ESSENTIALS CORPORATE FINANCE + CNCT A.
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ISBN: 9781259968723
Author: Ross
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 3, Problem 2CTCR
Current Ratio and Quick Ratio. In recent years, Dixie Co. has greatly increased its current ratio. At the same time, the quick ratio has fallen. What has happened? Has the liquidity of the company improved?
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I. If there is no change in gross fixed assets from one year to the next, then net fixed assets would have to have decreased.
II. For firms with lower P/E ratios, investors are valuing each dollar of earnings more than for firms with higher P/E ratios.
III. A increase in the current ratio indicates an improvement in a firm's long-term solvency condition.
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company's financial position, holding other things constant?
The profit margin declines.
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ESSENTIALS CORPORATE FINANCE + CNCT A.
Ch. 3.1 - Why is it often necessary to standardize financial...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3.1BCQCh. 3.2 - What are the five groups of ratios? Give two or...Ch. 3.2 - Turnover ratios all have one of two figures as...Ch. 3.2 - Profitability ratios all have the same figure in...Ch. 3.2 - Given the total debt ratio, what other two ratios...Ch. 3.3 - Return on assets, or ROA, can be expressed as the...Ch. 3.3 - Return on equity, or ROE, can be expressed as the...Ch. 3.4 - What does a firms internal growth rate tell us?Ch. 3.4 - What does a firms sustainable growth rate tell us?
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