In: Accounting
Payne Corporation has the following accounts as of December 31, 2018:
Total Assets $ 60,000
Total Liabilities 20,000
Total Equity 40,000
Compute the debt to equity ratio at December 31, 2018.
Step 1: Definition of dent-equity ratio
The relationship between total liabilities and total equity is the debt to equity ratio.
Step 2: Debt-Equity ratio
The company's debt-equity ratio is calculated by dividing the liabilities by equity. The debt equity rqatio shows the relationship between the debt and the equity.
The debt-equity ratio of the Payne Corporation is 0.5:1