Financial And Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337902663
Author: WARREN, Carl S.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 4, Problem 6MAD
Analyze and compare Alphabet (Google) and Microsoft
Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) design and distribute consumer and enterprise software, including overlaps in search, business productivity, and mobile operating systems. Alphabet’s primary source of revenue is from advertising, while Microsoft’s is from software subscription and support fees. The following year-end data (in millions) were taken from recent balance sheets for both companies:
- a. Compute the
working capital for each company for both years. - b. Which company has the larger working capital at the end of Year 2?
- c. Is working capital a good measure of relative liquidity in comparing the two companies? Explain.
- d. Compute the
current ratio for both companies. Round to one decimal place. - e. Which company has the larger relative liquidity based on the current ratio?
- f. Based on your analysis, comment on the short-term debt-paying ability of these two companies.
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