On january 1 2016, paulus company purchased 75% of sweet corporation for $500,000. sweet’ stockholders’ equity on that date was equal to $600,000 and sweet had 60,000 shares issued and outstanding on that date. sweet corporation sold an additional 15,000 shares of previously unissued stock on december 31, 2016. assuming that paulus company purchased the additional shares, what would be their current percentage ownership on december 31, 2016?

Companies hd and ld are both profitable, and they have the same total assets (ta), total invested capital, sales (s), return on assets (roa), and profit margin (pm). both firms finance using only debt and common equity. however, company hd has the higher total debt to total capital ratio. which of the following statements is correct? a) company hd has a higher assets turnover than company ld. b) company hd has a higher return on equity than company ld. c) none of the other statements are correct because the information provided on the question is not enough. d) company hd has lower total assets turnover than company ld. e) company hd has a lower operating income (ebit) than company ld