Selected financial data at the end of this year for Safford Company are given below:

Total assets at the beginning of the year were $$5,200,000$; total stockholders' equity was $$2,100,000.$ The company's tax rate is $35\%.$

Required:

Compute the return on total assets.

Note: Round your percentage answer to $1$ decimal place $($i$.$e$.,0\mathrm{.}1234$ should be entered as $12\mathrm{.}3).$

Compute the return on equity.

Note: Round your percentage answer to $1$ decimal place $($i$.$e$.,0\mathrm{.}1234$ should be entered as $12\mathrm{.}3).$

Is financial leverage positive or negative?