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2014 |
2015 |
|
Cash |
$ 9,000 |
$ 7,282 |
S-T invest. |
48,600 |
20,000 |
AR |
351,200 |
632,160 |
Inventories |
715,200 |
1,287,360 |
Total CA |
1,124,000 |
1,946,802 |
Gross FA |
491,000 |
1,202,950 |
Less: Depr. |
146,200 |
263,160 |
Net FA |
344,800 |
939,790 |
Total assets |
$1,468,800 |
$2,886,592 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Accts. payable |
$ 145,600 |
$ 324,000 |
Notes payable |
200,000 |
720,000 |
Accruals |
136,000 |
284,960 |
Total CL |
481,600 |
1,328,960 |
Long-term debt |
323,432 |
1,000,000 |
Common stock |
460,000 |
460,000 |
Ret. earnings |
203,768 |
97,632 |
Total equity |
663,768 |
557,632 |
Total L&E |
$1,468,800 |
$2,886,592 |
Analyze the balance sheet and explain what we can learn about the company from reading the
The ratios used to perform the analysis here are the current ratio , long term debt to assets ratio and the debt to equity ratio.The Current ratio is the current Assets of the firm divided by the current liabilities.In the year 2014 the current ratio of the firm is 1,124,000/481,600=2.4.But in the year 2015 it is $1,946,802/1,328,960=1.46.The current ratio remains above the figure that is deemed ideal which is above 1.2 .Now coming to the debt management aspect of the firm the the long term debt to asset ratio in 2014 is$323,432/1,468,800=.2202That means 22% of the total assets are financed by long term debt.In 2015 the Long term debt to total asset ratio =$1,000,000/$2,886,592=.35 The debt to equity ratio =Total Liabilities/Total Shareholder Equity.In 2014 the Total Liabilities =$1,468,800-$663,768=$805,032 So the Debt Equity Ratio =805,032/663,768=1.21.In 2015 the total liabilities =$2,886,592-$557,632=$2,328,960 So Debt Equity ratio =2,328,960/557,632=4.18.When analyzing the debt to equity ratio and the long term debt to assets ratio we can understand that both of them has witnessed an increase in the year 2015.This would imply that firm has financed more of it's operations by means of long term finance.In other words the firm might have expanded it's operations using debt financing.As a result of this the risk of bankruptcy is higher, this is because if the firm falls on harder times and the sales decline the firm will have a tough time meeting its interest payments .