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(Amounts in millions or billions) |
Abott |
Malick |
Reamer |
Income data |
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Total revenues |
$ 9,729 |
¥ 7,912 |
€136,507 |
Operating income |
298 |
229 |
5,707 |
Interest expense |
40 |
28 |
640 |
Net income |
27 |
11 |
449 |
Asset and liability data |
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(Amounts in millions or billions) |
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Total current assets |
435 |
4,877 |
131,587 |
Long-term assets |
75 |
262 |
55,267 |
Total current liabilities |
237 |
2,197 |
72,700 |
Long-term liabilities |
117 |
2,325 |
110,417 |
Common stockholders' equity |
156 |
617 |
3,737 |
1. |
Compare three fictitious companies
(AbottAbott, MalickMalick, andReamerReamer) by calculating the following ratios: current ratio, debt ratio, leverage ratio, and times-interest-earned ratio. Use year-end figures in place of averages where needed for calculating the ratios in this exercise. Based on your computed ratio values, which company looks the least risky? Begin by computing the ratios. Start by selecting the formula for the current ratio. Then calculate the current ratios for AbottAbott, MalickMalick, andReamerReamer. (Enter amounts in millions or billions as provided to you in the problem statement. Round the ratios to two decimal places.) |
Amount in millions/billions | |||||||
(Amounts in millions or billions) | Abott | Malick | Reamer | ||||
Income data | |||||||
Total revenues | $9,729 | ¥ 7,912 | € 136,507 | ||||
Operating income | 298 | 229 | 5,707 | ||||
Interest expense | 40 | 28 | 640 | ||||
Net income | 27 | 11 | 449 | ||||
Asset and liability data | |||||||
(Amounts in millions or billions) | |||||||
Total current assets | 435 | 4,877 | 131,587 | ||||
Long-term assets | 75 | 262 | 55,267 | ||||
Total current liabilities | 237 | 2,197 | 72,700 | ||||
Long-term liabilities | 117 | 2,325 | 110,417 | ||||
Common stockholders' equity | 156 | 617 | 3,737 | ||||
Abott | Malick | Reamer | |||||
Current ratio = | Current assets | / | Current liability | 1.84 | 2.22 | 1.81 | |
(435/237) | (4877/2197) | (131587/72700) | |||||
Debt ratio = | Total liability | / | Total assets | 0.69 | 0.88 | 0.98 | |
(237+117)/(435+75) | (2197+2325)/(4877+262) | (110417+72700)/(131587+55267) | |||||
Leverage ratio = debt/equity ratio = | Total liability | / | Total shareholders' equity | 2.27 | 7.33 | 49.00 | |
(237+117)/(156) | (2197+2325)/(617) | (110417+72700)/(3737) | |||||
Times interest earned ratio | Operating income | / | Interest expense | 7.45 | 8.18 | 8.92 | |
(298/40) | (229/28) | (5707/640) | |||||
Abott looks least risky out of the above as it has reasonable current ratio, least debt ratio and least leverage ratio. | |||||||