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Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068
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Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068
Exercise 42
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2008

2007

Cash and cash equivalents

 $11,875

 $ 9,352

Short-term investments

 12,615

 6,034

Accounts receivable, net

 2,422

 1,637

Total quick assets for acid-test ratio (A)

 $26,912

 $17,023

Inventories

 509

 346

Deferred tax assets

 1,447

 782

Other current assets

 5,822

 3,805

Total current assets (B)

 $34,690

 $21,956

Accounts payable

  $ 5,520

  $ 4,970

 

Accrued expenses

   8,572   

 4,310

 

Total current liabilities (C)

  $14,092 

 $ 9,280

 

Working capital (B - C)

  $20,598 

$12,676

 

Current ratio (B / C)

      2.5   

   2.4

 

Acid-test ratio (A / C)

     1.9  

    1.8

 

b. Common stock, no par value

  $ 7,177  

 $ 5,368

 

Retained earnings

   13,845    

 9,101

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income       8        63

 

Total stockholders’ equity

  $21,030

  $14,532

 

 

ROE = Net income / Average stockholders’ equity

2008=  $4,834 /  (($14,532 + $21,030) / 2) = 27.2%

2007=  $3,496 /  (($9,984 + $14,532) / 2) = 28.5%


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