Chapter 18, Problem 18.11E

To determine

Current Ratio: A part of liquidity ratios, current ratio reflects the ability to oblige the short term debts of a company. It is calculated based on the current assets and current liabilities; a company has in an accounting period. Current ratio is useful tool for analysis of financials of a company.

Acid-Test Ratio: It is a ratio used to determine a company’s ability to pay back its current liabilities using only liquid assets that are current assets except the inventory and prepaid expenses.

Accounts Receivable turnover: A measure of ability to collect account receivables, account receivable turnover reports the net credit sales as the times of average account receivables. It reflects the efficiency in account receivable collection.

Inventory Turnover: It is a part of efficiency ratios used during the process of ratio analysis. It reflects the number of times a company’s inventory is converted into sale during a particular period. The cost of goods sold is divided by average inventory to get the value of inventory turnover.

Profit Margin: Profit margin reflects the portion of net income in the net sales. It is a profitability measure tool that is used to evaluate the net income a business earns on every dollar of net sales. It is computed as net income divided by net revenue.

Assets Turnover: It’s a measure to evaluate the efficiency of total assets used in the business to generate sales during a certain period. Assets turnover reflects the net sales as the times of average total assets.

Return on Total Assets: It is a measure to evaluate the efficiency of company’s assets. It reports the profit earned as the percentage of total assets used in the business. A company’s rate of return on total assets reflects its ability to optimize the use of total assets.

Rate of Return on Common Stockholders’ Equity: It is a measure of net income available to common stockholders of the company. A company’s rate of return on equity shows the amount earned for each dollar invested by the common stockholders.

Debt to Assets Ratio: It is the ratio between total assets of the company and the total liabilities. Debt ratio reflects the finance strategy of the company. It is used to evaluate company’s ability to pay its debts. Higher debt ratio implies the higher financial risk.

To compute: (a) Current ratio (b) Acid-test ratio (c) Accounts receivable turnover (d) Inventory turnover (e) Profit margin (f) Asset turnover (g) Return on assets (h) Return on common stockholders’ equity (i) Debt to assets ratio of W Company for 2017.