Question: Leveraging Equations (Easy) The following information is from reformulated financial statements (in millions):
a. (1) Calculate the dividends, net of capital contributions, for 2012.
(2) Calculate ROCE for 2012; use average book value in the denominator.
(3) Calculate RNOA for 2012; use the average net operating assets in the denominator.
(4) Supply the numbers for the formula
ROCE =PM x ATO + [Financial leverage x (RNOA - Borrowing cost)]
b. The firm's short-term borrowing rate is 4.5 p ercent after tax. Supply the numbers for the formula
RNOA = ROOA + (OLL EV x OLSPREAD)
c. Repeat the exercise in part (a) using the following information (in millions):
