Bloom's garden center company selected data from the financial statements of bloom's garden center are provided below. 2012 2011 accounts receivable $ 70,000 $ 56,000 inventory 15,000 20,000 total assets 450,000 380,000 net sales 400,000 300,000 cost of goods sold 200,000 180,000 refer to the selected data provided for bloom's garden center. which of the following would result from a horizontal analysis of bloom's balance sheet? a. accounts receivable increased $14,000 or 25% during 2012.
b. the accounts receivable turnover ratio is 6.35 times in 2012.
c. accounts receivable is around five times larger than inventory in 2012.
d. accounts receivable is 15.6% of total assets in 2012.

What is the most important factor that affects the value of a company? a) cash flow b) earnings c) supply and demand d) number of employees

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?

Creation landscaping has 1,000 bonds outstanding that are selling for $1,280 each. the company also has 2,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding, currently priced at $27.20 a share. the common stock is priced at $37.00 a share and there are 28,000 shares outstanding. what is the weight of the debt as it relates to the firm's weighted average cost of capital?