UFC1 Managerial Accounting – Flashcards
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Managerial Accounting
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provides financial and nonfinancial information to managers and other internal decision makers
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Purpose of managerial accounting
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provide useful information to decision makers
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Differences between financial accounting and managerial accounting
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1. managerial accounting also reports non-financial information. 2. financial accounting information is generally used by external users, whereas managerial accounting information is used by internal decision makers. 3. managerial accounting is not constrained by GAAP. 4. managerial accounting information is provided quickly, whereas financial accounting usually needs an audit.
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Planning
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the process of setting goals and making plans to achieve them
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Control
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the process of monitoring planning decisions and evaluating an organization's activities and employees
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Characteristics of fraud:
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1. provides direct or indirect benefit to the employee. 2. violates the employee's obligations to his employer. 3. costs the employer money or loss of other assets. 4. is hidden from the employer.
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Characteristics of an internal control system:
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1. urge adherence to company policies. 2. promote efficient operations. 3. ensure reliable accounting. 4. protect assets.
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Ethics
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beliefs that distinguish from right and wrong.
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The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
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the professional association for management accountants. Issued a code of ethics to help accountants involved in solving ethical dilemmas.
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IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice requirements
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Management accountants must be competent, maintain confidentiality, act with integrity, and communicate information in a fair and credible manner.
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Fixed Costs
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do not change with changes in volume of activity. Ex) straight-line depreciation
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Variable Costs
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change in proportion to changes in the volume of activity. Ex) sales commissions
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Mixed Costs
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both fixed and variable. Ex) standard wages for employees (fixed) plus any overtime worked (variable)
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Cost Object
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a product, process, department or customer to which costs are assigned.
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Direct Costs
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traceable to a single cost object. Ex) salaries of maintenance dept employees, equipment purchased by maintenance dept, materials purchased by maintenance dept, maintenance dept equipment depreciation
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Indirect Costs
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cannot be easily traced to a single cost object. Ex) factory accounting, factory administration, factory rent, factory manager's salary, factory light and heat, insurance on factory
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Controllability of costs
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depends on the employee's responsibilities. Ex) a senior manager controls costs of investments in land, buildings and equipment, whereas a supervisor controls daily expenses such as supplies, maintenance and overtime.
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Sunk Costs
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costs that have already been incurred and cannot be avoided or changed (irrelevant to future decisions). Ex) the cost of already-purchased office equipment.
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Out-of-pocket Costs
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require a future outlay of cash (relevant for decision making). Ex) future purchases of equipment.
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Opportunity Costs
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the potential benefit lost by choosing a specific action from two or more alternatives. Ex) a student giving up wages from a job to attend evening classes
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Product Costs
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costs capitalized as inventory; expenditures that are necessary and integral to finished products. Includes direct materials, direct labor, and indirect manufacturing costs (overhead). These costs pertain to activities carried out to manufacture the product.
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Period Costs
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costs expensed; expenditures identified more with a time period than with finished products. Includes general administrative expenses, selling expenses. These costs pertain to activities that are not part of the manufacturing process.
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Difference between product costs and period costs
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Product costs: assigned to inventory on the balance sheet (until that inventory is sold). Period costs: expensed on the income statement (flow directly).
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Service industries always have _____ costs.
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Period costs; services are not inventoried. Instead, costs incurred are expensed in the reporting period when incurred.
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Examples of service industry costs:
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1. Beverages and snacks 2. Cleaning fees 3. Pilot and copilot salaries 4. Attendant salaries 5. Fuel/oil costs 6. Travel agent fees 7. Ground crew salaries
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3 types of industries:
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1. Manufacturing 2. Merchandising 3. Service
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Main difference between manufacturing and merchandising industries:
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Merchandisers buy goods that are ready for sale, whereas manufactures produce goods from materials and labor.
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Three inventories of a manufacturer:
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1. Raw materials 2. Goods in process 3. Finished goods
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Raw materials inventory
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the goods a company acquires to use in making products. Used directly and indirectly.
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Direct materials
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Raw materials that are used directly in a product.
