Required: Compare the year-end short-term liquidity position of this company at the end of 2006, 2005, and 2004 by computing the: (a) current ratio and (b) acid-test ratio. Comment on the ratio results.
Required: Compare the year-end short-term liquidity position of this company at the end of 2006, 2005, and 2004 by computing the: (a) current ratio and (b) acid-test ratio. Comment on the ratio results.
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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Refer to Mixon Company’s balance sheets in Exercise 1–3. Express the balance sheets in common-size percents. Round to the nearest one-tenth of a percent.

Transcribed Image Text:Mixon Company's year-end balance sheets show the following:
Cash
Accounts receivable, net
Merchandise inventory
Prepaid expenses
Plant assets, net
Total assets
Accounts payable ..
Long-term notes payable secured
by mortgages on plant assets
Common stock, $10 par value
Retained earnings
Total liabilities and equity
2006
$ 30,800
88,500
111,500
9,700
277,500
$518,000
$128,900
97,500
162,500
129,100
$518,000
2005
2004
$ 35,625
$36,800
62,500
49,200
82,500
53,000
9,375
4,000
255,000
229,500
$445,000
$372,500
$ 75,250 $ 49,250
102,500
82,500
162,500
162,500
104,750
78,250
$445,000 $372,500
Required:
Compare the year-end short-term liquidity position of this company at the end of 2006, 2005,
and 2004 by computing the: (a) current ratio and (b) acid-test ratio. Comment on the ratio
results.
EXERCISE 1-3
Evaluating Short-Term
Liquidity
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