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Concept Introduction
Debt-to-equity Ratio: The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio measures a company's reliance on debt as the total liabilities are compared with the company’s shareholder equity. When the company has a larger D/E ratio, this denotes greater risk whereas when there is a low D/E ratio, this states that the company is not expanding well by using its funds.
The debt to Equity ratio
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Concept Introduction
Debt-to-equity Ratio: The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio measures a company's reliance on debt as the total liabilities are compared with the company’s shareholder equity. When the company has a larger D/E ratio, this denotes greater risk whereas when there is a low D/E ratio, this states that the company is not expanding well by using its funds.
The company having a less risky financial structure.
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Concept Introduction
Debt-to-equity Ratio: The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio measures a company's reliance on debt as the total liabilities are compared with the company’s shareholder equity. When the company has a larger D/E ratio, this denotes greater risk whereas when there is a low D/E ratio, this states that the company is not expanding well by using its funds.
To state: Whether the debt to equity ratio is less risky or riskier than the average in the industry.
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FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCTG W/ACC CRD
- Analyze and compare the following firms financial ratio results. Which seems to be in a better financial position? Why? Ratio Firm A Firm B Debt-To-Equity 0.65 2.23 Current Ratio 1.74 0.83 Net Profit Margin 8.07% 9.59% Return On Equity 12.81% 47.17% -arrow_forwardAs a first step, we need to estimate what percentage of MMMs capital comes from debt, preferred stock, and common equity. This information can be found on the firms latest annual balance sheet. (As of year end 2014, MMM had no preferred stock.) Total debt includes all interest-bearing debt and is the sum of short-term debt and long-term debt. a. Recall that the weights used in the WACC are based on the companys target capital structure. If we assume that the company wants to maintain the same mix of capital that it currently has on its balance sheet, what weights should you use to estimate the WACC for MMM? b. Find MMMs market capitalization, which is the market value of its common equity. Using the sum of its short-term debt and long-term debt from the balance sheet (we assume that the market value of its debt equals its book value) and its market capitalization, recalculate the firms debt and common equity weights to be used in the WACC equation. These weights are approximations of market-value weights. Be sure not to include accruals in the debt calculation.arrow_forwardCalculate the financial indicators of the firm Merck for the year 2018 and fill in the spaces marked in the table. Company Name: Year 2018 Chemicals and Allied Products Industry Ratios ………….. Solvency or Debt Ratios Merck J&J 2018 Debt ratio …. …. 0.47 Debt-to-equity ratio …. …. 0.38 Interest coverage ratio …. …. -9.43 Liquidity Ratios Current ratio …. …. 3.47 Quick ratio …. …. 2.12 Cash ratio …. …. 2.24 Profitability Ratios Profit margin …. …. -93.4% ROE (Return on equity), after tax …. …. -248.5 ROA (Return on assets) …. …. -146.5 Gross margin …. …. 55.3% Operating margin (Return on sales) …. …. -42.9% Activity or Efficiency Ratios Asset turnover …. …. 1.08 Receivables turnover (days) …. …. 16 Inventory turnover (days)…arrow_forward
- Garwryk, inc., which is finance with debt and equity, presently has a debt ratio of 78 percent. What is the firm’s equity multiplier? How is the equity multiplier related to the firm’s use of debt financing (i.e., if the firm increased its use of debt financing would this increase or decrease its equity multiplier)? Explain What is the firm’s multiplier? The equity multiplier is given by: Equity multiplier =1 1-debt ratio The equity multiplier is Round to two decimal placesarrow_forwardLong-term solvency refers to a company’s ability to pay its long-term obligations. Financing ratios provideinvestors and creditors with an indication of this element of risk.Required:1. Calculate the debt to equity ratio for AGF for 2018. The average ratio for the stocks listed on the New YorkStock Exchange in a comparable time period was 1.0. What information does your calculation provide aninvestor?2. Is AGF experiencing favorable or unfavorable financial leverage?3. Calculate AGF’s times interest earned ratio for 2018. The coverage for the stocks listed on the New YorkStock Exchange in a comparable time period was 5.1. What does your calculation indicate about AGF’s risk?arrow_forwardSome balance sheet information is shown below: (all values in millions of dollars). a. What change in the book value of the company's equity took place at the end of 2018? b. Is the company's market-to-book ratio meaningful? Is its book debt-equity ratio meaningful? Explain. a. What change in the book value of the company's equity took place at the end of 2018? The book value of equity ▼ increased or decreased by $_____ billion from the end of the previous year, and was ▼ positive or negative. (Select from the drop-down menus and round to three decimal places.)arrow_forward
- Queen, Inc., has a total debt ratio of .46. a. What is its debt-equity ratio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is its equity multiplier? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)arrow_forwardAt the end of the current year, the following information is available for both Pulaski Company and Scott Company. Pulaski Company Scott Company Total assets $ 2,287,500 $ 1,156,500 Total liabilities 871,500 565,500 Total equity 1,416,000 591,000 1. Compute the debt-to-equity ratios for both companies.2. Which company has the riskier financing structure?arrow_forwardCalculate the financial indicators of the firms J&J for the year 2018 and fill in the spaces marked in the table. Company Name: Year 2018 Chemicals and Allied Products Industry Ratios ………….. Solvency or Debt Ratios Merck J&J 2018 Debt ratio …. …. 0.47 Debt-to-equity ratio …. …. 0.38 Interest coverage ratio …. …. -9.43 Liquidity Ratios Current ratio …. …. 3.47 Quick ratio …. …. 2.12 Cash ratio …. …. 2.24 Profitability Ratios Profit margin …. …. -93.4% ROE (Return on equity), after tax …. …. -248.5 ROA (Return on assets) …. …. -146.5 Gross margin …. …. 55.3% Operating margin (Return on sales) …. …. -42.9% Activity or Efficiency Ratios Asset turnover …. …. 1.08 Receivables turnover (days) …. …. 16 Inventory turnover (days)…arrow_forward
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