You have just been hired as a loan officer at San Diego State Bank. Your supervisor has given you a file containing a request from Mobile Company, a manufacturer of auto components, for a $1,000,000 five-year loan. Financial statement data on the company for the last two years are given below:

Mobile Company
Comparative Balance Sheet
	This Year		Last Year
Assets
Current assets:
Cash	$	289,600	$	369,400
Marketable securities		0		111,000
Accounts receivable, net		928,000		631,000
Inventory		1,348,000		748,000
Prepaid expenses		95,800		80,800
Total current assets		2,661,400		1,940,200
Plant and equipment, net		3,447,800		3,103,400
Total assets	$	6,109,200	$	5,043,600
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Liabilities:
Current liabilities	$	1,269,200	$	759,600
Bonds payable		1,304,000		1,104,000
Total liabilities		2,573,200		1,863,600
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, 8%, $30 par value		600,000		600,000
Common stock, $40 par value		2,000,000		2,000,000
Retained earnings		936,000		580,000
Total stockholders' equity		3,536,000		3,180,000
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	6,109,200	$	5,043,600

Mobile Company
Comparative Income Statement and Reconciliation
	This Year		Last Year
Sales	$	5,472,000	$	4,292,000
Cost of goods sold		4,106,000		3,196,000
Gross margin		1,366,000		1,096,000
Selling and administrative expenses		542,000		522,000
Net operating income		824,000		574,000
Interest expense		134,000		114,000
Net income before taxes		690,000		460,000
Income taxes (30%)		207,000		138,000
Net income		483,000		322,000
Dividends paid:
Preferred stock		48,000		48,000
Common stock		79,000		55,000
Total dividends paid		127,000		103,000
Net income retained		356,000		219,000
Retained earnings, beginning of year		580,000		361,000
Retained earnings, end of year	$	936,000	$	580,000

Loretta Young, who just two years ago was appointed president of Mobile Company, admits that the company has been inconsistent in its performance over the past several years. But Young argues that the company has its costs under control and is now experiencing strong sales growth, as evidenced by the more than 27% increase in sales over the last year. Young also argues that investors have recognized the improving situation at Mobile Company, as shown by the jump in the price of its common stock from $50.00 per share last year to $54.00 per share this year. Young believes that with strong leadership and with the modernized equipment that the $1,000,000 loan will enable the company to buy, profits will be even stronger in the future.

Anxious to impress your supervisor, you decide to generate all the information you can about the company. You determine that the following ratios are typical of companies in Mobiles industry:

Current ratio	2.3
Acid-test ratio	1.2
Average collection period	31	days
Average sale period	60	days
Return on assets	9.5	%
Debt-to-equity ratio	0.65
Times interest earned	5.7
Price-earnings ratio	10

Required:

1.	You decide first to assess the rate of return that the company is generating. Compute the following for both this year and last year:

a.	The return on total assets. (Total assets at the beginning of last year were $4,384,000.) (Round your percentage answers to 1 decimal place i.e., 0.123 is considered as 12.3.)

b.	The return on common stockholders equity. (Stockholders' equity at the beginning of last year totaled $4,519,185. There has been no change in preferred or common stock over the last two years.) (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answers to 1 decimal place i.e., 0.123 is considered as 12.3.)

c.	Is the companys financial leverage positive or negative?

2.	You decide next to assess the well-being of the common stockholders. For both this year and last year, compute:

a.	The earnings per share. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

b.	The dividend yield ratio for common stock. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and and your percentage answers to 1 decimal place i.e., 0.123 is considered as 12.3.)

d.	The price-earnings ratio. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to 1 decimal place.)

e.	The book value per share of common stock. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

f.	The gross margin percentage. (Round your percentage answers to 1 decimal place i.e., 0.123 is considered as 12.3.)

3.	You decide, finally, to assess creditor ratios to determine both short-term and long-term debt paying ability. For both this year and last year, compute:

a.	Working capital.

b.	The current ratio. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

c.	The acid-test ratio. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

e.	The average sale period. (The inventory at the beginning of last year totaled $650,000.) (Use 365 days in a year. Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal and final answers to the nearest whole number.)

f.	The debt-to-equity ratio. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

g.	The times interest earned. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)