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问题如下:
Q. Jordan’s response about the ratio impact of Alpha’s decision to capitalize interest costs is most likely correct with respect to the:选项:
A.interest coverage ratio. B.fixed asset turnover ratio. C.interest coverage and fixed asset turnover ratios.解释:
B is correct. Alpha’s fixed asset turnover will be lower because the capitalized interest will appear on the balance sheet as part of the asset being constructed. Therefore, fixed assets will be higher and the fixed asset turnover ratio (total revenue/average net fixed assets) will be lower than if it had expensed these costs. Capitalized interest appears on the balance sheet as part of the asset being constructed instead of being reported as interest expense in the period incurred. However, the interest coverage ratio should be based on interest payments, not interest expense (earnings before interest and taxes/interest payments) and should be unchanged. To provide a true picture of a company’s interest coverage, the entire amount of interest expenditure, both the capitalized portion and the expensed portion, should be used in calculating interest coverage ratios.
想问下是不是 interest coverage ratio原先就等于=EBIT/interest payment
还是说分析师在考虑interets capitalize 的时候等于呢?
那如果是这样的话,因为讲义里有说analyst 分析的时候treat capitalzed interest as interest, 那对fixed asset turnover 也没有影响吧?为什么只有Interest coverage ratio 有影响呢?