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Indirect materials
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Raw materials that are used to support production processes, but are not as clearly identified with specific units or batches of a product. Often appear on balance sheet as factory supplies.
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Goods in Process inventory
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aka Work in Process inventory. Consists of products in the process of being manufactured, but are not yet complete.
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Finished Goods inventory
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consists of completed products ready for sale.
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Difference between COGS for a manufacturer versus a merchandiser
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Manufacturer: beginning finished goods inventory + cost of goods manufactured (COGM) - ending finished goods inventory Merchandiser: beginning merchandise inventory + cost of goods purchased - ending merchandise inventory
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Cost of goods manufactured (COGM)
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= beginning goods in process inventory + production costs - ending goods in process inventory
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Production costs
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direct labor, direct materials, overhead
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Direct material costs
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the expenditures for direct materials that are separately and readily traced through the manufacturing process to finished goods.
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Direct labor costs
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the wages and salaries for direct labor that are separately and readily traced through the manufacturing process to finished goods.
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Factory overhead costs
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consists of all manufacturing costs that are not direct materials or labor. Cannot be separately or readily traced to finished goods. Includes: overtime, maintenance of factory, supervision of employees, equipment repairs, utilities, production manager's salary, factory rent, depreciation, insurance, property taxes, and accounting/legal services. Does NOT include: selling and administrative expenses (these are period costs).
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Prime costs
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direct materials costs and direct labor costs. Expenditures directly associated with the manufacture of finished goods.
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Conversion costs
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direct labor costs and overhead costs. Expenditures incurred in the process of converting raw materials to finished goods. Direct labor is considered both a prime cost and conversion cost.
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Operating expenses
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do not include manufacturing costs such as factory workers' wages and depreciation of production equipment and factory buildings. Includes sales salaries, office salaries, depreciation of delivery and office equipment.
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Materials activity
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the flow of raw materials.
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Production activity
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beginning goods in process inventory, direct materials, direct labor, and overhead. Unfinished products are considered ending goods in process inventory.
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Sales activity
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the cost of finished products sold is reported on the income statement as COGS. the cost of products not sold is reported on the current period's balance sheet as ending finished goods inventory.
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The Manufacturing Statement
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summarizes the types and amounts of costs incurred in a company's manufacturing process. Divided into 4 parts: direct materials, direct labor, overhead, and computation of COGM.
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Computing direct materials used:
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beginning raw materials + raw material purchases - ending raw materials
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Trends in managerial accounting
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1. Customer orientation 2. Global economy 3. E-commerce 4. Service economy 5. Lean practices 6. Value chain
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Customer orientation
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an increased emphasis on customers being the most important constituent of business. Employees understand the changing needs and wants of their customers and align their management and operating practices accordingly.
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Global economy
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expands competitive boundaries and provides customers more choices.
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E-commerce
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consumers expect to be able to buy items electronically, whenever and wherever they want.
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Service economy
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service businesses typically account for over 60-70% of total economic activity.
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Lean business model
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goal is to eliminate waste while satisfying the customer and providing a positive return to the company.
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Continuous improvement
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rejects the notions of "good enough" or "acceptable" and challenges employees/managers to continuously experiment with new and improved business practices.
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Total quality management (TQM)
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focuses on quality improvement and applies this standard to all aspects of business activities.
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Just-in-time manufacturing (JIT)
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a system that acquires inventory and produces only when needed. A demand-pull system.
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Value chain
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a series of activities that add value to a company's products or services.
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Cycle time
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process time + inspection time + move time + wait time
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Cycle efficiency
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process time / cycle time
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Cost Accounting System
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accumulates costs and assigns them to products and services Uses a perpetual inventory system (continuously updates).
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Two types of Cost Accounting Systems
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1. Job order cost accounting 2. Process cost accounting
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Job order production
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Manufactured products that are individually designed to meet the needs of a specific customer.
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Job
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the production activities for a customized product
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Job lot
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a job that involves producing more than one unit of a custom product
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Heterogeneity of job order production
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the diversity of the products that are produced.
