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Roce and return on sales

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  • February 28, 2018 at 8:23 pm #439436
    mdhashim
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    Hello there I would really appreciate if you could help me with this question

    The companies last two years of finincial results are as follows
    Year 1 year 2
    (Most recent)
    ‘000. ‘000
    Sales. 5250. 5320
    Less expenses
    Wages. 2500. 2200
    Maintenance 80. 70
    Repairs. 260. 3320
    Directors
    Salary. 150. 160
    Directors
    Bonus. 15. 18
    Other costs
    (Including dep)1200. 1180
    Net profit. 1045. 1327

    Other information
    Year 1. Year 2
    Avg capital
    Employed (000)13000. 12000
    No of costumer 150000 140000

    What’s the return on sales (net profit percentage) and the return on capital employed to one decimal place
    Return on sales %. ROCE %
    A). 19.9. 27.0
    B). 19.9. 8.0
    C). 5.0. 8.0
    D). 5.0. 7.0
    If you are not allowed to answer this as it is a mock question about, please give me some hints please or tell me the logic
    Thank you

    March 1, 2018 at 6:30 am #439471
    John Moffat
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    Net profit percentage is net profit as a % of sales.

    ROCE is net profit as a % of capital employed.

    I do suggest that you watch my free lectures on this. The lectures are a complete free course for Paper F5 and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.

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