I Am so lost and am in the middle of a pretest, please help. Thank you so much. AP12-4 Comparative Analysis: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., vs. The Buckle, Inc.

Financial information for American Eagle is presented in Appendix A, and financial information for Buckle is presented in Appendix B.

Required:

1-a. Calculate the following risk ratios for both companies for the year ended February 3, 2018. (Use 365 days a year. Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 1 decimal place.)

1-b. Based on these calculations, which company appears to be more risky?

Buckle

2-a. Calculate the following profitability ratios for both companies for the year ended February 3, 2018. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 1 decimal place.)

2-b. Based on these calculations, which company appears to be more profitable?

APPENDIX A

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APPENDIX B

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During the year, the delph company had no beginning or ending inventories and it started, completed, and sold only two jobs—job d-75 and job c-100. it provided the following information related to those two jobs: job d-75: molding fabrication total direct materials cost $ 375,000 $ 325,000 $ 700,000 direct labor cost $ 200,000 $ 160,000 $ 360,000 machine-hours 15,000 5,000 20,000 job c-100: molding fabrication total direct materials cost $ 300,000 $ 250,000 $ 550,000 direct labor cost $ 175,000 $ 225,000 $ 400,000 machine-hours 5,000 25,000 30,000delph had no overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead during the year. assume delph uses a plantwide overhead rate based on machine-hours.1-a. compute the predetermined plantwide overhead rate.1-b. compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to job d-70 and job c-200.1-c. if delph establishes bid prices that are 150% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for job d-70 and job c-200? 1-d. what is delph's cost of goods sold for the year? assume delph uses departmental overhead rates based on machine-hours.2-a. compute the predetermined departmental overhead rates.2-b. compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to job d-70 and job c-200.2-c. if delph establishes bid prices that are 150% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for job d-70 and job c-200? 2-d. what is delph's cost of goods sold for the year?

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