The following ratios are available for Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. for a recent year:

Instructions
(a) Which company is more liquid? Explain.
(b) Which company is more solvent? Explain.
(c) Which company is more profitable? Explain.
TAKING IT FURTHER
Rogers' price-earnings ratio is 17.4 times, compared with Shaw's price-earnings ratio of 13.7 times. Which company do investors favour? Is your answer consistent with your analysis of the two companies' profitability in part (c)?

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uidit RogersShaw 0.48:1 0.36:1 8.3 times Current ratio Acid-test ratio Receivables turnover Solvency Debt to total assets Interest coverage 0.95:1 0.81:1 10.7 times 79.3% 3.3 times 63.7% 5.5 times Profit margin Asset turnover Return on assets Return on equity 10.4% 0.5 times 5.4% 26.4% 16.9% 0.4 times 6.8% 19.0%