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Events in Job Order Costing
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1. Predict the cost to complete the job. 2. Negotiate price and decide whether to pursue the job. 3. Schedule production of the job.
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Target cost
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Expected selling price - desired profit = target cost
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Job Cost Sheet
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a separate record maintained for each job. Identifies: 1. the customer 2. the job number 3. the product 4. key dates 5. costs incurred (direct materials, labor and overhead)
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Materials ledger cards
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perpetual records that are updated each time units are purchased and each time units are issued for use in production.
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Cost of direct materials flows from the materials ledger card to the ______.
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job cost sheet
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The cost of indirect materials flows from the materials ledger card to the:
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Indirect Materials account in the factory overhead ledger (a subsidiary ledger controlled by the Factory Overhead account in the general ledger).
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Posting to subsidiary records includes a _____ to a job cost sheet and a ______ to a materials ledger card.
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debit, credit
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The flow of costs begin with ____.
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clock cards
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Clock cards
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used by employees to record the number of hours worked, and they serve as source documents for entries to record labor costs.
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Time tickets
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used by employees to report how much time they spent on each job.
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Overhead allocation base
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the factor to which overhead costs are linked
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Predetermined overhead rate
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allows managers to estimate overhead in advance. estimated overhead costs / estimated activity base = predetermined OH rate
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Underapplied overhead
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when less overhead is applied than is actually incurred (a debit left in the account).
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Overapplied overhead
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when more overhead is applied than is actually incurred (a credit left in the account).
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Treat over/underapplied overhead by debiting or crediting the _____ account.
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Cost of Goods Sold
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Process operations
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the mass production of products in a continuous flow of steps. Ex) petroleum refining
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Important characteristic of process operations
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a high level of standardization is necessary if the system is to produce large volumes of products.
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Job order operations versus Process operations
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Job order: 1. custom orders 2. heterogeneous products/services 3. low production volume 4. high product flexibility 5. low to medium standardization Process operations: 1. repetitive procedures 2. homogeneous products/services 3. high production volume 4. low product flexibility 5. high standardization
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The ______ (input/output) of each production department becomes the ______ (input/output) of the next production department.
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output; input
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Process cost accounting system
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assigns direct materials, labor and overhead to specific processes. The total costs of each process are then divided by the number of units passing through that process to determine the cost per equivalent unit for that process.
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Materials consumption report
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summarizes the materials used by a department during a reporting period. Replaces materials requisitions. Used when materials are moving continuously from the raw materials inventory through the manufacturing process.
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If a process has no beginning and no ending goods in process inventory, the unit cost of goods transferred out of a process is computed as:
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total cost assigned to the process / total # of units started and finished in the period
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Equivalent Units of Production (EUP)
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the number of units that could have been started AND completed given the cost incurred during a period. Ex) 100 units are in the goods-in-process inventory at the end of the period, and management decides they are 60% completed. Therefore, equivalent units of production for that period total 60 (100 units x 60%). This means that with the resources used to put 100 units 60% of the way through the process, the company could have started and completed 60 entire units.
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Physical flow reconciliation
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a report that reconciles the physical units started in a period and the physical units completed in that period.
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Weighted-average method
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a method used to assign inventory cost to sales. (cost of available-for-sale units / number of units available) x number of units sold = cost of sale
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Three methods of assigning overhead costs:
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1. Plantwide rate 2. Departmental rate 3. Activity-based costing
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Plantwide overhead rate method
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the cost object is the unit of product. Plantwide OH rate = total budgeted OH cost / total budgeted direct labor or machine hours Overhead allocated to each product = Plantwide OH rate x DLH per unit
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Departmental overhead rate method
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uses a different OH rate for each production department. Departmental OH rate = total departmental OH cost / total units in departmental allocation base
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True or False: The departmental OH rate method is more accurate than the plantwide OH rate method.
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True
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3 Key Advantages to the Plantwide and Departmental OH Rate Methods
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1. they are based on readily available information 2. they are easy to implement 3. they are consistent with GAAP and can be used for external reporting needs.
