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Shown below are selected data from the financial statements of Rentsch, Inc., a retail fur...

Shown below are selected data from the financial statements of Rentsch, Inc., a retail furniture store.

From the balance sheet:

 

Cash 

  $ 30,000

Accounts receivable 

  150,000

Inventory 

  200,000

Plant assets (net of accumulated depreciation)

  500.000

Current liabilities 

  150,000

Total stockholders’ equity 

  300,000

Total assets  

  1,000,000

From the income statement:

 

Net sales  

  $1,500,000

Cost of goods sold

  1,080,000

Operating expenses   

  315,000

Interest expense

  84,000

Income tax expense 

  6,000

Net income   

  15.000

From the statement of cash flows:

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

(including interest paid of $79,000) 

$ 40,000

Net cash used in investing activities 

  (46.000)

Financing activities:

 

Amounts borrowed 

$ 50,000

Repayment of amounts borrowed    

(14,000)

Dividends paid

(20,000)

Net cash provided by financing activities

  16,000

Net increase in cash during the year

   $ 10,000

Instructions

a. Explain how the interest expense shown in the income statement could be $84,000, when the interest payment appearing in the statement of cash flows is only $79,000.


b. Compute the following (round to one decimal place):

 1. Current ratio

 2. Quick ratio

 3. Working capital

 4. Debt ratio


c. Comment on these measurements and evaluate Rentsch, Inc.’s short-term debt-paying ability.


d. Compute the following ratios (assume that the year-end amounts of total assets and total stockholders’ equity also represent the average amounts throughout the year.):

1. Return on assets

2. Return on equity,

e. Comment on the company’s performance under these measurements. Explain why the return on assets and return on equity are so different.


f. Discuss (1) the apparent safety of long-term creditors’ claims and (2) the prospects for Rentsch, Inc., continuing its dividend payments at the present level.

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