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What is The denominator in the calculation of the ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity?
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The denominator is the stockholders' (assuming there is more than one stockholder) equity
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What does it mean when stockholder's equity is less than total liabilities?
it means the entity is unlikely to settle obligation as they fall due within the operations and that the entity continued existence and operation is highly uncertain.
Needham pharmaceuticals has a profit margin of 3 percent and an equity multiplier of 2.0 its sales are 100 million and it has total assets of 50 million what is its roe?
ROE= profit margin × total assets turnover × equity multiplier ROE= ( Net income / sales ) × ( sales / total assets ) × ( total assets / common equity ) ROE= 3% × ( 100/50)×2 ROE = 3% × 4 = 12 %
What is an interest?
An equity interest is a proportion of ownership, typically via investment in a business. Stocks are also known as equities. Also, there is an accounting concept called owner's equity. One person might own 90% of a business, and the other 10%. Note that bonds represent cooperation debt, while stocks represent ownership or equity interest.
Justice is as long as the chancellor's foot?
one of the historic criticisms of equity as it developed was that it had no fixed rules of its own and each Lord Chancellor (who traditionally administered the courts of equity on behalf of the King) gave judgment according to his own conscience. John Selden, an eminent seventeenth century jurist, declared, "Equity varies with the length of the Chancellor's foot."
What does it mean when debt to equity is -345 percent instead of 345 percent?
Probably means that your debit, negative value of whatever, is a negative percentage as compared to equity, value, in whatever. Say you owned a home that you own free and clear and you put big bucks into it and expected it's value, equity, to be greater than the money you put in ( or the same value ) Then this crash came along and your home lost value and if you sold it you would be down - 345 percent of the equity. Bad example,but somewhat telling.
Net worth is equal to a stockholders equity plus what?
Net worth is equal to stockholders' equity minus liabilities.
What causes stockholder equity to change?
Remember that in accounting, the Mother of All Equations is: Assets - Liabilities = Stockholders' Equity Anything that increases or decreases your assets or liabilities is going to cause your Stockholders' Equity to change as well.
If the assets owned by a company total 500000 and the stockholders equity totals 400000 do liabilities total 100000?
1. Basic Accounting Equation: Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity 500000 = Liabilities + 400000 Liabilities = 500000 - 400000 Liabilities = 100000
What is the appropriate order for a company's chart of accounts?
assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity, revenues, expense
If total assets increased 150000 during the year and total liabilities decreased 80000 what is the amount of stockholders' equity at the end of the year?
If total assets increased 150000 during the year and total liabilities decreased 80000 what is the amount of stockholders' equity at the end of the year?
What is the accounting equation and when is it balanced?
There is a lot of accounting equations, but i assume you mean Assets=Liabilities+stockholders' Equity.
Is a liability account a debit or a credit?
Remember the basic accounting equations Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity (Stockholders Equity) Assets increase with a debit Liabilities as well as Equity increase with a credit Liabilities have a credit balance (meaning you must credit the account to "increase" it and debit the account to "decrease" it) this makes liabilities a credit.
Expanded accounting equation?
Assets =Liabilities +(Stockholders' Equity=Paid-in Capital + Revenues - Expenses - Dividends - Treasury Stock. )Assets =Liabilities +(Owner's Equity=Owner's Capital + Revenues - Expenses - Owner's Draws.)
How do you solve for liabilities when only given assets?
To solve for liabilities you have to have assets and owners equity. If you are given these two balances, then to find liabilities remember the accounting equation.Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity (Stockholders Equity)Rearrange the equation to findAssets - Owners Equity = LiabilitiesFor example if you haveAssets 500 = Liabilities X = Owners Equity $300Assets $500 - OE $300 = Liab. $200The equation original form would look like this.$500 = $200 + $300If you are not given at least two balances, there is really no way to figure the Liabilities.
Is owner's capital included in debt ratio calculation?
No, it does not. The debt ratio measures the ability to pay for both current and long term debts. This is calculated by dividing total liabilities over total assets. Owner's capital OS part of stockholders' equity.
What is effect of posting errors on a trial balance?
Depends on the error. Either assets will be over/understated and liabilities/stockholders' equity will be over/understated.
Do Revenues represent decreases in stockholders' equity?
no, they represent increases in stockholders' equity.
