Pinnacle Plus declared and paid a cash dividend of $7,800 in the current year. Its comparative financial statements, prepared at December 31, reported the following summarized information: Current Year Previous Year $170,000 76,000 94,000 48,000 5,200 40,800 12,240 $ 28,560 $147,000 72,000 75,000 42,600 5, 200 27,200 8,160 $ 19,040 Income Statement Sales Revenue Cost of Goods Sold Gross Profit Operating Expenses Interest Expense Income before Income Tax Expense Income Tax Expense (30%) Net Income Balance Sheet Cash Accounts Receivable, Net Inventory Property and Equipment, Net Total Assets Accounts Payable Income Tax Payable Note Payable (long-term) Total Liabilities Common Stock (par $10) $ 85,160 29,000 37,000 107,000 $258,160 $ 54,000 1,300 52,000 107,300 97,200 $ 26,000 24,000 50,000 117,000 $217,000 $ 33,800 1,100 52,000 86,900 97,200 1 10 Required: 1. Compute the gross profit percentage in the current and previous years. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 2. Compute the net profit margin for the current and previous years. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 3. Compute the earnings per share for the current and previous years. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 4. Stockholders' equity totaled $112,000 at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the return on equity (ROE) ratios for the current and previous years. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 5. Net property and equipment totaled $122,000 at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the fixed asset turnover ratios for the current and previous years. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 6. Compute the debt-to-assets ratios for the current and previous years. Is debt providing financing for a larger or smaller proportion of the company's asset growth? 7. Compute the times interest earned ratios for the current and previous years. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 8. After Pinnacle Plus released its current year's financial statements, the company's stock was trading at $30. After the release of its previous year's financial statements, the company's stock price was $27 per share. Compute the P/E ratios for both years. Does it appear that investors have become more (or less) optimistic about Pinnacle's future success? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 Required 6 Required 7 Required 8 1-a. Compute the gross profit percentage in the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) 1-b. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 1-a. Gross Profit Percentage Current Year Previous Year 1-b. Current year gross profit percentage? IO Better Worse Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 Required 6 Required 7 Required 8 2-a. Compute the net profit margin for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) 2-b. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 12-a. Net Profit Margin Current Year Previous Year 2-b. Current year net profit margin? O Better IO Worse Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 | Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 Required 6 Required 7 Required 8 3-a. Compute the earnings per share for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 3-b. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 3-a Earnings per Share Current Year Previous Year 3-b. Current year EPS? O Better IO Worse Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 Required 6 Required 7 Required 8 4-a. Stockholders' equity totaled $112,000 at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the return on equity (ROE) ratios for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) 4-b. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 4-a. Return on Equity Current Year Previous Year 4-b. Current year return on equity ratio? O Better Worse Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 Required 6 Required 7 Required 8 5-a. Net property and equipment totaled $122,000 at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the fixed asset turnover ratios for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 5-b. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 5-a. Fixed Asset Turnover Current Year Previous Year 5-b. Current year fixed asset turnover? O Better Worse Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 | Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 Required 6 Required 7 | Required 8 6-a. Compute the debt-to-assets ratios for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 6-b. Is debt providing financing for a larger or smaller proportion of the company's asset growth? 6-a. Debt-to-Assets Current Year Previous Year 6-b. Current year debt-to-assets ratio? Larger Proportion OSmaller Proportion Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 Required 6 Required 7 Required 8 7-a. Compute the times interest earned ratios for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 1 decimal p 7-b. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 7-a. Times Interest Earned Current Year Previous Year 7-b. Current year times interest earned ratio? O Better Worse Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 Required 6 Required 7 Required 8 8-a. After Pinnacle Plus released its current year's financial statements, the company's stock was trading at $30. After the release of its previous year's financial statements, the company's stock price was $27 per share. Compute the P/E ratios for both years. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to 1 decimal place.) 8-b. Does it appear that investors have become more (or less) optimistic about Pinnacle's future success? Show less |8-a. Price/Earnings Ratio Current Year Previous Year 8-b. Current year P/E ratio? O More Optimistic Less Optimistic