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Tuesday, 26 September 2017

The following information was drawn from the balance sheets of two companies

The following information was drawn from the balance sheets of two companies


Required
a.
Compute the debt to assets ratio to measure the level of financial risk of both companies.

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b.
Compare the two ratios computed in Requirement a to identify which company has the higher level of financial risk.
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Explanation:
a.
  Company Total
Debt
÷ Total
Assets
=
Debt to Assets Ratio
  Ever-Well $ 86,000   ÷ $ 200,000   =   43.0 %
  Eat-Right $ 172,000   ÷ $ 602,000   =   28.6 %


b.
Based only on the debt to assets ratio, Ever-Well Company has more financial risk than Eat-Right Company because it is financing more of its assets with borrowed money.

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