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If Roten Rooters, Inc., has an equity multiplier of 1.57, total asset turnover o

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Question

If Roten Rooters, Inc., has an equity multiplier of 1.57, total asset turnover of 1.70, and a profit margin of 6.7 percent, what is its ROE? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

If Roten Rooters, Inc., has an equity multiplier of 1.57, total asset turnover of 1.70, and a profit margin of 6.7 percent, what is its ROE? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Explanation / Answer

Answer

Total Assets Turnover ratio = Turnover / Total Assets

1.70 = Turnover/ Total Assets

therefore Turnover = 1.7 total assets ( Equation 1)

Profit Marin = Profit / turnover

0.067= profit / turnover

replacing value of turnover from Equation 1

0.067= profit / 1.7 total assets

therefor profit = 1.7 total assets * 0.067 (equation 2)

Equity multiplier = Total assets / Total shareholders Equity

1.57= total assets / total shareholders equity

therefore shareholders equity = total assets / 1.57 (equation 3 )

Now, Return on equity = Profit / Total shareholders equity (using equation 2 & 3)

=(1.7*0.067*total assets ) / 0.637 total assets

= 0.1788 or 17.88%