The CEO of your company is forming a task force to review the financials and present a review for acquisition of ABC Company. Based on ABCs previous 3 years of financials, determine if this would be a good acquisition. You must form the task force to complete the task. Using each departments area of expertise, what information would each of the following departments contribute to the final decision? Provide a one-paragraph response for each department.

Finance Department

Sales Department

Marketing Department

finance ratios

debt ratio- 60.04% (2015) 62.02% (2014) 67% (2013)

debt-to-equity- 1.50 (2015) 1.63 (2014) 2.06 (2013)

times interest- 10.99 (2015) 11.46 (2014) 15.62 (2013)

sales department

return on equity .20 (2015) .21 (2014) .34 (2013)

return on assets .08 (2015) .08 (2014) .11 (2013)

net profit margin .03 (2015) .03 (2014) .05 (2013)

operating profit margin .034 (2015) .034 (2014) .047 (2013)

market ratios

earnings per share- 8.62 (2015) 7.79 (2014) 5.37 (2013)

price earnings - 1.169 (2015) 1.15 (2014) 1.58 (2013)