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Disadvantage of Plantwide/Deparmental OH Rate Methods
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OH costs are frequently too complex to be explained by one factor such as DLH or machine hours.
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Activity-based Costing (ABC)
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an activity is what causes costs to be incurred.
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Activity Cost Pool
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a collection of costs that are related to the same or similar activity.
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Four steps in applying ABC:
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1. Identify activities and the costs they cause. Usually done through discussions with employees in production departments and reviews of production activities. 2. Trace OH costs to cost pools. 3. Determine activity rates. Determination depends on proper identification of the factor that drives the cost in each cost pool and proper measures of activities. Activity cost driver: the activity that causes costs to be incurred. 4. Assign OH costs to cost objects.
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Cost pool activity rate =
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= OH costs assigned to pool / Number of activities
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OH from cost pool allocated to certain product =
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= Activities consumed x Activity rate
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Advantages of ABC method
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it recognizes that OH costs are much more complex than seen in Plantwide and Departmental OH methods More accurate, more effective cost control, focuses on relevant factors, allows for better management of activities.
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Disadvantages of ABC method
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Costs to implement and maintain ABC, uncertainty with decisions still remains
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Types of activities
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1. unit level activities: performed on each product unit. Costs tend to change with volume. 2. batch level activities: performed only on each batch/group of units. Costs do not vary with number of units, but do vary with number of batches. 3. product level activities: performed on each product line. Costs do not vary with number of units or batches. 4. facility level activities: performed to sustain facility capacity as a whole. Costs do not vary with volume.
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Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis
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helps managers predict how changes in costs and sales levels affect income. Involves computing the break-even point.
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Curvilinear Cost
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nonlinear cost. Increases at a nonconstant rate as volume increases.
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3 methods used to analyze past costs:
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1. Scatter diagrams 2. High-low method 3. Least-squares regression
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Variable cost per unit (scatter diagram)
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change in cost / change in units
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High-low method
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(total cost at highest level of activity - total cost at lowest level of activity) / (number of units or hours at highest level of activity - number of units or hours at lowest level of activity)
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Least-squares regression
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statistical; y = a + bx
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Contribution margin per unit
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the amount by which a product's unit selling price exceeds its total unit variable cost. Sales price per unit - total variable cost per unit = contribution margin
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Contribution margin ratio
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contribution margin per unit / sales price per unit
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Break-even point in units
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fixed costs / contribution margin per unit
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Break-even point in dollars
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fixed costs / contribution margin ratio
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CVP Chart
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Horizontal axis = # of units produced and sold Vertical axis = dollars of sales and costs Lines = sales and costs at different output levels
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Pretax income
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= after-tax income / (1 - tax rate)
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Computing sales (dollars) for a target after-tax income
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dollar sales at target after-tax income = (fixed costs + target pretax income) / contribution margin ratio
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Computing sales (units) for a target after-tax income
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unit sales at target after-tax income = (fixed costs + target pretax income) / contribution margin per unit
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Margin of safety
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the excess of expected sales over the break-even sales level. This is the amount that sales can drop before the company incurs a loss.
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Calculating margin of safety
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% = (expected sales - break-even sales) / expected sales
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Sales mix
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the ratio (proportion) of the sales volumes for the various products
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Composite unit
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consists of a specific number of units of each product in proportion to their expected sales mix.
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Break-even point in composite units
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fixed costs / contribution margin per composite unit
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Degree of operating leverage (DOL)
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= total contribution margin (in dollars) / pretax income
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Budget
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a formal statement of a company's future plans, usually expressed in monetary terms.
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Benchmarking budgets
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management is required to evaluate (benchmark) business operations against some norm. Evaluation involves comparing actual results against either past performance or expected performance.
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3 important guidelines of the budgeting process:
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1. employees affected by a budget should be consulted when it is prepared 2. goals reflected in a budget should be attainable 3. evaluations should be made carefully with opportunities to explain any failures
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Most budgets should be developed using a _____ process.
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bottom-up
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Master budget
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a formal, comprehensive plan for a company's future. It contains several individual budgets that are linked with each other to form a coordinated plan.
