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Universal Electronics, Inc

Accounting Apr 19, 2021

Universal Electronics, Inc. (UEI), which started operations one year ago, has two divisions: Consumer and Commercial. Both divisions invest heavily in R&D, which is assumed to benefit five years. R&D spending is made uniformly throughout the year. UEI has a cost of capital of 11 percent. Selected financial information for the two divisions (in thousands of dollars) for the year just completed follows. 
                                       Consumer               Commercial $37,000

Sales revenue                   $22,000                    $37,000

Divisional income                3,850                         3,885

Divisional investment          27,500                       27,750

Current liabilities                 1,000                          800

R&D                                     1,000                         1,000 
Required: Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming UEI uses residual income. (Enter your answers in dollars rounded to 1 decimal place.) 

Expert Solution

Computation of the residual income (RI) for consumer division:-

Residual income = Operating income - (Invested funds*Required rate of return)

= $3,850 - ($27,500 * 11%)

= $3,850 - $3,025

= $825.0

 

Computation of the residual income (RI) for commercial division:-

Residual income = Operating income - (Invested funds*Required rate of return)

= $3,885 - ($27,750 * 11%)

= $3,885 - $3,052.5

= $832.5

Commercial division performed better as it has higher RI

 

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