000

During the past year, the company introduced several new product lines and raised the selling prices on a number of old product lines in order to improve its profit margin. The company also hired a new sales manager, who has expanded sales into several new territories. Sales terms are 2/10, n/30. All sales are on account.

Required:

1. To assist in approaching the bank about the loan, Paul has asked you to compute the following ratios for both this year and last year:

a. The amount of 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 $330,000.)

e. The average sale period. (The inventory at the beginning of last year totaled $580,000.)

f. The operating cycle.

g. The total asset turnover. (The total assets at the beginning of last year were $2,660,000.)

h. The debt-to-equity ratio.

i. The times interest earned ratio.

j. The equity multiplier. (The total stockholders equity at the beginning of last year totaled $1,621,000.)

2. For both this year and last year:

a. Present the balance sheet in common-size format for both this year and last year.

b. Present the income statement in common-size format down through net income for both this year and last year.