Rate of return on equity is calculated by dividing the Net Income by Share holder's equity, where shareholders equity is company's assets minus debt. ROE is almost same as ROA ( return on assets. In this case ROA is 12% and rate of interest paid is 7% which tells us that there are more debts than equity.
More debts and less equity will provide less funds to shareholders. ROA will be more and ROE will be less because less shareholders funds.
Business rate of return on equity will be less than its rate of return on assets.
If a business's rate of return on assets is 12% and the average interest rate it...
2. Given the following information about a farm business: Rate of return on assets 8% Variance of return on assets 4% Interest rate on debt 6% Variance of interest on debt 9% Asset to Equity 5:1 Tax rate 10% Marginal rate of consumption 50% a. Compute the expected growth in equity. b. What level of risk is associated with the rate of growth found in a. of the growth in equity. c. What might the manager do to increase the...
RETURN ON EQUITY Commonwealth Construction (CC) needs $3 million of assets to get started, and it expects to have a basic earning power ratio of 15%. CC will own no securities, so all of its income will be operating income. If it so chooses, CC can finance up to 50% of its assets with debt, which will have an 12% Interest rate. If it chooses to use debt, the firm will finance using only debt and common equity, so no...
RETURN ON EQUITY Commonwealth Construction (CC) needs $1 million of assets to get started, and it expects to have a basic earning power ratio of 10%. CC will own no securities, so all of its income will be operating income. If it so chooses, CC can finance up to 45% of its assets with debt, which will have an 7% interest rate. If it chooses to use debt, the firm will finance using only debt and common equity, so no...
Friendly Financial has $140 million in consumer loans with an average interest rate of 12 percent. The bank also has $94 million in home equity loans with an average interest rate of 9 percent. Finally, the company owns $25 million in corporate securities with an average rate of 7 percent. Managers at Friendly Financial estimate that next year its consumer loan portfolio will rise to $237 million and the interest rate will fall to 10 percent. They also estimate that...
1 Friendly Financial has $140 million in consumer loans with an average interest rate of 12 percent. The bank also has $94 million in home equity loans with an average interest rate of 9 percent. Finally, the company owns $25 million in corporate securities with an average rate of 7 percent. 2.5 points Managers at Friendly Financial estimate that next year its consumer loan portfolio will rise to $237 million and the interest rate will fall to 10 percent. They...
If a firm has a Return on Assets higher than the industry average, while its Return on Equity is below the industry average, what must be true about the firm? O A. It has a higher total asset turnover than the industry average O B. It has a higher equity multiplier than the industry average O C. It has a lower profit margin than the industry average O D. It has a lower debt ratio than the industry average Reset...
4-16 RETURN ON EQUITY Commonwealth Construction (CC) needs $3 million of assets to get started, and it expects to have a basic earning power ratio of 35%. CC will own no securities, all of its income will be operating income. If it so chooses, CC can finance up to 30% of its assets with debt, which will have an 8% interest rate. If it chooses to use debt, the firm will finance using only debt and common equity, so no...
Return on Equity Commonwealth Construction (CC) needs $3 million of assets to get started, and it expects to have a basic earning power ratio of 35%. CC will own no securities, so all of its income will be operating income. If it so chooses, CC can finance up to 60% of its assets with debt, which will have an 10% interest rate. If it chooses to use debt, the firm will finance using only debt and common equity, so no...
RETURN ON EQUITY Commonwealth Construction (CC) needs $2 million of assets to get started, and it expects to have a basic earning power ratio of 35%. CC will own no securities, so all of its income will be operating income. If it so chooses, CC can finance up to 60% of its assets with debt, which will have an 8% interest rate. If it chooses to use debt, the firm will finance using only debt and common equity, so no...
3% Interest (Cost) Rate Expected rate of return on plan assets Actual rate of return on plan assets Beginning of year balance in CASH 3% 120,000 $ $ Projected benefit obligation at the beginning of 2017 Service cost, 2017 Interest Cost Loss (gain) on PBO for assumption changes Less: Benefits paid to retirees during the year 350,000 40,000 $ $ 3,500 (45,000) Projected benefit obligation at the end of 2017 $ 250,000 Plan assets at the beginning of the year...