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Use Boeing Company’s financial statements available on the Web at www.mhhe.com/higgins10e...

Use Boeing Company’s financial statements available on the Web at www.mhhe.com/higgins10e to answer the following questions. (Select Student Edition > Choose a Chapter > Files.) Feel free to make any necessary assumptions.

a. For the years 2005–2009, calculate Boeing’s:

i. Total liabilities-to-equity ratio

ii. Times interest earned ratio

iii. Times burden covered ratio


b. What percentage decline in earnings before interest and taxescould Boeing have sustained in these years before failing to cover:

i. Interest and principal repayment requirements?

ii. Interest, principal, and common dividend payments?


c. What do these calculations suggest about Boeing’s financial leverage during this period?

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