Finance Strategy for company B

Describe your company's finance strategy (as concerns dividends, use of debt versus equity, stock issues/repurchases, actions to achieve/maintain a strong credit rating, etc.) You should clearly describe your company's dividend policy during the period you have managed the company.

Balance Sheet Data ($000s) Shareholder Equity Cash Current Fixed Total Current Long-Term Total Beginning Stock Sales Earnings Ending On Hand Assets Assets Assets Liabilities Loans Liabilities Equity (Purchases) Retained Equity 20,546 173,291 234,815 408, 106 119,784 20,000 139,784 234,289 -112,076 146,104 268,322 A 249 407 389 210 224,422 613,632 153,768 302,000 455,768 440,495 -245,675 -36,955 157,864 322,648 448,573 238,272 686,845 99,891 64, 100 163,991 411,205 0 111,551 522,854 30,093 208,282 233,590 441,872 95,685 0 95,685 404,390 -202,012 143,807 346, 187 168,425 322,396 237,600 559,996 82,736 20,000 102,736 487,400 -227,871 197,727 457,260 n mo 158,224 308,350 233,740 542,090 110,373 81,220 191,593 395,556 0 112,447 350,497 Selected Financial and Operating Statistics Dividend Data Credit Rating Measures Profitability Ratios Capital Shares Dividend Total Div Payout Debt : Interest Gross Operating Net Outlays of Stock Per Share Payment (percent of Equity Coverage Current Profit Profit Profit $000s for Outstanding ($/share) ($000s) net profit) (D%:E%) Ratio Ratio Margin Margin Margin plant & equip) (000s of shrs) T MOOD 0.00 0 0.0% 34:66 24.12 1.45 43.1% 26.0% 17.5% 1,300 16,816 9.00 168,750 128.0% 74:26 95.34 2.53 51.2% 27.6% 17.2% 14,500 18,750 0.00 O 0.0% 24:76 48.34 4.49 42.0% 22.4% 14.6% 20,005 0.00 0.0% 22:78 n.m. 2.18 43.9% 22.7% 16.0% 7,750 19,237 0.00 0.0% 18:82 291.60 3.90 55.2% 33.5% 23.3% 5,000 17,800 T MOOD 1.80 33,750 25.6% 34:66 291.88 2.91 47.1% 26.4% 17.7% 5,710 18,522