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Chapter 10, Problem 7PSA
1)
To determine
Introduction: The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio measures how heavily a company relies on debt by comparing its total liabilities to shareholder equity. A larger D/E ratio denotes greater risk, whereas a particularly low one can signify that a company is not utilizing debt funding for expansion.
To compute: The debt-to-equity ratio
2)
To determine
Introduction: The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio measures how heavily a company relies on debt by comparing its total liabilities to shareholder equity. A larger D/E ratio denotes greater risk, whereas a particularly low one can signify that a company is not utilizing debt funding for expansion.
The company having a riskier financial structure.
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