Exercise 16-11 (Algo) Financial Ratios for Assessing Profitability and Managing Debt [LO16-4, LO16-5] Selected financial data from the June 30 year-end statements of Safford Company are given below: Total assets at the beginning of the year were $5,300,000; total stockholders' equity was $2,800,000. The company's tax rate Is 35%. 1. Compute the return on total assets. (Round your percentage answer to 1 declmal place (I.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.3).) Required: 2. Compute the return on equity. (Round your percentage answer to 1 declmal place (I.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.3 ).) 3. Is financial leverage positive or negative