Summary information from the financial statements of two

Question

Summary information from the financial statements of two companies competing in the same industry follows.

Required: 1. For both companies compute the 
(a) Current ratio, 
(b) Acid  test ratio, 
(c) Accounts ( including notes) receivable turnover, 
(d) Inventory turnover, 
(e) Days' sales in inventory, and 
(f) Days' sales uncollected. 
Identify the company you consider to be the better short  term credit risk and explain why. Round to one decimal place. 
2. For both companies compute the 
(a) Profit margin ratio, (b) Total asset turnover, 
(c) Return on total assets, 
(d) Return on common stockholders equity. Assuming that each company paid cash dividends of $ 1.50 per share and each company's stock can be purchased at $ 25 per share, compute their 
(e) Price earnings ratios 
(f) Dividend yields. Round to one decimal place, except for part b round to two decimals. 
Identify which company's stock you would recommend as the better investment and explainwhy.