Investments
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Author: Zvi Bodie Professor, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus Professor
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financial statement analysis to track the performance of its
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five-year period of the chosen company based on the following:
Profitability ratios
> Efficiency/Activity Ratios
Liquidity Ratio
Financial Leverage/Debt Rations
> Investment/Market Ratios
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12-25. Expert Analysts Resources (EAR) has provided you with the following
information about three companies you are currently evaluating:
Company Degree of Degree of
Operating
Financial
Leverage Leverage
(DOL) (DFL)
Acme
Apex
Alps
1.5x
3.0x
5.0x
6.0x
4.0x
2.0x
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highest business risk and which firm has the highest financial risk?
Explain your answers.
(b) If sales for each firm turn out to be 4 percent lower than expected,
what will be the effect on their
(i) EBIT and
(ii) EPS?
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