Requirement 2. Decide (a) whether Canfield's ability to pay debts and to sell inventory improved or deteriorated during 2018 and (b) whether the investment attractiveness of its common stock appears to have increased or decreased. (a) Did Canfield's ability to pay its debts and to sell inventory improve or deteriorate during 2018? (1) improve (b) Did the investment attractiveness of Canfield's common stock appear to have increased or decreased? (2) increased 1: Income Statement Canfield, Inc. Comparative Income Statement Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 2018 2017 Net Sales Revenue $ 466,000 $ 426,000 243,000 218,000 Cost of Goods Sold Gross Profit 223,000 134,000 208,000 132,000 Operating Expenses Income From Operations 89,000 10,000 76,000 11,000 Interest Expense Income Before Income Tax Income Tax Expense 17,000 62,000 $ 65,000 24,000 41,000 $ Net Income Balance Sheet Canfield, Inc. Comparative Balance Sheet December 31, 2018 and 2017 2018 2017 2016 Assets Current Assets: Cash Accounts Receivables, Net Merchandise Inventory Prepaid Expenses Total Current Assets 98,000 $ 114,000 150,000 12,000 -374,000 214,000 588,000 $ 95,000 115,000 $ 101,000 166,000 204,000 6,000 382,000 178,000 560,000 $600,000 Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net $ Total Assets Liabilities Total Current Liabilities $ 223,000 $ 118,000 240,000 98,000 Long-term Liabilities Total Liabilities 338,000 Stockholders' Equity Preferred Stock, 3% 110,000 110,000 112,000 Common Stockholders' Equity, no par 88,000 $ 588,000 $ 560,000 Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Selected 2016 amounts 3: Additional Financial Information 1. Market price of Canfield's common stock: $84.60 at December 31, 2018, and $43.96 at December 31, 2017 2. Common shares outstanding: 13,000 on December 31, 2018 and 12,000 on December 31, 2017 and 2016. 3. All sales are on credit. 1. Compute the following ratios for 2018 and 2017: a. Current ratio b. Cash ratio c. Times-interest-eared ratio d. Inventory turnover e. Gross profit percentage f. Debt to equity ratio g. Rate of return on common stockholders' equity h. Earnings per share of common stock i. Price/earnings ratio 2. Decide (a) whether anfield's ability to pay debts and to sell inventory improved or deteriorated during 2018 and (b) whether the investment attractiveness of its common stock appears to have increased or decreased