Question 8. 8. (TCO G) Please review the following 6 ratios for Langley Company and XYZ Inc. for the year ended 2014, and address the 2 questions below.

Ratio Name	Langley Company	XYZ Inc.
(a) Rate of return on total assets	21.5%	17.9%
(b) Debt ratio	25.0%	10.1%
(c) Accounts receivable turnover	8.3	7.5
(d) Price-Earnings ratio	25	19
(e) Inventory turnover	6.1	5.2
(f) Current ratio	1.96	3.12

Instructions: This is a 2-part question. (1) Explain the meaning of each of the Langley Company ratios above. (2) State which company performed better for each ratio.