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Musketeer Productions declared and paid a cash dividend of $7,725 in the current year. Its comparative financial statements, prepared at December 31, reported the following summarized information: 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 provious 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 $87,000 at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the return on equity 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 $137,000 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 Musketeer released its current-yeaf financial statements, the company's stock was trading at $32. After the release of its previous-year financial statements, the company's stock price was $16 per share. Compute the P/E ratios for both years. Does it appear that investors have become more (or less) optimistic about Musketeer's future success? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 1-a. Compute the gross profit percentage in the current and previous years. (Round percentage values to 1 decimal place.) 1-b. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? Musketeer Productions declared and paid a cash dividend of $7,725 in the current year. Its comparative financial statements, prepared at December 31, reported the following summarized information: 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 provious 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 $87,000 at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the return on equity 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 $137,000 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 Musketeer released its current-yeaf financial statements, the company's stock was trading at $32. After the release of its previous-year financial statements, the company's stock price was $16 per share. Compute the P/E ratios for both years. Does it appear that investors have become more (or less) optimistic about Musketeer's future success? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 1-a. Compute the gross profit percentage in the current and previous years. (Round percentage values to 1 decimal place.) 1-b. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year
