1. Classify each of the following ratios according to a ratio category (liquidity ratio, asset management ratio, debt management ratio, profitability ratio, or market value ratio). a. Current ratio – liquidity ratio b. Inventory turnover ratio – asset management ratio c. Return on assets – profitability ratio d. Accounts payable period – asset management ratio e. Times interest earned – debt management ratio f. Capital intensity ratio – asset management ratio g. Equity multiplier – debt management ratio h. Basic earnings power ratio – profitability ratio
2. For each of the actions listed below, determine what would hap pen to the current ratio. Assume nothing else on the balance sheet changes and that net working capital is positive. a. Accounts receivable are paid in cash – Current ratio does not change b. Notes payable are paid off with cash – Current ratio increases c. Inventory is sold on account – Current ratio does not change