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Given the selected financial statement data for KRJ Enterprises presented below, calculate the debt-to-capital ratio, using total financial debt in the numerator. Present your answer in percentage terms, rounded to two decimal places, e.g., 20.00%.
Cash $122
Short-term investments $209
Accounts receivable $438
Inventory $515
Other current assets $171
Fixed assets (net) $1,027
Intangible assets $205
Long-term investments $316
Total assets $3,052
Short-term debt $161
Current portion of long-term debt $57
Accounts payable $259
Accrued liabilities $232
Other current liabilities $140
Long-term debt $516
Other long-term liabilities $100
Total liabilities $1,322
Stockholders’ equity $1,611
The Debt to Capital ratio is widely used measure to determine the financial leverage of company. The calculation of this ratio is made by divinding the interest bearing debt obligation which may be either short term or long term with Total Capital.
Here Total Capital = Interest bearing Debt+ Shareholders equity
The reason why we take only interest bearing debt as numerator is that all debts don't put financial burden to an entity. For e.g. liabilities like Account Payable, accured liabilities donot carry interest obligations and hence donot impact the financial leverage of an entity.
Here calculation of Debt to Capital Ratio is as follow:
Calculation of Debt (only interest bearing debt to be considered and all other liability to be ignored):
Particular | Amount |
Short term Debt | 161 |
Current Portion of Long term debt | 57 |
Accounts Payable | - |
Accured Liabilities | - |
Other Current Liabilities | - |
Long term Debt | 516 |
Other Long term Liabilities | - |
Total | $ 734 |
Calculation of Capital is as follow:
Capital = Interest bearing Debt + Equity
= 734+ 1611
= $ 2345
Debt to Capital Ratio = 734/2345
= 0.3130
=31.30%