ADMS 3595 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Cash Flow, Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Finance Lease

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Loblaw versus empire (a) the following are the debt to total assets and times interest earned ratios for the companies: From the above analysis, it appears that loblaw has slightly more debt than empire in its capital structure. This results in its times interest earned ratio also being less than empire. However, empire has significant operating leases that would also need to be considered in preparing a full analysis. As can be seen from the above table, both companies use different ratios to measure their debt levels. Since these are non-gaap measures, there is some detail provided as to how these ratios have been calculated. 2013 and some capital lease obligations due 2011-2040. Empire had a credit rating of positive trend, which by the end of the year had been upgraded to stable. The primary reason driving this change was that the company had improved ebitda and also reduced interest expense, thereby improving its ebitda to interest ratio.

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