Blue Angel Company has $110,000 of 9% noncumulative, preferr…

Blue Angel Company has $110,000 of 9% noncumulative, preferred stock outstanding. Blue Angel also has $510,000 of common stock outstanding. In the company’s first year of operation, no dividends were paid. During the second year, the company paid cash dividends of $31,000. This dividend should be distributed as follows:

Brickton Corporation’s most recent balance sheet reports tot…

Brickton Corporation’s most recent balance sheet reports total assets of $35,000,000 and total liabilities of $17,500,000. Management is considering issuing $5,000,000 of par value bonds (at par) with a maturity date of ten years and a contract rate of 7%. What effect, if any, would issuing the bonds have on the company’s debt-to-equity ratio?