Log on to finance.yahoo.com and click the %u201CKey Statistics%u201D link for Pf

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1. Log on to finance.yahoo.com and click the %u201CKey Statistics%u201D link for Pfizer (PFE) and Coca-Cola (KO). Construct the debt ratio, debt/(debt + equity), for both firms. Now calculate their debt ratios by using the market value of equity but assuming that book value of debt approximates its market value. How does debt as a proportion of firm value change as you switch from book to market values?
   I get how to find the key statistics place.. but that's really all I got. Can someone explain and show how to do this question?

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DEBT EQUITY RATIO = LONG TERM DEBT/ EQUITY + PREFERNCE CAPITAL.

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