Lowes, a major competitor of The Home Depot in the home improvement business, operates over 1,600 stores.

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Lowe€™s, a major competitor of The Home Depot in the home improvement business, operates over 1,600 stores. For the years ending January 30, 2009, and February 1, 2008, Lowe€™s reported the following balance sheet data (in millions):

Lowe€™s, a major competitor of The Home Depot in the

a. Determine the total stockholders€™ equity as of January 30, 2009, and February 1, 2008.
b. Determine the ratio of liabilities to stockholders€™ equity for 2009 and 2008. Round to two decimal places.
c. What conclusions regarding the margin of protection to the creditors can you draw from (b)?
d. Using the balance sheet data for The Home Depot in Exercise 1-26, how does the ratio of liabilities to stockholders€™ equity of Lowe€™s compare to that of The HomeDepot?

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1133952428

12th Edition

Authors: Warren, Reeve, Duchac

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