Problem

Shown here are condensed income statements for two different companies (both are organized...

Shown here are condensed income statements for two different companies (both are organized as LLCs and pay no income taxes).

Ace Company

Sales

$500,000

Variable expenses (80%)

400,000

Income before interest

100,000

Interest expense (fixed)

30,000

Net income

$ 70,000

 

Deuce Company

Sales

$500,000

Variable expenses (60%)

300,000

Income before interest

200,000

Interest expense (fixed)

130,000

Net income

$ 70,000

 Required

1.Compute times interest earned for Ace Company.


2.Compute times interest earned for Deuce Company.


3.What happens to each company’s net income if sales increase by 30%?


4.What happens to each company’s net income if sales increase by 50%?


5.What happens to each company’s net income if sales increase by 80%?


6.What happens to each company’s net income if sales decrease by 10%?


7.What happens to each company’s net income if sales decrease by 20%?


8.What happens to each company’s net income if sales decrease by 40%?  


Analysis Component

9.Comment on the results from parts 3 through 8 in relation to the fixed-cost strategies of the two companies and the ratio values you computed in parts 1 and 2.

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