Use the balance sheets from Suzannes Hotels in E10- 19A to compute the debt- to- equity ratio
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Use the balance sheets from Suzanne’s Hotels in E10- 19A to compute the debt- to- equity ratio for 2011 and 2010. Suppose you calculated a debt ratio using debt plus equity as the denominator. Which ratio— debt- to- equity or debt- to- debt plus equity— seems easiest to interpret? As an investor, do you view the “trend†in the debt- to- equity ratio as favorable or unfavorable? Why?
In E10-19A
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Suzanne's Hotels, Inc. Balance Sheets December 31, 2011 December 31, 2010 Current assets: Cash $98,000 90,000 116,000 160,000 382,000 160,000 粘42.000 Total current liabilities $206,000 $223,000 117,000 340,000 90,000 Total liabılities Common s Retained earnings Total liabilties and stockholders' equity.. ....325,000 90,000 165,000 $580,000 stoc rS
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