Allison & co. and bee, inc. reported the following numbers (in millions) for fiscal year 2014.
allison & co. bee, inc.
net income $ 565.70 $ 187.24
shares outstanding 87.14 57.19
stock price $ 89.59 $ 34.26
total equity $ 1,708.30 $ 929.48
1. calculate the earnings per share, market-to-book ratio, and price–earnings ratio for each company. (do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

Garcia industries has sales of $200,000 and accounts receivable of $18,500, and it gives its customers 25 days to pay. the industry average dso is 27 days, based on a 365-day year. if the company changes its credit and collection policy sufficiently to cause its dso to fall to the industry average, and if it earns 8.0% on any cash freed-up by this change, how would that affect its net income, assuming other things are held constant? a. $241.45b. $254.16c. $267.54d. $281.62e. $296.44

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