In the past year, TVG had revenues of $2.95 million, cost of goods sold of $2.45 million, and depreciation expense of $178,000. The firm has a single issue of debt outstanding with book value of $1.15 million on which it pays an interest rate of 8%. What is the firm’s times interest earned ratio? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

3.5

Explanation:

Computation for the firm’s times interest earned ratio

Revenues$ 2.95 million

Cost of goods sold$ 2.45 million

Depreciation expense$ 178,000.00

Book values of Debt outstanding$ 1.15 million

Interest rate8.00

First step is to calculate for the EBIT

Using this formula

EBIT= Revenues -(Cost of goods sold +Depreciation expense$ 178,000.00)

EBIT=$2,950,000-($2,450,000+$178,000)

EBIT=$2,950,000- $2,628,000

EBIT=$322,000

Second step is to find the Interest

Using this formula

Interest =Debt outstanding with book value ×Interest rate

Let plug in the formula

Interest =$1,150,000×8%

Interest =$92,000

Now let find the firm’s times interest earned ratio

Using this formula

Firm’s times interest earned ratio=EBIT/INTEREST

Where,

EBIT=$322,000

INTEREST=$92,000

Let plug in the formula

Firm’s times interest earned ratio=$322,000/$92,000

Firm’s times interest earned ratio =3.5

Therefore the firm’s times interest earned ratio will be 3.5