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You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Lydex
Company, a manufacturer of safety helmets. Your boss has asked you
to perform a comprehensive analysis of the company’s financial
statements, including comparing Lydex’s performance to its major
competitors. The company’s financial statements for the last two
years are as follows:
To begin your assignment you gather the following financial data
and ratios that are typical of companies in Lydex Company’s
industry:
2. You decide next to assess the company’s stock market
performance. Assume that Lydex’s stock price at the end of this
year is $82 per share and that at the end of last year it was $50.
For both this year and last year, compute: (Round your
"Percentage" answers to 1 decimal place and other intermediate and
final answers to 2 decimal places.)
a. The earnings per share.
b. The dividend yield ratio.
c. The dividend payout ratio.
d. The price-earnings ratio.
e. The book value per share of common stock.