Loose Leaf For Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260159547
Author: Phillips Associate Professor, Fred, Libby, Robert, Patricia
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 14E
Calculating and Evaluating the
Columbia Sportswear Company reported the following in recent balance sheets (amounts in millions).
Required:
- 1. Calculate the current ratio (rounded to two decimal places) at September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015.
- 2. Did the company’s current ratio increase or decrease? What does this imply about the company’s ability to pay its current liabilities as they come due?
- 3. What would Columbia’s current ratio have been on September 30, 2016, if the company were to have paid down $10 (million) of its Accounts Payable? Does paying down Accounts Payable in this case increase or decrease the current ratio?
- 4. Are the company’s total assets financed primarily by liabilities or stockholders’ equity at September 30, 2016?
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