Examine the following selected financial information for Big Buy Co., Inc., and Big Stores, Inc.: (Click...

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Examine the following selected financial information for Big Buy Co., Inc., and Big Stores, Inc.: (Click the icon to view the financial information.) 1. 2. Complete the table, calculating all the requested information for the two companies. Evaluate each company's long-term debt-paying ability (strong, medium, weak). 1. Complete the table, calculating all the requested information for the two companies. (Round your answers to two decimal places, X.XX.) (In millions) Big Buy Co., Inc. Big Stores, Inc. 1. Total assets. $ 17,945 $ 182,630 2. Shareholders' equity $ 7,380 $ 71,460 3. Operating income 2,123 $ 26,820 4. Interest expense $ 84 $ 1,939 5. Leverage ratio 6. Total debt. 7. Debt ratio.. 8. Times interest eamed 2. Evaluate each company's long-term debt-paying ability (strong, medium, weak). Both companies' debt-paying abilities are strong. Big Buy has a stronger times-interest-earned ratio. From the standpoint of leverage (debt) the companies are about equal. Examine the following selected financial information for Big Buy Co., Inc., and Big Stores, Inc.: (Click the icon to view the financial information.) 1. 2. Complete the table, calculating all the requested information for the two companies. Evaluate each company's long-term debt-paying ability (strong, medium, weak). 1. Complete the table, calculating all the requested information for the two companies. (Round your answers to two decimal places, X.XX.) (In millions) Big Buy Co., Inc. Big Stores, Inc. 1. Total assets. $ 17,945 $ 182,630 2. Shareholders' equity $ 7,380 $ 71,460 3. Operating income 2,123 $ 26,820 4. Interest expense $ 84 $ 1,939 5. Leverage ratio 6. Total debt. 7. Debt ratio.. 8. Times interest eamed 2. Evaluate each company's long-term debt-paying ability (strong, medium, weak). Both companies' debt-paying abilities are strong. Big Buy has a stronger times-interest-earned ratio. From the standpoint of leverage (debt) the companies are about equal.