Answer:A merger
Explanation:
This is coming of two companies to form a new firm with both companies losing their indentity .
Answer:
Pelican's debt ratio 9%
Timberland's debt ratio 50%
The times interest earned ratio for Pelican 57.5
The times interest earned ratio for Timberland 10.45
C is correct as Pelican has 57.5 times interest earned ratio while Timberland only 10.45 times.in other words,earnings of Timberland is more volatile.
D is also correct ,since it has financial leverage of 50.46% as against Pelican financial leverage of 9.17%
The operating margin for Pelican is 14.76% while the operating margin for Timberland is 13.8%
Return on total assets for Pelican is 36.9% and that of its competitor is 34.5%
The return on equity for Pelican 40.6% and that of Timberland is 69.6%
C is correct as Pelican is more profitable than Timberland as shown by the higher net profit margin and return on assets
B is correct, even though Pelican is more profitable (higher net profitmargin), Timberland has a higher ROE than Pelican due to the additional financial leverage risk.
Explanation:
All of the ratios requested for are found in the attached spreadsheet.
Answer: Lower quality
Explanation: U.S auto industry comes under the oligopoly market structure with small number of sellers operating at very large scale. In an oligopoly market structure, the firms in the industry compete on the basis of advertising, product differentiation etc. and not on price.
If US auto manufacturers do so, buyers will surely assume that the quality of product offered is lower than others.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
The EPA legislates and enforces more regulations that reap greater benefits than the other agencies.