Question

Tessler farms has a return on equity of 11.28 percent, a debt-equity ratio of 1.03, and a total asset turnover of .87. what is the return on assets?

Answer 1

Return on equity = 11.28 percent = 11.28/100 = 0.1128
debt-equity ratio =1.03
total asset turnover = 0.87
return on assets = ?
we can find return on assets by using the formula
= return on equity / (1 + debt equity ratio)
= 0.1128 / (1 + 1.03)
= 0.1128 / 2.03
= 0.0556 = 0.0556 x 100 = 5.56%
So, the return on assets is 5.56%