Which of the Following Statements Is CORRECT

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) Electric utilities generally have very high common equity ratios because their revenues are more volatile than those of firms in most other industries.
• B) Drug companies (prescription, not illegal!) generally have high debt-to-equity ratios because their earnings are very stable and, thus, they can cover the high interest costs associated with high debt levels.
• C) Wide variations in capital structures exist both between industries and among individual firms within given industries.These differences are caused by differing business risks and also managerial attitudes.
• D) Since most stocks sell at or very close to their book values, book value capital structures are almost always adequate for use in estimating firms' costs of capital.
• E) Generally, debt-to-total-assets ratios do not vary much among different industries, although they do vary among firms within a given industry.

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