Exercise 24-04

As loan analyst for Pronghorn Bank, you have been presented the following information.

		Toulouse Co.			Lautrec Co.
Assets
Cash		$125,000			$321,000
Receivables		225,000			308,000
Inventories		545,000			527,000
Total current assets		895,000			1,156,000
Other assets		515,000			619,000
Total assets		$1,410,000			$1,775,000
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Current liabilities		$292,000			$342,000
Long-term liabilities		413,000			515,000
Capital stock and retained earnings		705,000			918,000
Total liabilities and stockholders equity		$1,410,000			$1,775,000
Annual sales		$915,000			$1,556,000
Rate of gross profit on sales		30	%		40	%

Each of these companies has requested a loan of $50,000 for 6 months with no collateral offered. Because your bank has reached its quota for loans of this type, only one of these requests is to be granted. Compute the various ratios for each company. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25.)

		Toulouse Co.			Lautrec Co.
Current ratio		enter the ratio rounded to 2 decimal places	: 1		enter the ratio rounded to 2 decimal places	: 1
Acid-test ratio		enter the ratio rounded to 2 decimal places	: 1		enter the ratio rounded to 2 decimal places	: 1
Accounts receivable turnover		enter the accounts receivable turnover rounded to 2 decimal places	times		enter the accounts receivable turnover rounded to 2 decimal places	times
Inventory turnover		enter the inventory turnover rounded to 2 decimal places	times		enter the inventory turnover rounded to 2 decimal places	times
Cash to current liabilities		enter the ratio rounded to 2 decimal places	: 1		enter the ratio rounded to 2 decimal places	: 1