Refer to Remington€™s financial statements in Exercise 12-65 and the information below.

At January 1, 2010, total stockholders€™ equity was $2,083,122 and there was no preferred stock.

Required:
1. Compute the four stockholder ratios (in percentage terms, rounded to two decimal places except for EPS, which should be rounded to nearest cent) for 2010 and 2011.
2. Indicate whether there were significant changes in these ratios between the years ended December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2010. Determine whether the stockholder ratios suggest that Remington was a better investment at December 31, 2011, or December 31, 2010.

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Year Ended December 3, Hem 2011 2010 Average number of common shares outstanding (thousands) Preferred dividends (thousands) Dividends per common share Dividends (thousands Common stock repurchases Market price per share: 364,398 $ 24,000 24,000 1.54 561,172.30 0 362,202 0.36 130,861.00 0 High Low Close $ 83.25 $79.10 59.00 66.36 63.25 78.42