Accounting 26th Edition by Carl Warren,James Reeve,Jonathan Duchac

Exercise 36

Six measures of solvency or profitability
The balance sheet for Garcon Inc. at the end of the current fiscal year indicated the following:

Income before income tax was $3,000,000, and income taxes were $1,200,000 for the current year. Cash dividends paid on common stock during the current year totaled $1,200,000. The common stock was selling for $32 per share at the end of the year. Determine each of the following: (a) number of times bond interest charges are earned, (b) number of times preferred dividends are earned, (c) earnings per share on common stock, (d) price-earnings ratio, (e) dividends per share of common stock, and (f) dividend yield. Round to one decimal place, except earnings per share, which should be rounded to two decimal places.