Paint Company Following Are Selected Data from Paint Company's Financial Statements

Paint Company
Following are selected data from Paint Company's financial statements.

-Refer to the Paint Company data. Paint's debt­to­equity ratio for 2016 is:

A) an indicator that Paint Company's ability to meet current interest payments to creditors is increasing.
B) increasing slightly from 2015 to 2016.
C) an indicator that for every $1 of capital that stockholders provided, creditors provided $0.83.
D) an indicator that Paint Company has relied on stockholders for funds more in 2015 than in 2016.