Purchase Solution

Balance Sheet and Market Value of Ebay's Liabilities and Equity

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Refer to Ebay's most recent balance sheet. Review the 'liabilities and equity side' of the balance sheet.

(a) Short term liabilities (or debt) and long term liabilities

Find our from the balance sheet of the company the total of the short term liabilities (also called 'short term debt') and long term liabilities (also called 'long term debt')

(b) Equity

The market value of equity is by definition equal to the number of shares outstanding times the market price per share. Find out the number of shares outstanding and the recent price per share. Then multiply one by the other in order to find the market value of equity of your company. If you have a problem finding our the number of shares outstanding you may go to http://finance.google.com and insert the name of your company. The market value of equity of Ebay is what is called 'Mkt Cap' (that is, Market Capitalization) that is market capitalization. An alternative site is http://finance.yahoo.com where again you insert your company's name and get the market capitalization.

Once you have this information, prepare a two to three page paper with the following:

1. Compute the debt ratio of Ebay (total liabilities divided by the total liabilities plus equity) and the debt to equity ratio, (total liabilities divided by total equity). Also, show these two ratios for short-term liabilities only and for long-term liabilities only (instead of total liabilities use just short-term liabilities and long-term liabilities). Show all of your work and calculations.

2. Give your recommendation as to whether or not you consider these ratios to be too small or too large. Should Ebay increase its debt or take steps to pay off its debt?

3. Compute the debt to equity ratios to Google and Yahoo. Which of these three companies has the highest debt to equity ratio, and why do you think it chose to have a relatively high ratio? Which of these three companies has the lowest debt to equity ratio, and why do you think it chose to have a relatively lower ratio?

Purchase this Solution

Solution Preview

Sources: google finance
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:EBAY&fstype=ii
Quarterly Data

a.
Total Long Term Debt 1,494.23
Short Term Debt 300.00

b.
Number of shares outstanding 1,297,710,000 shares
recent price per share 32.01 (Friday closing price March 4, 2011)
Market cap 41.55 Billions

1.
Long Term Liabilities
Debt ratio = total liab/(total liab+equity) = 1,494.23/22,003.76= 0.0679
Debt to equity ratio = (total liab)/total equity =1,494.23/15,302.18= 0.097

Short Term ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Production and cost theory

Understanding production and cost phenomena will permit firms to make wise decisions concerning output volume.

Social Media: Pinterest

This quiz introduces basic concepts of Pinterest social media

Business Ethics Awareness Strategy

This quiz is designed to assess your current ability for determining the characteristics of ethical behavior. It is essential that leaders, managers, and employees are able to distinguish between positive and negative ethical behavior. The quicker you assess a person's ethical tendency, the awareness empowers you to develop a strategy on how to interact with them.

Basic Social Media Concepts

The quiz will test your knowledge on basic social media concepts.

Transformational Leadership

This quiz covers the topic of transformational leadership. Specifically, this quiz covers the theories proposed by James MacGregor Burns and Bernard Bass. Students familiar with transformational leadership should easily be able to answer the questions detailed below.