Times Interest Earned Loomis, Inc., reported the following on the company's income statement in tvo recent years: Current Year Prior Year Interest expense $13,500,000 $16,000,000 Income before income tax expense 310,500,000 432,000,000 a. Determine the times interest earned ratio for the current year and the prior year. Current year Prior year b. Is this ratio improving or declining?

Times Interest Earned Loomis, Inc., reported the following on the company's income statement in tvo recent years: Current Year Prior Year Interest expense $13,500,000 $16,000,000 Income before income tax expense 310,500,000 432,000,000 a. Determine the times interest earned ratio for the current year and the prior year. Current year Prior year b. Is this ratio improving or declining?

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Chapter15: Financial Statement Analysis

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