Question

Y3K, Inc., has sales of $4,400, total assets of $2,985, and a debt-equity ratio of 1.20. If its return on equity is 16 percent, what its net income?

Answer 1

$217.668

Explanation:

The computation of net income is shown below:-

ROE = Profit Margin × Total Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier (Assets ÷ Equity)

ROE = (Profit Margin) × (Sales ÷ Total Assets) × (1 + Debt-Equity ratio)

16% = Profit margin × ($4,400 ÷ $2,985) × ( 1 + 1.20)

16% = Profit margin × 1.47 × 2.20

16% = Profit margin × 3.234

Profit margin = 16% ÷ 3.234

= 0.04947

Now as we know that

Profit margin = Net income ÷ Sales

0.04947 = net income ÷ $4,400

net income is

= $4,400 × 0.04947

= $217.668