In: Finance
Identify a matching firm in your firm's industry with similar size as your firm (use 2016 total assets to choose a matching firm). Compare your firm's long term debt/total assets and long term debt/equity ratio with your matching firm
| 
 My firm (long-term debt to total assets ratio)  | 
 Matching firm (long-term debt to total assets ratio)  | 
|
| 
 2015  | 
 0.0037  | 
 0.0439  | 
| 
 2016  | 
 0.0010  | 
 0.0198  | 
| 
 2017  | 
 0.0050  | 
 0.0000  | 
| 
 2018  | 
 0.0103  | 
 0.0000  | 
| 
 2019  | 
 0.2422  | 
 0.0000  | 
| 
 Average  | 
 0.05244  | 
 0.012746  | 
| 
 My firm (long-term debt to Equity ratio)  | 
 Matching firm (long-term debt to Equity ratio)  | 
|
| 
 2015  | 
 0.0055  | 
 0.0717  | 
| 
 2016  | 
 0.0019  | 
 0.0314  | 
| 
 2017  | 
 0.0212  | 
 0.0000  | 
| 
 2018  | 
 0.1145  | 
 0.0000  | 
| 
 2019  | 
 -1.5283  | 
 0.0000  | 
| 
 Average  | 
 -0.2770  | 
 0.0206  | 
If we compare My firms and matching firms (L-T debt to total asset ratio, we can see that, the firm selected by me , My firm has shown steady incere in the debt to total assets from 2018 onwards. Net debt to total assets is a leverage ratio that determines the gross debt to a company's own assets. Using this method, investors will equate the profitability of one business with that of other firms in the same industry. This data may represent a company's financial stability.

If we look at LT debt to equity ratio , we find

Lt debt to equity sharply fell in 2019 for 'My firm"
if we look in 2016 total assets to choose a matching firm

So the chosen my firm has lower D to E and D to Total Asset ratio denoting it is a company with a lower financial leverage which indicates that, even if the company does have debt, its operations and sales are generating enough revenue to grow its assets through profits.
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