ATC 10-3
Students should be reminded that the analysts at Standard & Poor’s have had a lot
more information upon which to base their ratings than is presented in the
textbook. The credit ratings and the company to which each relates are as follow:
AAA = Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
A = Boeing
much about future expectations (will JCP’s losses continue?) as it is
about the current condition of a company’s balance sheet.
The data presented show that the ADP probably is in the best financial
contrition. Its times interest earned is 16 times higher than the next best
company, Boeing, and its return on assets ratio and debt to assets ratios