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The Jimenez Corporation\'s forecasted 2011 financial statements follow, along wi

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The Jimenez Corporation's forecasted 2011 financial statements follow, along with some industry average ratios.

Jimenez Corporation: Forecasted Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2011

Jimenez Corporation: Forecasted Income Statement for 2011

P/E ratio

Liability to assets ratio

6.0

50%

Calculate Jimenez's 2011 forecasted ratios, compare them with the industry average data, and comment briefly on Jimenez's projected strengths and weaknesses. Round DSO to the nearest whole. Round the other ratios to one decimal place.

Debt to asset ratio

liability to asset ratio

21.0%

50.0%

________________

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So, the firm appears to be _________________ managed.

Assets Cash $72,000 Accounts receivable 439,000 Inventories 894,000 Total current assets $1,405,000 Fixed assets 431,000 Total assets $1,836,000 Liabilities and Equity Accounts and notes payable $432,000 Accruals 170,000 Total current liabilities $602,000 Long-term debt 404,290 Common stock 575,000 Retained earnings 254,710 Total liabilities and equity $1,836,000

Explanation / Answer



Ratios


Firm


Industry


Comment


Quick ratio (511000/602000)


___.8_____


1.0


____Weak____________


Current ratio (1405000/602000)


____2.3____


2.7


___ Weak ___________


Inventory turnover(4290000/894000)


____4.8____


7.0


_Poor________________


Days sales outstanding (439000/4290000/365)


__37.4______ days


32 days


___Poor______________


Fixed assets turnover (4290000/431000)


_10.0_______


13.0


__Poor_______________


Total assets turnover(4290000/1836000)


__2.3______


2.6


___Poor______________


Return on assets (108408/1836000)


__5.9______ %


9.1%


____Bad_____________


Return on equity


(108408 /829710)


_13.1_______ %


18.2%


____Bad_____________


Debt ratio (1006290/1836000)


__54.8______ %


50.0%


___High______________


Profit margin on sales(108408/4290000)


___2.5_____ %


3.5%


__Bad_______________


EPS


$4.71


n.a.


--


Stock Price


$23.57


n.a.


--


P/E ratio (23.57 /4.71)


__5.0______


6.0


__Poor_______________


P/CF ratio


__2.0______


3.5


__Poor_______________


M/B ratio


0.65


n.a.


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So, the firm appears to be Badly managed. All the ratios are less than the industry ratios when compared .The company must improve itself to do better.


All of the ratios are very low. For example; Inventory Turnover ratio, Assets Turnover ratio, Return on Assets. These ratios can be improved by decreasing the inventory level. Decrease in inventory level may also have positive effect on the current ratio which will improve the financial position of the company .If the inventory level is reduced then the liabilities will also decrease this will also help in improving the financial position of the business .If the cost of goods sold will be decreased then it will improve all the profitability ratios and if more dividend is not paid then it will increase the retained earnings . This will result in lower debt ratio and all other ratios like market book ratio will increase and market price of the shares will also improve.

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