Comparative financial statements for Weller Corporation, a merchandising company, for the year ending December $31$ appear below. $\backslash$table$[[$Additional paid$-$in capital,$4,200,4,200],[$Total paid$-$in capital,$5,000,5,000],[$Retained earnings,$29,880,26,660],[$Total stockholders' equity,$34,880,31,660],[$Total liabilities and stockholders' equity,$$50,280,$$$45,960]]$

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Weller Corporation$],[$Comparative Income Statement and Reconciliation$],[($dollars in thousands$)]]],[,$This Year,Last Year$],[$Sales$,$$$79,000,$$$74,000],[$Cost of goods sold,$52,000,48,000],[$Gross margin,$27,000,26,000],[$Selling and administrative expenses:,,$],[$Selling expenses,$8,500,8,000],[$Administrative expenses,$12,000,11,000],[$Total selling and administrative expenses,$20,500,19,000],[$Net operating income,$6,500,7,000],[$Interest expense,$600,600],[$Net income before taxes,$5,900,6,400],[$Income taxes,$2,360,2,560],[$Net income,$3,540,3,840],[$Dividends to common stockholders,$320,600],[$Net income added to retained earnings,$3,220,3,240],[$Beginning retained earnings,$26,660,23,420],[$Ending retained earnings,$$29,880,$$$26,660]]$

Required:

Compute the following financial ratios for this year:

Times interest earned ratio.

Debt$-$to$-$equity ratio.

Equity multiplier.

The company did not issue any new common stock during the year. A total of $800,000$ shares of common stock were outstanding. The

interest rate on the bond payable was $12\%,$ the income tax rate was $40\%,$ and the dividend per share of common stock was $$0\mathrm{.}75$ last

year and $$0\mathrm{.}40$ this year. The market value of the company's common stock at the end of this year was $$18.$ All of the company's sales

are on account.