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Given the following information, calculate the market price per share of WAM

Inc.:

Net income $200,000.00


Earnings per share $2.00
Stockholders’ equity $2,000,000.00
Market/Book ratio 0.20

a. $20.00
b. $ 8.00
c. $ 4.00
d. $ 2.00
e. $ 1.00

Market/book ratio Answer: c Diff: E


41. Meyersdale Office Supplies has common equity of $40 million. The company’s
stock price is $80 per share and its market/book ratio is 4.0. How many
shares of stock does the company have outstanding?

a. 500,000
b. 125,000
c. 2,000,000
d. 800,000,000
e. Insufficient information.

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Market/book ratio Answer: e Diff: E N
42. Strack Houseware Supplies Inc. has $2 billion in total assets. The other side
of its balance sheet consists of $0.2 billion in current liabilities, $0.6
billion in long-term debt, and $1.2 billion in common equity. The company
has 300 million shares of common stock outstanding, and its stock price is
$20 per share. What is Strack’s market/book ratio?

a. 1.25
b. 2.65
c. 3.15
d. 4.40
e. 5.00

ROA Answer: d Diff: E


43. A firm has a profit margin of 15 percent on sales of $20,000,000. If the firm
has debt of $7,500,000, total assets of $22,500,000, and an after tax
interest cost on total debt of 5 percent, what is the firm’s ROA?

a. 8.4%
b. 10.9%
c. 12.0%
d. 13.3%
e. 15.1%

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