Which one of the following would help a company with high gearing to reduce its gearing ratio?
A company's gross profit as a percentage of sales increased from 24% in the year ended 31 December 20X1 to 27% in the
year ended 31 December 20X2.
Which of the following events is most likely to have caused the increase?
Which of the following transactions would result in an increase in capital employed?
From the following information regarding the year to 31 August 20X6, what is the accounts payable payment period? You
should calculate the ratio using purchases as the denominator.
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Sales 43,000
Cost of sales 32,500
Opening inventory 6,000
Closing inventory 3,800
Trade accounts payable at 31 August 20X6 4,750
What is the gearing of the company? You should calculate gearing using capital employed as the denominator.