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Basic components of a master budget
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1. Operating budgets (sales, selling expenses, general and admin expense budgets) 2. Capital expenditures budget 3. Financial budgets (cash, budgeted income statement, budgeted balance sheet)
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Master budget sequence
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1. Prepare sales budget 2. Develop production budget 3. Prepare manufacturing, selling, and general and admin expense budgets. 4. Prepare capital expenditures budget 5. Consolidate operating and capital expenditures budgets into financial budgets: cash, budgeted income statement, budgeted balance sheet
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Sales budget
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shows the planned sales units and the expected dollars from these sales. The starting point in the budgeting process.
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Merchandise purchases budget (if company is retail)
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usually expressed in both units and dollars. Inventory to be purchased = budgeted ending inventory + budgeted cost of sales for the period - budgeted beginning inventory
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Selling expense budget
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lists the types and amounts of selling expenses expected during the budget period.
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General and administrative expense budget
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plans the predicted operating expenses not included in the selling expenses budget.
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Capital expenditures budget
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lists dollar amounts to be both received from plant asset disposals and spent to purchase additional plant assets to carry out the budgeted business activities.
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Cash budget
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shows expected cash inflows and outflows during the budget period. beginning cash balance + budgeted cash receipts - budgeted cash disbursements = preliminary cash balance
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Budgeted income statement
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shows predicted amounts of sales and expenses for the budget period.
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Budgeted balance sheet
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the final step in preparing the master budget. Shows predicted amounts for the company's assets, liabilities and equity at the end of the budget period.
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Activity-based Budgeting (ABB)
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a budget system based on expected activities.
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Budgetary control process
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refers to management's use of budgets to monitor and control a company's operations. 1. Develop budget 2. Compare results to budget 3. Take action 4. Set new plans 5. Repeat
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Fixed (static) budget
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based on a single predicted amount of sales or other measure of activity.
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Favorable variance
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when compared to the budget, the actual cost or revenue contributes to a higher income. Actual revenue is higher than budgeted revenue, or actual cost is lower than budgeted cost.
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Unfavorable variance
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when compared to the budget, the actual cost or revenue contributes to a lower income. Actual revenue is lower than budgeted revenue, or actual cost is higher than budgeted cost.
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Flexible (variable) budget
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a report based on predicted amounts of revenues and expenses corresponding to the actual level of output. It is designed to reveal the effects of volume of activity on revenues and costs.
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Flexible budget performance report
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lists differences between actual performance and budgeted performance based on actual sales volume or other activity level. This report helps direct management's attention to those costs or revenues that differ substantially from budgeted amounts.
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Standard costs
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preset costs for delivering a product or service under normal conditions.
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Management by exception
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managers focus attention on the most significant differences between actual costs and standard costs and give less attention to areas where performance is reasonably close to standard.
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Cost variance (CV)
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Actual Cost (AC) - Standard Cost (SC) where: AC = Actual Quantity (AQ) x Actual Price (AP) SC = Standard Quantity (SQ) x Standard Price (SP)
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Price variance (PV)
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(AP - SP) x AQ
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Quantity variance (QV)
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(AQ - SQ) x SP
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Overhead cost variance (OCV)
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Actual OH Incurred (AOI) - Standard OH Applied (SOA)
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Controllable variance
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the difference between actual OH costs incurred and the budgeted OH costs based on a flexible budget
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Volume variance
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occurs when there is a difference between the actual volume of production and the standard volume of production.
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Steps of decision making
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1. Define task and goal 2. Identify alternative actions 3. Collected relevant information 4. Select course of action 5. Analyze and assess decision
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Relevant costs
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sunk costs, out-of-pocket costs, opportunity costs
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Relevant benefits
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the additional or incremental revenue generated by selecting a particular course of action over another.
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Capital budgeting
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the process of analyzing alternative long-term investments and deciding which assets to acquire or sell.
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Payback period
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the expected time period to recover the initial investment amount. Payback period of even cash flows = cost of investment / annual net cash flow
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Accounting rate of return
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annual after-tax net income / annual average investment
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Annual average investment
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(beginning book value + ending book value) / 2
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Net present value (NPV)
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computed by discounting the future net cash flows from the investment at the project's required rate of return (RRR) and then subtracting the initial amount invested.
