Hasbro, Inc., and Mattel, Inc., are the two largest toy companies in North America. Condensed liabilities and
Question:
Hasbro, Inc., and Mattel, Inc., are the two largest toy companies in North America. Condensed liabilities and stockholders’ equity from a recent balance sheet are shown for each company as follows (in thousands):
The income from operations and interest expense from the income statement for both companies were as follows (in thousands):
a. Determine the ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity for both companies. Round your answers to one decimal place.
b. Determine the times interest earned ratio for both companies. Round your answers to one decimal place.
c. Hasbro, Inc. provides a slightly betterworse margin of safety to creditors. Earnings for both companies appear adequateinadequate to make interest payments. |
a. Determine the asset turnover for all three companies.
Atlantic | fill in the blank 1 |
Pacific | fill in the blank 2 |
Mediterranean | fill in the blank 3 |
b. The ratio of sales to assets measures the number of sales dollars earned for each dollar of assets. The greater the number of sales dollars earned for every dollar of assets, the
more/less
efficient a firm is in using assets