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TABLE 3-2 MicroDrive Inc.: Summary of Financial Ratios (Millions of Dollars)

RATIO

FORMULA

CALCULATION

RATIO

INDUSTRY AVERAGE

COMMENT

Liquidity

3.2

4.2

Poor

Quick

1.2

2.1

Poor

Asset Management

 

 

 

 

 

Inventory turnover

4.9

9.0

Poor

Days sales outstanding (DSO)

45.6

36.0

Poor

Fixed assets turnover

3.0

3.0

OK

Total assets turnover

1.5

1.8

Poor

Debt Management

 

 

 

 

 

Debt ratio

53.2%

40.0%

High (risky)

Times-interest-earned (TIE)

3.2

6.0

Low (risky)

EBITDA coverage

3.0

4.3

Low (risky)

Profitability

 

 

 

 

 

Profit margin on sales

3.8%

5.0%

Poor

Basic earning power (BEP)

14.2%

17.2%

Poor

Return on total assets (ROA)

5.7%

9.0%

Poor

Return on common equity (ROE)

12.7%

15.0%

Poor

Market Value

 

 

 

 

 

Price/earnings (P/E)

10.1

12.5

Low

Price/cash flow

5.4

6.8

Low

Market/book (M/B)

1.3

1.7

Low