Access the Data Analytic worksheet at www.wiley.com/go/pratt/financialaccounting11e.
a. Create a table that compares the performance of Caterpillar and AGCO, competing companies in the farm and construction industry, on the current and quick ratios, interest coverage, and accounts receivable turnover for 2018 and 2017.
b. For the two companies, link your analysis in (a) to their return on asset and return on equity ratios through the ratios' effect on the total asset turnover ratio.