Ratio of Liabilities to Stockholders' Equity The Builder's Outlet, is the world's largest home improvement retailer and one of the largest retailers in the United States based on net sales volume. The Builder's Outlet operates over 2,200 Builder's Outlet stores that sell a wide assortment of building materials and home improvement and lawn and garden products Builder's Outlet recently reported the following balance sheet data (in millions): Year 1 $113,724 35,100 Year 2 Total assets $49,725 Total stockholders' equity 32,500 a. Determine the total liabilities at the end of Years 2 and 1. Year 2 millon million Year 1 b. Determine the ratio of liabilities to stockholders equity for Year 2 and Year 1. Round your answers to two decimal places. Year 2 Year 1 c. The ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity indicating nisk for creditors from Year 1 to Year 2.

Horizontal Analysis Mike Sanders is considering the purchase of Kepler Company, a firm specializing in the manufacture of office supplies. To be able to assess the financial capabilities of the company, Mike has been given the company’s financial statements for the 2 most recent years. Kepler CompanyComparative Balance Sheets   This Year Last Year Assets     Current assets:     Cash $50,000.00 $100,000.00 Accounts receivable, net 300,000.00 150,000.00 Inventory 600,000.00 400,000.00 Prepaid expenses 25,000.00 30,000.00 Total current assets $975,000.00 $680,000.00 Property and equipment, net 125,000.00 150,000.00 Total assets $1,100,000.00 $830,000.00 Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity     Current liabilities:     Accounts payable $400,000.00 $290,000.00 Short-term notes payable 200,000.00 60,000.00 Total current liabilities $600,000.00 $350,000.00 Long-term bonds payable, 12% 100,000.00 150,000.00 Total liabilities $700,000.00 $500,000.00…

Inferring Transactions from Financial StatementsCostco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 721locations across the U.S. as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, Mexico and Puerto Rico. As of its fiscal year-end 2016, Costco had approximately 86.7 million members. Selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. Selected Balance Sheet Data ($ millions) 2016 2015 Merchandise inventories $8,969 $8,908 Deferred membership income (liability) 1,362 1,269 (a) During fiscal 2016, Costco collected $2,739 million cash for membership fees. Use the financial statement effects template to record the cash collected for membership fees.(b) Costco recorded merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold) of $102,901 million in 2016. Record this transaction in the financial statement effects template.(c) Determine the…

The Home Depot, Inc. (HD), is the world's largest home improvement retailer and one of the largest retailers in the United States based on sales volume. Home Depot operates over 2,200 stores that sell a wide assortment of building, home improvement, and lawn and garden items. Home Depot recently reported the following end-of-year balance sheet data (in millions): Year 3 Year 2 Year 1 Total assets $42,549 $39,946 $40,518 Total liabilities 36,233 30,624 27,996 Total stockholders' equity 6,316 9,322 12,522 Compute the ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity for all three years. Round to two dec- imal places. a. b. What conclusions regarding the margin of protection to creditors can you draw from the trend in this ratio for the three years?