Ratios are mostly calculated using data drawn from the financial statements of a firm. However, another group of ratios, called market-based ratios, relate to a firm's observable market value, stock prices, and book values, integrating information from both the market and the firm's financial statements. Consider the case of Cold Goose Metal Works Inc.: Cold Goose Metal Works Inc. just reported earnings after tax (also called net income) of exist8,000,000, and a current stock price of exist31.25 per share. The company is forecasting an increase of 25% for its after-tax income next year, but it also expects it will have to issue 1, 500,000 new shares of stock (raising its shares outstanding from 5, 500,000 to 7,000,000). If Cold Goose's forecast turns out to be correct and its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio does not change, what does the company's management expect its stock price to be one year from now? (Round any P/E ratio calculation to four decimal places). exist30.61 per share exist31.25 per share exist22.96 per share exist38.26 per share One year later, Cold Goose's shares are trading at exist 50.84 per share, and the company reports the value of its total common equity as exist42, 854,000. Given this information, Cold Goose's market-to-book (M/B) ratio is _____. Can a company's shares exhibit a negative P/E ratio? Yes No Which of the following statements is true about market value ratios? Companies with high research and development (R&D) expenses tend to have low P/E ratios. Companies with high research and development (R&D) expenses tend to have high P/E ratios