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The Harding Company manufactures skates. The company\'s income statement for 201

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Question

The Harding Company manufactures skates. The company's income statement for 2010 is as follows:

Compute the degree of operating leverage. (Enter only numeric value rounded to 2 decimal places.)

                            

Compute the degree of financial leverage. (Enter only numeric value rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Compute the degree of combined leverage. (Enter only numeric value rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Compute the break-even point in units (number of skates). (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

The Harding Company manufactures skates. The company's income statement for 2010 is as follows:

Explanation / Answer

(‘a) Degree of Operating Leverage (OL)

OL is an efficiency ratio which shows how well companies use their fixed operating cost ( excluding interest on loans) and variable cost to generate income.

OL= Total Contribution Margin/ Earnings before Interest and Tax

OL= (Sales- Variable Cost)/ Earnings before Interest and Tax

OL= (828800-358400)/34,400

OL= 470,400/34,400

OL= 2.35

(‘b) Degree of Financial Leverage (FL)

FL is related to capital structure of company. If shows how well company using their debt to increase the net income .

FL= EBIT/ EBT

FL= 200,400/ 134,400

FL= 1.49

(‘C ) Combined Leverage

CL= Contribution/ EBT or

CL= OL x FL

CL= 470,400 / 134,400

CL= 3.50

(‘d) Break Even Point ( units)

Break-even point is the point of sale where at which company making no profit and incurring no loss. It means sales revenue are just enough to recover the entire operating cost.

Sales price per unit (a)

74

Variable cost per unit (b)

32

Contribution margin per unit (a-b)

42

Fixed Operating cost ( c )

270,000

Interest Expense (d)

66,000

Total Fixed Cost( c+d)

336,000

Break Even Point ( units) –

Total Fixed Cost/ Contribution per unit

8000, (336000/$ 42)

Break Even Units

8000 units

Sales price per unit (a)

74

Variable cost per unit (b)

32

Contribution margin per unit (a-b)

42

Fixed Operating cost ( c )

270,000

Interest Expense (d)

66,000

Total Fixed Cost( c+d)

336,000

Break Even Point ( units) –

Total Fixed Cost/ Contribution per unit

8000, (336000/$ 42)

Break Even Units

8000 units

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