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You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Lydex Compary, a manufacturer of salety helmets. Your boss has asked you to perform a comprehensive analysis of the company's financial statements, including comparing Lydex's performance to its major competiors. The company's financial statements for the iast two years are as follows: To begin your essignment you gather the following financial data and rutios that are bypical of companies in Lydex Companya industy Required: 1. You decide first to assess the company's performance in terms of debt management and profitability. Compute the following for both this year and last year. (Round your "Percentage" answers to 1 decimal place and other answers to 2 decimal places.) a. The times interest earned ratio. b. The debt-to-equity ratio. c. The gross margin percentage: d. The return on total assets. (Total assets at the beginning of last year were $13,120,000.) e. The retum on equity. (Stockholders' equity at the beginning of last year totaled $8,124,900. There has been no change in common stock over the last two years.) f. Is the company's financial leverage positive or negative