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Corporate Financial Accounting 14th Edition by Carl Warren,James Reeve,Jonathan Duchac

Edition 14ISBN: 978-1305653535
book Corporate Financial Accounting 14th Edition by Carl Warren,James Reeve,Jonathan Duchac cover

Corporate Financial Accounting 14th Edition by Carl Warren,James Reeve,Jonathan Duchac

Edition 14ISBN: 978-1305653535
Exercise 38
Hershey: Short-term liquidity analysis
The Hershey Company is the largest producer of chocolate in North America under the Hershey's and Reese's brend names. The following balance sheet information is provided at the end of three recent years(in thousands).
Hershey: Short-term liquidity analysis  The Hershey Company is the largest producer of chocolate in North America under the Hershey's and Reese's brend names. The following balance sheet information is provided at the end of three recent years(in thousands).     A. Compute the working capital for the three years. B. Compute the current ratio for three years. (Round to one decimal place.)  C. Compute the quick ratio for the three years. (Round to one decimal place.)  D. Interpret the short-term liquidity for the three years from (C).  E. Are the other two measures in (A) and (B) consistent with your analysis in (D)?
A. Compute the working capital for the three years.
B. Compute the current ratio for three years. (Round to one decimal place.)
C. Compute the quick ratio for the three years. (Round to one decimal place.)
D. Interpret the short-term liquidity for the three years from (C).
E. Are the other two measures in (A) and (B) consistent with your analysis in (D)?
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