Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
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ISBN: 9780134476315
Author: Chad J. Zutter, Scott B. Smart
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.21P
Learning Goal 4
P3-21 Analysis of debt ratios Financial information from fiscal year 2016 for two companies competing in the cosmetics industry—The Estee Lauder companies and e.l.f. Beauty Inc.—appears in the table below All dollar values are in thousands.
Estee Lauder | e.l.f. Beauty | |
Total assets | $9,223,300 | $414,729 |
Total liabilities | 5,636,000 | 273,867 |
EBIT | 1,625,900 | 26,095 |
Interest expense | 70,700 | 16,283 |
- a. Calculate the debt ratio and the times interest earned ratio for each company. In what way are these companies similar in terms of their debt usage, and in what way are they very different?
- b. Calculate the ratio of interest expense to total liabilities for each company. Conceptually, what do you think this ratio is trying to measure? Why are the values of this ratio dramatically different for these two firms? Suggest some reasons.
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Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3.1RQCh. 3.1 - Describe the purpose of each of the four major...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3.3RQCh. 3.1 - Prob. 3.4RQCh. 3.2 - With regard to financial ratio analysis, how do...Ch. 3.2 - What is the difference between cross-sectional and...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 3.7RQCh. 3.2 - Prob. 3.8RQCh. 3.3 - Under what circumstances would the current ratio...Ch. 3.3 - In Table 3.5, most of the specific firms listed...
Ch. 3.4 - To assess the firms average collection period and...Ch. 3.5 - What is financial leverage?Ch. 3.5 - What ratio measures the firms degree of...Ch. 3.6 - What three ratios of profitability appear on a...Ch. 3.6 - Prob. 3.15RQCh. 3.6 - Prob. 3.16RQCh. 3.7 - What do the price/earnings (P/E) ratio and the...Ch. 3.8 - Financial ratio analysis is often divided into...Ch. 3.8 - Prob. 3.19RQCh. 3.8 - What three areas of analysis are combined in the...Ch. 3 - For the quarter ended January 28, 2017, Kroger...Ch. 3 - Learning Goals 3, 4, 5 ST3-1 Ratio formulas and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.2STPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1WUECh. 3 - Learning Goal 1 E3-2 Explain why the income...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.3WUECh. 3 - Learning Goal 3 E3-4 Bluestone Metals Inc. is a...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 6 E3-5 If we know that a firm has a...Ch. 3 - Financial statement account identification Mark...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 1 P3-2 1ncome statement preparation...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.3PCh. 3 - Learning Goal 1 P3-4 Calculation of EPS and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.5PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.6PCh. 3 - Learning Goals 1 P3-7 Initial sale price of common...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.8PCh. 3 - Learning Goal 1 P3-9 Changes In stockholders...Ch. 3 - Learning Goals 2, 3, 4, 5 P3-10 Ratio comparisons...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 3 P3-11 Liquidity management Bauman...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.12PCh. 3 - Inventory management Three companies that compete...Ch. 3 - Accounts receivable management The table below...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.15PCh. 3 - Learning Goal 4 P3-16 Debt analysis Springfield...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.17PCh. 3 - Learning Goals 2, 3, 4 P3-18 Using Tables 3.1,...Ch. 3 - Learning Goals 5 P3-19 Common-size statement...Ch. 3 - The relationship between financial leverage and...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 4 P3-21 Analysis of debt ratios...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 6 P3-22 Ratio proficiency McDougal...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 6 P3-23 Cross-sectional ratio...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 6 P3-24 Financial statement analysis...Ch. 3 - Learning Goals 6 P3- 25 Integrative: Complete...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 6 P3-26 DuPont system of analysis...Ch. 3 - Learning Goal 6 P3-27 Complete ratio analysis,...Ch. 3 - Spreadsheet Exercise The income statement and...
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