What does the analysis tell you about overall profitabity

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Ratio analysis.

The following is a 5-year comparative analysis of Accent Company's return on assets and return on equity.

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Return on assets	8%	7.5%	7.12%	6.54%	6%
Return on equity	20%	21 %	21.8%	22.2%	23%

a. What does this analysis tell you about the overall profitability of Accent Company over the 5-year period?

b. What does this analysis tell you about what has happened to Accent's amount of debt over the past 5 years?

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