Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 12.32BE
LO 4
(Learning Objective 4: Calculate ratios; evaluate turnover, liquidity, and current debt-paying ability) The financial statements of Big City News, Inc., include the following items:
Requirements
1. Calculate the following ratios for 2018 and 2017. When calculating days, round your answer to the nearest whole number.
- a.
Current ratio - b. Quick (acid-test) ratio
- c. Inventory turnover and days’ inventory outstanding (DIO)
- d. Accounts receivable turnover
- e. Days' sales in average receivables or days' sales outstanding (DSO)
- f. Accounts payable turnover and days’ payable outstanding (DPO). Use cost of goods sold in the formula for accounts payable turnover.
- g. g Cash conversion cycle (in days)
2. Evaluate the company’s liquidity and current debt-paying ability for 2018. Has it improved or deteriorated from 2017?
3. As a manager of this company, what would you try to improve next year?
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