FUNDAMENTAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Chapter 2, Problem 37P
Some balance sheet information is shown here (all values in millions of dollars) (see MyFinanceLab for the data in Excel format):
- What change in the book value of the company's equity took place at the end Of 2015?
- Is the company's market-to-book ratio meaningful? Is its book debt-equity ratiomeaningful? Explain.
- Find the company's other financial statements from that time online. What was the cause of the change to its book value of equity at the end of 2015?
- Does the company's book value of equity in 2016 imply that it is unprofitable? Explain.
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