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NPV decision rule
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If NPV is greater than or equal to 0, ACCEPT. If NPV is less than 0, REJECT.
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Profitability index
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NPV of cash flows / investment
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Internal rate of return (IRR)
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equals the rate that yields an NPV of zero for an investment. Compute the present value factor (amount invested / net cash flows) for the investment project, then identify the IRR yielding the present value factor.
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IRR decision rule
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IRR - hurdle rate If greater than or equal to 0, ACCEPT. If less than 0, REJECT.
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Two main goals of accounting for departments:
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1. set up a departmental accounting system to provide information for managers to evaluate the profitability of cost effectiveness of each department's activities. 2. set up a responsibility accounting system to control costs and expenses and evaluate managers' performances by assigning costs and expenses to the managers responsible for controlling them.
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Profit center
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incurs costs and generates revenues (selling departments)
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Cost center
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incurs costs without directly generating revenues
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Investment center
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incurs costs and generates revenues, and is responsible for effectively using center assets
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Direct expenses
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costs readily traced to a department because they are incurred for that department's sole benefit.
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Indirect expenses
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costs that are incurred for the joint benefit of more than one department and cannot be readily traced to only one department.
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Return on investment (ROI)
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investment center net income / investment center average invested assets or profit margin x investment turnover
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Residual income
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investment center net income - target investment center net income
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Balance scorecard
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a system of performance measures, including nonfinancial measures, used to assess company and division manager performance. Four perspectives: 1. Customer: what do customers think of us? 2. Internal processes: which of our ops are critical to meeting customer needs? 3. Innovation and learning: how can we improve? 4. Financial: what do our owners think of us?
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Statement of cash flows
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reports cash receipts (inflows) and cash payments (outflows) during a period.
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Preparing the statement of cash flows
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1. compute the net increase or decrease in cash 2. compute and report the net cash provided or used by operating activities (using either the direct or indirect method) 3. compute and report the net cash provided or used by investing activities 4. compute and report the net cash provided or used by financing activities 5. compute the net cash flow by combining net cash provided or used by operating, investing and financing activities and then prove it by adding it to the beginning cash balance to show that is equals the ending cash balance
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Building blocks of financial statement analysis:
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1. Liquidity and efficiency: the ability to meet short-term obligations and to efficiently generate revenues. 2. Solvency: the ability to generate future revenues and meet long-term obligations. 3. Profitability: the ability to provide financial rewards sufficient to attract and retain financing. 4. Market prospects: the ability to generate positive market expectations.
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Tools of analysis:
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1. Horizontal: comparison of a company's financial condition and performance across time. 2. Vertical: comparison of a company's financial condition and performance to a base amount. 3. Ratio: measurement of key relations between financial statement items.
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Dollar change
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analysis period amount - base period amount
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Percent change
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[(analysis period amount - base period amount) / base period amount] x 100
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Trend percent
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(analysis period amount / base period amount) x 100
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Common-size percent
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(analysis amount / base amount) x 100
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Current ratio
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current assets / current liabilities
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Acid-test (quick) ratio
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(cash + short-term investments + current receivables) / current liabilities
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Accounts receivable (AR) turnover
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Net sales / net average accounts receivable
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Inventory turnover
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COGS / average inventory
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Days' sales uncollected
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(net AR / net sales) x 365
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Days' sales in inventory
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(ending inventory / COGS) x 365
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Total asset turnover
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net sales / average total assets
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Debt-to-equity ratio
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total liabilities / total equity
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Times interest earned
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income before interest expense and taxes / interest expense
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Profit margin
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net income / net sales
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Return on total assets
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net income / average total assets or profit margin x total asset turnover or (net income / net sales) x (net sales / average total assets)
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Return on common stockholders' equity
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(net income - preferred dividends) / average common stockholders' equity
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Price-earnings ratio
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market price per common share / earnings per share
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Dividend yield
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annual cash dividends per share / market price per share