Marcus is a venture capitalist who invests in start-ups and small businesses. he is interested in investing in an online start-up company that has been in business for a year. before making a decision, marcus does some research on the value of the company's assets and liabilities. in this scenario, marcus is most likely analyzing the company's: .

Debt to equity ratio. Liabilities divided by assets gives you a debt to asset ratio. This shows the proportion of a company’s assets which are financed through debt. If the ratio is less than 0.5 than most of the company’s assets are financed through equity. If the ratio is greater than 0.5, most of the company’s assets are financed through debt. The lower the ratio, the better.