Samsung (www.Samsung.com), Apple, and Google are competitors in the global marketplace. Selected results from these companies follow.

Required
1. Compute Samsung's debt-to-equity ratio for the current year and the prior year.
2. Use the data provided and the ratios computed in part 1 to determine which company's financing structure is least risky.

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Apple ($ millions) Current Year Google ($ millions) Current Prior Samsung (W millions) Current Prior Prior Year Key Figures Year Year Year Year Total assets Total liabilities Total equity Debt-to-equity ratio W181,071,570 w155,800,263 54,486,633 $176,064 $116,371 39,756 76,615 $93,798 22,083 $72,574 14,429 59,591,364 57,854 101,313,630 71,715 58,145 121,480,206 118,210 0.49 0.52 0.25 0.31