Potential Stockholders and Lenders Are Interested in a Company's Financial

question 15

Essay

Potential stockholders and lenders are interested in a company's financial statements. Several financial statement items appear below. Answer the questions that follow.
A Which two items would stockholders be most interested in that can either be computed from the above data or are included in the items listed above? Explain why the two you selected are important to stockholders.
B In which one item would lenders be most interested? Explain why this item is important.

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