(Solved): Maxwell corporation declared and paid a cash dividend of 5825 in the current year. It's comparative ...

Maxwell Corporation declared and paid a cash dividend of $\$5.825$ in the current year, its comparative financial statements, prepared at December 31, reported the following summatized information: Required: 1. Compute the gross profit percentage in the current and previous years. Ave the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 2. Compute the net profit margin for the current and previous years. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 3. Compute the earnings per share for the current and previous years. Ave the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 1. Compute the gross profit percentage in the current and previous years, Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 2. Compute the net profit margin for the current and previous years. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 3. Compute the earnings per share for the current and previous years. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 4. Stockholders' equity totaled $\$68,000$ at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the return on equity ratios for the current and previous years. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 5. Net property and equipment totaled $\$118,000$ at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the fixed asset turnover ratios for the current and previous years. Are the current year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 6. Compute the debt-to-assets ratios for the current and previous years. Is debt providing financing for a larger or smaller proportion of the company's asset growth? 7. Compute the times interest earned ratios for the current and previous years: Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 8. After Maxwell released its current-year financial statements, the company's stock was trading at $\$22$. After the release of its previous-year financlal statements, the company's stock price was $\$15$ per share, Compute the P/E ratios for both years. Does it appear that investors have become more (or less) optimistic about Maxwell's future success? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 1-a. Compute the gross profit percentage in the current and previous years. (Round percentage values to 1 decimal place.) 1-b. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 2-a. Compute the net profit margin for the current and previous years. (Round percentage values to 1 decimal place.) 2-b. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 3-a. Compute the eamings per share for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 3-b. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? 4-a. Stockholders' equity totaled $\$68,000$ at the beginning of the previous year. Compute the return on equity ratios for the current and previous years. (Round percentage values to 1 decimal place.) 4-b. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 5-a. Net property and equipment totaled $\$118,000$ at the beginning of the previous year, Compute the fixed asset turnover ratios for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 5-b. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 6-a. Compute the debt-to-assets ratios for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 6-b. Is debt providing financing for a larger or smaller proportion of the company's asset growth? 7-a. Compute the times interest earned ratios for the current and previous years. (Round your answers to 1 decimal plac 7-b. Are the current-year results better, or worse, than those for the previous year?