Companies that operate in different industries may have very different financial ratio values. These differences may grow even wider when we compare companies located in different countries.
Compare three leading companies (Company E, Company L, and Company R) by calculating the following ratios: current ratio, debt ratio, leverage ratio, and times-interest-earned ratio. Use year-end figures in place of averages where needed for the purpose of calculating ratios in this exercise.

Based on your computed ratio values, which company looks the least risky?

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A1 Company L Company R 1 (Amounts in millions or billions) 2 Income data 3 Total revenues Company E $ 9,733Y 7312 229 30 17 294 45 24 136,390 5,639 720 441 Operating income 5 I interest expense 6 Net income 7 Assets and liability data 8 (Amounts in millions or billions) 9 Total current assets 10 Long-term assets 11 Total current liabilities 12 Long-term liabilities 13 Stockholders' equity 14 4345383155,364 34939,558 72,600 126 2072197 127 2331 110,627 11,695 226 1,204